Vladimir Knobel is a seasoned web developer and partner based in Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland, with over 11 years of professional experience and a track record of senior engineering roles across agencies and enterprise clients. He blends hands-on backend expertise—evidenced by contributions to the popular django-axes project improving CORS and AJAX handling—with consulting and leadership from his partner role at Eltiopa Solutions. Comfortable across the full web stack, he has repeatedly delivered secure, production-ready authentication and integration features for Django-powered sites. His career spans long-term senior positions and independent consultancy, reflecting both technical depth and client-facing adaptability. Trained as a Programmer Analyst in Computer Science, he brings pragmatic problem-solving and a focus on maintainable, standards-compliant code.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Programmer Analyst, Computer Science, Programmer Analyst, Computer Science at Universitarío Autónomo del Sur
Keep track of failed login attempts in Django-powered sites.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:5 reviews, 5 commits, 1 PR in 1 month
Contributions summary:Vladimir primarily focused on enhancing the Django-based authentication library. They added a new setting for configuring allowed CORS origins, which is crucial for cross-origin requests. Further contributions involved updating the library's `helpers.py` file to utilize the new CORS settings and properly handle AJAX requests, enabling improved integration. Additionally, they made formatting changes to comply with py38-qa standards.
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