Volker Theile
Senior Software Engineer at openmediavault
Fellbach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolVolker Theile is a senior software engineer and long-time open-source maintainer with 16+ years building storage and infrastructure software from low-level C daemons to modern TypeScript front-ends. He founded and continues to lead openmediavault, a widely used Debian-based NAS project, and drives UI and backend work for Ceph at SUSE, contributing to the Ceph Dashboard, s3gw admin UI, and related containerized deployments. Comfortable across the full stack, Volker blends systems-level expertise (Linux, networking, SNMP, Ceph/Longhorn integration) with front-end craftsmanship (Angular, React, Jest, Cypress) and CI/CD/containerization. He also has a history of embedded and security-focused work (IDS/IPS development, kernel and Snort patching), reflecting a pragmatic, ops-aware engineering style. Based in Fellbach, Germany, he pairs steady leadership of UI teams with hands-on coding and a commitment to docs, tests, and maintainable tooling.
16 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Diplom-Ingenieur, Informatics, Diplom-Ingenieur, Informatics at Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg
German, English
Github Skills (24)
javascript10
dashboard10
debian10
typescript10
samba10
uid10
front-end-development10
typescript-types10
typescripts10
angular10
debug9
user-interface9
jinja29
ui-design9
graphical-user-interface9
Programming languages (21)
Github contributions (5)
ceph/ceph
Jan 2018 - Nov 2022
Ceph is a distributed object, block, and file storage platform
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:299 reviews, 480 commits, 410 PRs in 4 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Volker Theile's contributions focused primarily on the Ceph Dashboard, demonstrating a strong emphasis on frontend development. He implemented and maintained various user interface elements, including form components, tables, and directives. Volker also addressed bugs, implemented new features, and improved the overall user experience through code refactoring and accessibility improvements. Furthermore, he worked on documentation and unit tests, indicating a commitment to code quality and maintainability.
fusefile-storagecephstorageopenebs
votdev/harvester
Jan 2024 - Mar 2025
Open source hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) software
Contributions:120 pushes, 31 branches in 1 year 1 month
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