Wilfried Kopp
Release Engineer at KI group HQ
Greater Freiburg Area Germany
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Top SchoolWilfried Kopp is a Release Engineer and blockchain-focused backend/DevOps practitioner with 11+ years of experience building and automating cloud-native systems, CI/CD pipelines, and developer tooling. Based in the Greater Freiburg Area, he contributes to prominent open-source projects in the Polkadot/Substrate and Ethereum ecosystems (Parity, polkadot-js, web3.js), improving Docker images, release automation, configuration management and test infrastructure. He combines a deep background in machine vision and industrial automation—having implemented OCR/OCV, PCB inspection and robot guidance systems—with modern blockchain and BPM solutions, enabling pragmatic cross-domain integrations. Known for shrinking and hardening production images and streamlining release flows, he blends hands-on engineering with customer-focused architecture and process design. He enjoys decentralized systems in practice (both technically and philosophically) and guides teams through efficient, high-quality implementations.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Engineer’s Degree, 3i, Engineer’s Degree, 3i at Polytech GrenobleMaster’s Degree, Mathematics & Sciences, Master’s Degree, Mathematics & Sciences at universite du havre
French, English, German
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Github Skills (55)
cli10
substrate10
github-ci10
javascript10
docker10
scripting10
testing10
configuration-management10
command-line-interface10
typescript10
bash10
dockers10
cicd10
uid10
release-management10
Programming languages (26)
Github contributions (5)
paritytech/cumulus
Jun 2021 - Dec 2022
Write Parachains on Substrate
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer & Automation Engineer
DevOps Engineer & Automation EngineerContributions:6 releases, 250 reviews, 153 commits in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:Wilfried primarily focused on enhancing the build, testing, and release processes for the `cumulus` repository. Their work included the creation of scripts and workflows for tasks like building Docker images, generating changelogs, and checking label rules. Additionally, they implemented CI/CD pipelines and automated various aspects of the release process, leading to streamlined deployments. Furthermore, the user improved code quality through automated formatting checks and added features for handling pre-releases.
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paritytech/polkadot-sdk
Aug 2023 - Aug 2024
The Parity Polkadot Blockchain SDK
Role in this project:Back-end Developer & DevOps Engineer
Back-end Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:109 reviews, 47 PRs, 152 pushes in 1 year
Contributions summary:Wilfried contributed to the Polkadot Blockchain SDK by implementing features related to node name generation and validation, shell completion, and fixing block export functionality. They also worked on improving the Docker image for the project, including reducing the image size, and added the ability to listen to all interfaces. Furthermore, the user made fixes and refactoring to the subkey tool, and added test generation tests for seed generation. These contributions demonstrate a focus on improving the core functionality and developer experience of the Polkadot SDK.
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