Arash Kadkhodaei
Back End Developer at Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg im Breisgau
Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Top SchoolArash Kadkhodaei is a back-end developer with eight years of experience who blends Python expertise and mechatronics training to build reliable, data-intensive services and embedded systems. Based in Freiburg, he contributes to the well-known Galaxy Project, migrating APIs to FastAPI and refactoring routers to improve extensibility for tagged items and groups. He also runs smart home and IoT projects using ARM/AVR, Arduino, and Raspberry Pi, bringing hands-on hardware integration and security-system experience to software design. With a Master in Mechatronic and Cyber-Physical Systems and a background in mechanical engineering, he bridges control systems, firmware, and scalable server-side APIs. Notably, his profile reflects a recurring pattern of modernizing legacy interfaces and shipping pragmatic, cross-domain solutions that connect lab-grade tooling with consumer-facing IoT.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering at University of KashanMaster of Engineering - MEng, Mechatronic and cyber-physical systems, Master of Engineering - MEng, Mechatronic and cyber-physical systems at Deggendorf Institute of TechnologyHigh School Diploma, Mathematics, High School Diploma, Mathematics at National Organization for Development of Exceptional Talents (Sampad)
Persian, English, German
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Github Skills (13)
fastapi10
api10
python10
apidoc10
api-design10
back-end-development9
caching6
daphne6
django-channels6
websocket6
nginx6
asgi6
django6
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
galaxyproject/galaxy
Nov 2023 - Apr 2026
Data intensive science for everyone.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:67 reviews, 34 PRs, 99 comments in 2 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Arash focused on migrating the ItemTags API to FastAPI, demonstrating a shift towards a modern web framework. They also refactored the item\_tags router, introducing support for dynamic tagged\_item\_id and tagged\_item\_tag functionality. Further contributions involved adding API endpoints for groups and refactoring existing endpoints to support the same. These changes indicate an emphasis on improving the API and the underlying architecture.
pythonsciencepipelinednadata-science
arash77/galaxy-social-main
May 2024 - Sep 2025
Repository for democratising of Galaxy's social media activity - encourage collaboration, editing, peer-review of toots 🐘 and more
Contributions:3 reviews, 225 PRs, 365 pushes in 1 year 4 months
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