Nico Kruber

Nico Kruber is a Staff Software Developer at Confluent since January 2023, having previously held roles as a Senior Software Developer. Nico has been an Apache Flink Committer at The Apache Software Foundation since May 2018 and worked as a Software Engineer at immerok from June 2022 to January 2023. Prior experience includes positions as Head of Solutions Architecture, Solutions Architect, and Software Engineer at Ververica from November 2016 to May 2022, and Research Associate at Zuse Institute Berlin from November 2007 to September 2016, focusing on distributed systems and various technical research areas. Educational credentials include a Dr. rer. nat. in Computer Science from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, as well as a Diploma in Computer Science from the same institution, complemented by studies at Heriot-Watt University.