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# Simon Schrottner
CNCF Ambassador and OpenFeature maintainer standardising feature flags.

## About

Simon Schrottner is a software engineer and CNCF Ambassador who focuses on making feature flagging reliable. As a maintainer of OpenFeature, he builds vendor-neutral standards that help teams ship faster without getting locked into specific platforms.

Working across Java, Python, Go, and JavaScript, he contributes to core standards and test automation in complex polyglot environments. He also spends time mentoring developers taking their first steps in open source.

Based in Austria, he frequently speaks about the realities of feature flags, focusing on how teams can manage targeted evaluations and safely decommission old code.



## Past Sessions

### World Congress 2026 Europe - Virtual Stage · June 30, 2026
Online
- [Fun with Flags: How OpenFeature Solves Your Feature Flag Headaches](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2000-fun-with-flags-how-openfeature-solves-your-feature-flag-headaches) · 🎥 Watch recording



## Videos

- [Fun with Flags: How OpenFeature Solves Your Feature Flag Headaches](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2000-fun-with-flags-how-openfeature-solves-your-feature-flag-headaches) · Simon Schrottner


## Links

- [X](https://twitter.com/aepfli)
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/aepfli)
- [Blog](https://schrottner.at/blog)