Jens Ohlig works as a cybersecurity consultant. He previously worked as an editor at Tagesspiegel Background Cybersecurity and prior to that spent many years at Wikimedia Deutschland. In 2012, he was part of the initial team that developed the software behind the Wikidata project. Before working as a software developer, he studied translation and languages. He was on the board of the Chaos Computer Club and supports various hackspaces.