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About

  • Over 20 years of experience in software development and architecture
  • Broad knowledge of legacy and modern technologies and programming languages
  • Languages: German (mother tongue) - English (fluently) - French (basic) - Italian (basic)
  • Born in 1982 in Halle (Saale), Germany
  • Married, 4 children

Tech-Stack

  • Operations & Devops: AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, Gitlab & Github CI/CD
  • Programming languages: Elixir, Python, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, PHP, Go, C++, C
  • Frameworks: Phoenix, Django, Spring, Angular, React, Vue, Laravel, Symfony, Express
  • Databases & Persistence: PostgreSQL, MySQL, MSSQL, DB2, MongoDB, Redis, Surreal, Elasticsearch
  • Methodologies: Agile, Scrum, Kanban, XP, TDD, BDD, DDD, Clean Code, Clean Architecture
  • Architecturial Patterns & Methodologies: Monolith, Microservices, Event Sourcing, CQRS, Hexagonal Architecture, arc42, 12 Factor App
  • Toolchains: Jira, Confluence,

Related projects

For a more detailed CV please get in touch with me

2021 - 2023

Lead SW Architect

Engineered a public online purchase portal

State of the art technologies and methodologies

MVP in 3 months, first release in 5 months

2022 - 2023

Lead DevOps Engineer

Responsible for transition source control from ClearCase to Git

Introduced complex CI/CD pipelines to reassure quality and stability

16 projects with up to 20 year old code

2020 - 2021

Software Architect & Developer

Engineered an online portal for Security & Vulnerability Management

Responsible for requirements engineering, architecture, development and CI/CD

2016 - 2019

Lead System Architect

Complete redesign of a legacy system

High performance, high availability and high computational complexity

24/7 operation, 99.8% availability

Responsible for more than 1 billion calculations per 24 - 48 hours

Pragmatic approach to avoid overengineering and high complexity

2014 - 2016

Lead Software Engineer

Took over respnsibility for legacy software

Introduced modern technologies and methodologies

Introduced coding standards and best practices, deployed CI/CD pipelines

Reverse engineering to create a documentation, requirements and acceptance criteria for the successor

2011 - 2014

Technical Lead

Responsible for the plattform software in a base station

Hardware - Platform - Control Layer interface

Contact & Imprint

Christoph Galler
Im Krautgarten 4/2
88471 Laupheim
Germany

Phone: +49 172 895 695 7
Email: [email protected]

VAT-ID: DE 234682250