Alexander Gunkel
Freelancer at Selbstständig
Leipzig, Saxony, Germany
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Top SchoolAlexander Gunkel is a seasoned senior software developer and freelancer based in Leipzig with over a decade of experience building maintainable, extensible systems primarily in C++, Go and PHP across Linux environments from bare metal to Docker. He blends hands-on implementation with a strong interest in software architecture, advocating SOLID principles, Domain-Driven Design and security- and privacy-by-design. His background spans industry roles at CHECK24 and Netresearch as well as academic research and teaching positions, giving him a rare mix of practical engineering and formal analytical training. Alexander values sustainable, long-lived code that reduces future maintenance pain and delights teams over time. Trained in philosophy with advanced research credentials, he brings a methodical, logic-oriented approach to design decisions and trade-offs. As a generalist rather than a lone-specialist, he is comfortable owning cross-cutting concerns from low-level system details to high-level architecture.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Philosophie, very good, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Philosophie, very good at University of LuxembourgMagister Artium, Philosophie, Logik und Wissenschaftstheorie, 1,1, Magister Artium, Philosophie, Logik und Wissenschaftstheorie, 1,1 at Universität Leipzig
German, English, Italian, French, Latin
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Github Skills (12)
xlsx10
spreadsheet10
libreoffice10
excel10
ods10
xls10
openoffice9
php9
phpexcel9
php-library9
gnumeric8
onlyoffice8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
alexgunkel/strongtypes
Apr 2020 - Mar 2025
Contributions:13 pushes, 1 branch, 3 tags in 5 years
alexgunkel/xmlgrep
Dec 2021 - Jul 2023
Contributions:1 review, 2 PRs, 15 pushes in 1 year 8 months
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