Alexander Steinlechner
Senior Software Engineer at D. Swarovski KG
Tyrol, Austria
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Top SchoolAlexander Steinlechner is a Senior Software Engineer based in Tyrol, Austria, with a decade of experience building reliable backend and DevOps solutions. At D. Swarovski KG since 2019 he focuses on production-ready systems and operational robustness, bringing a hands-on approach to automation and configuration management. He contributes to notable open-source projects like docker-mailserver, where he restructured startup scripts, added configuration override capabilities, and solved tricky LDAP, SASL and DKIM issues—skills that reflect deep practical expertise in mail infrastructure and containerized services. Trained in mechatronics and electrical engineering (BSc, MCI), he blends hardware-aware systems thinking with software engineering discipline, often favoring maintainable, well-tested solutions.
10 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Science - BSc, Mechatronik, Studienzweig Elektrotechnik, Bachelor of Science - BSc, Mechatronik, Studienzweig Elektrotechnik at MCI | The Entrepreneurial School®
Github Skills (14)
configuration-management10
ldap10
bash10
docker10
dovecot10
dockers10
scripting10
postfix-notation10
post10
sasl9
githubaction-workflow7
github-ci7
anti-spam5
antivirus4
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
docker-mailserver/docker-mailserver
Dec 2016 - Aug 2017
Production-ready fullstack but simple mail server (SMTP, IMAP, LDAP, Antispam, Antivirus, etc.) running inside a container.
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer & Backend Developer
DevOps Engineer & Backend DeveloperContributions:15 commits, 14 PRs, 1 push in 9 months
Contributions summary:Alexander primarily focused on improving the container's startup scripts and configuration management within the `docker-mailserver` repository. They restructured the main startup script, `start-mailserver.sh`, for better organization and maintainability. Contributions include implementing new configuration override capabilities using `configomat.sh`, and they addressed several issues related to LDAP and SASL authentication, as well as fixing problems related to DKIM and opendkim. The user also implemented new features, updated unit tests, and made enhancements to the mail server configuration.
production-readydovecotantivirusproductionimap
alinmear/docker-conanexiles
Feb 2017 - Apr 2021
A docker container to easily provision and manage a conanexiles dedicated server using wine
Contributions:77 commits, 23 PRs, 74 pushes in 4 years 2 months
docker-imageazerothcorededicated-serverwinededicated
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