Ander Punnar
Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft
Tartu, Estonia
Summary
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SeniorAnder Punnar is a Senior Software Engineer based in Tartu, Estonia, with 20+ years in IT and over a decade focused on engineering secure, reliable infrastructure. At Microsoft he builds Linux and Kubernetes security and compliance tooling in Bash, Python, and Go—authoring a just-in-time OpenSSH-based access solution used by on-call engineers across Azure environments. Previously a CIO and long-time sysadmin, he combines hands-on ops experience with governance skills like ISO/IEC 27001 compliance and audit readiness. He contributes to open-source projects such as qutebrowser, where he improved host-blocking and test coverage, reflecting a pragmatic focus on maintainable, well-tested code. Known for attention to detail, concise documentation, and a preference for Linux-first tooling, he brings both strategic leadership and day-to-day technical craftsmanship.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (9)
browser10
qutebrowser10
python10
qt9
qwebengine9
pyqt9
qtwebengine9
web-content8
webpages8
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
qutebrowser/qutebrowser
Apr 2021 - Jul 2021
A keyboard-driven, vim-like browser based on Python and Qt.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 review, 17 commits, 2 PRs in 3 months
Contributions summary:Ander contributed to the host blocking feature within the qutebrowser project. Their work involved modifying the hostblock component to include subdomain blocking. The changes also included refactoring and improving the configuration utilities related to host blocking. Furthermore, the user made improvements in the test suite, adding and modifying tests related to host blocking and ensuring subdomain functionality.
pythonqtwebenginebrowservimvim-like
4nd3r/mkosi-intune
Mar 2022 - Feb 2023
Intune for Linux feat. systemd-nspawn
Contributions:4 reviews, 66 commits, 3 PRs in 10 months
systemd-nspawnintunelinuxfeatsystemd
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