Andreas Gerlach
Principal Solution Architect at xarvio® Digital Farming Solutions
Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolAndreas Gerlach is a Principal Solution Architect with 11 years of hands-on experience designing machine connectivity and digital farming solutions at xarvio, blending deep systems-level C++ background with modern big data, BI and mobile expertise. He holds an M.Sc. in Web Science and has progressed from developer and research roles into strategic architecture positions, driving secure cloud and IoT-enabled integrations for retail and agricultural platforms. A pragmatic engineer who still codes, Andreas contributes to notable open-source tooling—improving Neovim UX and Lua-based integrations—and enjoys Rust and Zed for personal projects. He combines product-focused thinking with research-driven innovation, having led corporate R&I efforts on novel user interactions, Bluetooth LE, and synchronization approaches that underpin scalable, connected systems.
11 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.Sc.) Web Science, Master of Science (M.Sc.) Web Science at Cologne University of Applied SciencesBachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Information Systems, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Information Systems at Fachhochschule der Wirtschaft (FHDW)
English, German, Portuguese
Github Skills (9)
vi10
vim10
lua10
neovim9
typescripts8
typescript8
typescript-types8
git7
tree-sitter6
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
LazyVim/LazyVim
Jan 2023 - Feb 2023
Neovim config for the lazy
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:15 reviews, 5 commits, 20 PRs in 1 month
Contributions summary:Andreas primarily focused on enhancing the user interface and functionality of the Neovim configuration. They implemented improvements to the status line using Lua, incorporating git status, diagnostic information, and Navic LSP integration. The user also addressed buffer switching functionalities and added keymaps for quick lists using the Trouble plugin. Furthermore, they added TSX treesitter support.
neovim-configurationluavimneovim-configneovim-conf
appelgriebsch/LazyVim
Jan 2023 - Jul 2024
Neovim config for the lazy
Contributions:2 PRs, 82 pushes, 29 branches in 1 year 6 months
luavimneovim-configneovimconfig
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