Andreas Maierhofer
Software Engineer at Puzzle ITC
Switzerland
Summary
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Top SchoolAndreas Maierhofer is a seasoned software engineer based in Switzerland with 15 years of experience building backend systems and contributing to reliable production services. He has longstanding roles at Puzzle ITC and Bosch Software Innovations, and earlier research experience at BT Chief Technology Office that grounds his pragmatic approach to complex engineering problems. A hands-on contributor to open source, Andreas has improved push notification delivery in the well-known Rpush project and enhanced Strophe.js command handling with async support and additional tests. He blends operational sensitivity—database migrations, notification defaults—with careful bug fixes and refactors that improve system robustness. Comfortable across research and applied engineering contexts, he brings steady craftsmanship and an eye for subtle, behind-the-scenes improvements that reduce operational risk.
15 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Vienna University of Technology
Github Skills (19)
database-migrations10
ruby-rails10
javascript10
rails10
apple-push-notifications10
push-notifications10
ruby10
strophejs10
notification10
stp10
database-migration10
async9
xmpp9
asynchronous9
apn9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
rpush/rpush
Apr 2016 - Apr 2017
The push notification service for Ruby.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:23 commits, 17 PRs, 23 pushes in 11 months
Contributions summary:Andreas contributed to the Rpush project by modifying code related to push notification delivery and versioning. Their work includes fixing a typo in documentation, adjusting migration names, and updating the version number. They also modified database migrations, removing the default sound from notifications. These contributions align with the project's core functionality of push notification management.
pushnotification-servicenotificationspush-notificationsubscription
metajack/strophejs-plugins
Mar 2011 - May 2011
The Strophe.js plugins repo has moved to https://github.com/strophe/strophejs-plugins
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:8 commits in 1 month
Contributions summary:Andreas contributed to the `strophejs-plugins` repository by fixing bugs and improving the Strophe.js commands system. They addressed missing data issues in command execution and improved the handling of variable arguments. Additionally, they added test cases and refactored the code to support asynchronous command execution, enhancing the flexibility of the system.
chartjs-pluginjavascriptesmodulespluginsstrophejs
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