Andreas Stefl is a software engineer and founder with 15 years of experience building high-performance C++ and Python systems, currently combining research at CERN with product work on a cross-platform document viewer for Android and iOS. With a Master’s in Physics and hands-on roles spanning DevOps, back-end engineering, and CI/test automation, he has contributed to prominent open-source efforts like ACTS—implementing full-chain testing and fixing critical simulation and runtime bugs. He thrives on algorithmic challenges and real-time data processing, brings embedded and graphics experience from microcontroller and simulation projects, and is actively learning Rust to broaden his systems toolkit. Based in Vienna, he blends academic rigor from his physics background with startup pragmatism and a penchant for performance and reliability.
15 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Vienna University of Technology
Information Technology, Information Technology at HTL Rennweg
Experiment-independent toolkit for (charged) particle track reconstruction in (high energy) physics experiments implemented in modern C++
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & DevOps Engineer
Contributions:3044 reviews, 73 commits, 685 PRs in 8 months
Contributions summary:Andreas primarily contributed to the Continuous Integration (CI) and testing infrastructure by adding and modifying scripts for automated testing. They implemented a full-chain testing process to validate the experiment-independent toolkit for charged particle track reconstruction, ensuring the software's functionality. The user also addressed a critical bug related to simulation and corrected a GCC runtime error, indicating their involvement in code maintenance and debugging. Furthermore, they updated example scripts and added a new feature related to EDM4hep IO.
Contributions:74 pushes, 3 comments, 53 issues in 4 years 1 month
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