Bernhard Kaindl
XenServer Hypervisor Developer
Vienna, Austria
Summary
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RockstarBernhard Kaindl is a seasoned Linux and embedded systems engineer with 7+ years of recent experience and a long track record dating back to core Linux distribution and kernel work at SUSE. Currently a XenServer Hypervisor Developer in Vienna, he combines deep C/C++ and Python skills with hands-on hypervisor and embedded Linux experience, including safety-critical train systems and ATC middleware. He has bridged research and product work as a quantum cryptography research engineer and contributed to maintainable package management in the widely used spack/spack repository by updating and adding package definitions. Bernhard’s background spans low-level kernel fixes, platform ports (IBM System/z), and building Linux development platforms for SIL4-certified systems, showing an uncommon blend of research rigor and industrial safety practice. He’s comfortable moving between hypervisor internals, embedded Linux stacks, and tooling, and often surfaces practical solutions born from deep troubleshooting. Based in Vienna, he brings pragmatic craftsmanship to complex, high-assurance infrastructure.
7 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
German, English, Spanish
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Github Skills (11)
package-management10
python9
autotools8
c117
c177
versioning6
cmake6
perl6
openssl6
hpc5
build-tools5
Programming languages (22)
Github contributions (5)
spack/spack
Sep 2021 - Dec 2022
A flexible package manager that supports multiple versions, configurations, platforms, and compilers.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:2132 reviews, 132 commits, 919 PRs in 1 year 3 months
Contributions summary:Bernhard primarily contributed to the spack/spack repository by modifying package definitions. They updated existing package versions for software like OpenSSH, Perl, and OpenSSL. Additionally, the user added definitions for new packages, such as py-anytree and uftrace, expanding the range of available software. Their contributions focused on maintaining and improving the package management capabilities of the spack tool.
compilerspythonradiussplatformslinux
xenserver-next/xen
May 2024 - Feb 2025
Mirror of the Xen Repository (PRs not accepted see: http://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Submitting_Xen_Project_Patches)
Contributions:3 PRs, 108 pushes, 15 branches in 9 months
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