Björn Petri
VP Software Engineering at Link11 GmbH
Greater Hamburg Area Germany
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Top SchoolBjörn Petri is a seasoned software engineering leader with 12+ years of hands-on experience building and scaling secure, high-performance systems, currently serving as VP Software Engineering at Link11 in the Greater Hamburg area. He progressed through technical and leadership roles at Link11—from developer to Head of Development—bringing deep expertise in Linux, algorithms, C/C++ and Python to cloud security and distributed platform work. His background spans embedded and real-time systems (Thales, aicas, EADS) and cybersecurity product development, giving him a rare blend of low-level systems know-how and modern cloud-native delivery practices. An active Apache Celix committer, he’s contributed cross-language interoperability and CI/tooling improvements, reflecting a long-standing commitment to robust open-source engineering. Known for driving agile transformation and CI-driven workflows, he also mentors teams and champions reproducible, testable build infrastructures.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Diploma Computer Software Engineering, Diploma Computer Software Engineering at Hochschule Heilbronn - Hochschule für Technik, Wirtschaft und InformatikMedical Informatics, Medical Informatics at Heidelberg University
English, French, Dutch, German
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Github Skills (78)
cmake10
cpp10
modular10
apache10
java10
osgi10
gitlab10
vue10
golang9
vimscript9
security9
spamassassin9
statusline9
gitea9
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Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
INAETICS/node-wiring-c
Jan 2015 - Jan 2016
Contributions:1 release, 3 PRs, 81 pushes in 1 year
INAETICS/demonstrator
Oct 2014 - Jan 2016
Contributions:1 release, 84 commits, 2 PRs in 1 year 2 months
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