Christian Aichinger
Head Of Software Engineering at Schiebel
Vienna, Austria
Summary
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Top SchoolChristian Aichinger is a Head of Software Engineering with 14+ years of experience who blends deep technical hands-on skills (Python, C++, JavaScript, SQL/NoSQL) with strong engineering and product leadership across startups and enterprise teams. After completing a PhD in Organic Chemistry he transitioned into software, rising from developer to team lead, engineering manager, CTO, and head of engineering roles at companies including UBIMET, Nowcast, ready2order and Schiebel. He builds and scales multidisciplinary teams, drives agile architecture and CI/CD practices, and supports product and sales initiatives to turn complex requirements into reliable systems. Currently studying statistics and machine learning at the University of Vienna, he brings a data-driven mindset to engineering decisions and a passion for solving hard problems beyond code—whether in leadership, product design, or adventurous hobbies like paragliding and diving.
14 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Statistics and Machine Learning, Statistics and Machine Learning at University of ViennaChemistry, Chemistry at Lund UniversityChemistry, Chemistry at Brock University
German, English, Swedish, Spanish
Github Skills (60)
libconfig10
filereader10
python9
mime8
line-by-line8
reverse-engineering8
profiling8
command-execution8
imap7
pgp7
nntp7
ncurses7
smtp7
mutt7
cli7
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
ChrisAichinger/python-libconf
Apr 2016 - Nov 2019
Pure-Python libconfig file reader/writer with permissive licensing
Contributions:25 commits, 5 PRs, 21 pushes in 3 years 8 months
filereaderlibconfigpython
Grk0/MapsEvolved
Jan 2013 - May 2015
Contributions:364 commits, 11 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 4 months
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