Christian Gröschel
DevOps Engineer at fino
Berlin, Germany
Summary
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RockstarChristian Gröschel is a DevOps Engineer based in Berlin with 10 years of hands-on experience building and operating cloud-native and telecom platforms. He has led infrastructure and support teams at VoxGen, architected platform-level solutions, and driven automation and lifecycle management using tools like Puppet, Jenkins, The Foreman and Docker. At MXC Foundation he bridged IoT, EdgeAI and blockchain use cases, and his open-source front-end contributions to the widely used polkadot-js/apps show practical experience integrating parachains and chain-specific UI configurations. Now at Fino, he applies fintech-focused DevOps practices while retaining deep networking, compliance (PCI/ISO/HIPAA) and systems-admin expertise. Colleagues describe him as analytically minded and fiercely curious about the evolving open-source landscape, often surfacing pragmatic integrations that make complex distributed systems more operable.
10 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
English, German
Github Skills (12)
substrate10
javascript10
polkadot-js10
polkadot10
blockchain9
react9
ui-design9
typescripts8
typescript8
typescript-types8
apidoc7
api7
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
polkadot-js/apps
Jan 2021 - Apr 2021
Basic Polkadot/Substrate UI for interacting with a Polkadot and Substrate node. This is the main user-facing application, allowing access to all features available on Substrate chains.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:4 reviews, 5 commits, 5 PRs in 2 months
Contributions summary:Christian primarily contributed to the front-end aspects of the Polkadot/Substrate UI application. Their work involved integrating the DataHighway parachain, including adding logos, chain colors, and endpoint configurations. The commits demonstrate modifications to configuration files to support DataHighway integration, along with related type definitions. This involved updating UI elements and API specifications to incorporate new blockchain functionality.
substrateblockchainwalletchainssubstrate-node
mxc-foundation/documentation
Mar 2020 - Nov 2021
Complete guide to MXC for both developers and users
Contributions:61 commits, 6 PRs, 97 pushes in 1 year 8 months
mxc
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