Christian Himpe
Data Engineer
Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Summary
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SeniorChristian Himpe is a data engineer and mathematician with 13 years of experience building sustainable numerical simulation software and bridging research with production-ready data infrastructure at the University of Münster. He applies modern algorithms and model-reduction techniques—developed during postdoctoral work on gas networks and algorithmic mathematics—to deliver performant, maintainable solutions for complex scientific problems. Comfortable in both research and engineering roles, he has a track record of turning theoretical methods into reusable software and knowledge-graph driven tooling. Based in Münster, Germany, he focuses on research data engineering and brings an unusual combination of deep mathematical insight and pragmatic software craftsmanship to interdisciplinary teams.
13 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (176)
data-stream10
similarity-search10
fenics10
euler10
python10
arcadedb10
orientdb10
dm10
message-queue10
octave10
pitch10
nonlinear-dynamics10
stream-processing10
k8s10
data-driven10
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
gramian/arcadedb
Nov 2022 - Apr 2025
ArcadeDB Multi-Model Database, one DBMS that supports SQL, Cypher, Gremlin, HTTP/JSON, MongoDB and Redis. ArcadeDB is a conceptual fork of OrientDB, the first Multi-Model DBMS.
Contributions:463 pushes, 111 branches in 2 years 4 months
dbmsdatabase-modelmongodbcypherdatabase
gramian/code-ini
Aug 2016 - Apr 2021
Contributions:14 pushes, 3 branches in 4 years 8 months
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