Christian Mertes
Freiberufler at Christian Mertes IT
Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolChristian Mertes is an experienced IT freelancer based in Bochum with nine years of hands-on software engineering, specializing in Java Spring Boot backends, microservices and full-stack migrations. He has led teams and taken over long-running enterprise projects—handling API design (OpenAPI/YAML), CVE remediation, and complex data cleanup for clients like the Bavarian tax authority, Aldi-Süd and the German Sustainable Building Society. Comfortable in large Agile teams, he brings pragmatic solutions for international retail and financial systems as well as continuous deployment pipelines. With an academic background in physics (MSc) and a stint in bioinformatics and rare-disease work hinted on his GitHub, he combines analytical rigor with practical product delivery. Outside work he’s also into volleyball, reflecting a collaborative, team-oriented mindset.
9 years of coding experience
Erasmussemster, Physik, Erasmussemster, Physik at Universidad Complutense de MadridMaster of Science - MS, Physik, 1.8, Master of Science - MS, Physik, 1.8 at Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Github Skills (76)
package-management10
seq10
bioconductor10
genomics10
nf-core10
outlier-detection10
genes10
r10
nextflow10
pipeline10
rna-seq10
bioconda10
conda10
finder10
sequencing10
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
c-mertes/auks
Apr 2019 - Mar 2021
Kerberos credential support for batch environments
Contributions:2 releases, 4 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 11 months
batchsecuritycredentialkerberosenvironments
c-mertes/bioconda-recipes
Jul 2020 - May 2024
Conda recipes for the bioconda channel.
Contributions:20 pushes, 11 branches in 3 years 10 months
biocondabioinformaticsrecipesconda
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