Christian Peer
Senior Software Engineer at Thought Machine
England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolChristian Peer is a Senior Software Engineer with 10 years' experience building resilient, cloud-native backend systems and leading teams at Thought Machine. He has deep expertise in Java, Python and C/C++ across high-scale security and networking products—from Cisco's cloud web proxy handling billions of requests to low-latency control software for industrial cranes. As a former Tech Lead Manager, he blends hands-on engineering with team leadership and a track record of shipping microservices, CI/CD pipelines, and Kubernetes/Docker-based deployments. His background includes real-time systems, security-focused engineering, and a visit-research stint at Cornell, reflecting both practical production experience and academic curiosity. Notably, he bridges embedded and cloud domains, making him comfortable solving problems from hardware-level timing to distributed service reliability.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Visiting research scholar, Visiting research scholar at Cornell University Graduate SchoolSemester-long study abroad, Semester-long study abroad at University of NewcastleMaster of Science in Engineering Information Technology & Systems Management, Master of Science in Engineering Information Technology & Systems Management at Fachhochschule Salzburg
German, English, French
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Github Skills (55)
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Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
chpeer/irrigation_arduino
Jun 2016 - Mar 2021
Contributions:2 pushes, 2 branches in 4 years 9 months
chpeer/vk
Aug 2018 - Feb 2023
Contributions:1 review, 28 commits, 16 PRs in 4 years 7 months
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