Christian Sauer
Chief Technology Officer, Cofounder at Stealth Startup
Purcellville, Virginia, United States
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Top SchoolChristian Sauer is a seasoned technology leader and entrepreneur with 16 years of hands-on experience building scalable back-end systems, founding startups, and running engineering teams. Currently CTO and cofounder of a stealth startup, he has a track record of architecting robust platforms and DevOps practices from his time as owner of 357 Software and multiple CTO roles. He led backend architecture and high-performance API work at DISCO and contributed production-ready improvements to Django REST Framework tooling (notably nested routers and a NestedHyperlinkedModelSerializer). Christian combines deep systems engineering—datacenter builds, automated deployments, and performance-oriented Nginx/Lua gateways—with product-focused delivery, having shipped mobile and web platforms at The Motley Fool and others. Based in Purcellville, VA, he excels at turning legacy systems into modern, maintainable architectures while keeping teams productive through reproducible development environments. He brings entrepreneurial grit, pragmatic technical leadership, and a willingness to dive into both low-level optimization and high-level strategy.
16 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts Computer Science, Bachelor of Arts Computer Science at Western Connecticut State University
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Github Skills (16)
api-rest10
rest-api10
django-rest10
rest10
python10
django-rest-framework10
api-design10
restful-api10
django10
html6
pex6
css6
windows-service6
php6
php-deployer6
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
alanjds/drf-nested-routers
Sep 2016 - Feb 2018
Nested Routers for Django Rest Framework
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 review, 15 commits, 9 PRs in 1 year 5 months
Contributions summary:Christian primarily contributed to the development of the `drf-nested-routers` library, focusing on enhancing the Django REST Framework. They implemented the `NestedHyperlinkedModelSerializer`, enabling nested relationships with compound keys. The user also addressed compatibility issues with different DRF versions and made improvements to the router's functionality, including handling empty prefixes. Their work demonstrates expertise in Django, REST Framework, and the specific challenges of building nested API structures.
pythondjango-rest-frameworkdjangoroutersrest-framework
c17r/TagTrain
Jul 2017 - Sep 2021
Contributions:1 PR, 19 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 3 months
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