Christian Schäfer
Teamlead Workplace Equipment Digital Workplace at Jungheinrich AG
Hamburg, Germany
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Top SchoolChristian Schäfer is a digital-native technology leader with 16+ years of hands-on development and product strategy experience, now leading Digital Workplace and Workplace Equipment teams at Jungheinrich in Hamburg. He combines a developer's technical depth with a proven track record shaping digital products and business models for major media brands and e-commerce platforms (OTTO, Rolling Stone, Financial Times Deutschland, Nuclear Blast). Comfortable translating strategy into operational delivery, he has repeatedly built and led cross-functional teams to modernize platforms, consolidate workplaces, and centralize IT processes. His background in media informatics and industrial design gives him a pragmatic, user-centered approach to technical decisions and product validation. Known for preferring open communication and “getting his hands dirty,” he thrives on strategic responsibility, mentoring, and making complex projects both usable and economically viable.
16 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
media informatics, media informatics at HSB Hochschule Bremen – City University of Applied SciencesIndustrial Design, Industrial Design at Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design
German, English
Stackoverflow
98reputation
3kreached
4answers
2questions
Github Skills (26)
bundle9
symfony9
php9
symfony-bundle8
php-framework8
webpack-encore7
tomcat6
clipboard6
rmi6
puppet6
erb6
ruby6
java6
javascript6
jira6
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
caefer/StreamHitching
Jun 2010 - Sep 2010
Contributions:49 commits in 3 months
caefer/sfImageTransformExtraPlugin
Mar 2010 - Jun 2011
Contributions:159 commits in 1 year 3 months
manipulationimage-manipulationphpsymfony-bundleseparate
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