Christian Sterzl
Lead Software Engineer at iteratec GmbH
Austria
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Top SchoolChristian Sterzl is a lead software engineer based in Austria with 14 years of professional experience and over two decades of engagement in software architecture and development. He has steered cross-functional teams and delivery for fintech and insurance platforms, shaping microservice and cloud-native architectures (Docker, Kubernetes, Apache Camel) and leading core banking and payment solutions. Known for hands-on front-end work as well—contributing UI and event-handling fixes to notable open-source rich text editors—he blends deep backend and frontend expertise (Java/Spring, Node.js, React, TypeScript) with pragmatic operational improvements like introducing Ansible and CI/CD. Christian has a track record of driving product adoption (mobile finance apps reaching top charts) and operationalizing software across multiple countries and franchises. He also brings formal training in computer science and finance, enabling him to bridge technical strategy with business and regulatory needs. Colleagues describe him as an engineer who moves fluidly between detailed code fixes and large-scale architectural decisions, often surfacing practical innovations from hands-on work.
14 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Certified Finance Specialist, Business Administration and Management, General, Certified Finance Specialist, Business Administration and Management, General at FernUniversität in HagenComputer Science, Computer Science at KTH Royal Institute of TechnologyMaster's degree, Communications & Simulation Engineering, Master's degree, Communications & Simulation Engineering at Fachhochschule St Pölten
English, German, French
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Github Skills (22)
javascript10
event-handling10
testing10
user-interface10
ui-design10
graphical-user-interface10
qunit10
front-end-development10
html10
bootstrap9
css9
google-chrome9
scrollbar9
bootstra9
handlebars8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
bootstrap-wysiwyg/bootstrap3-wysiwyg
Mar 2014 - Sep 2014
Simple, beautiful wysiwyg editor
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:6 commits in 6 months
Contributions summary:Christian primarily contributed to the UI and modal components of the bootstrap3-wysihtml5 editor. Their work focused on fixing issues, specifically addressing a problem reported in issue #42, by modifying the source code, and template files to reflect changes related to modal behavior and small modal sizes. Further commits indicate the user was involved in adapting the editor for different locales and integrating it into development environments. Their commits demonstrate proficiency in HTML, CSS, JavaScript and template languages, directly impacting the visual appearance and usability of the editor.
contenteditabletext-editingwysiwygjavascripthtml-editor
Voog/wysihtml
Feb 2014 - Oct 2014
Open source rich text editor for the modern web
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:12 commits in 7 months
Contributions summary:Christian primarily focused on improving the testing infrastructure and event handling within the wysihtml5 rich text editor. They upgraded testing dependencies like QUnit and integrated the happen.js library for event triggering in tests. Additionally, the user addressed several event-related issues, including paste, drop, focus, and blur events, within the editor's contentEditable mode. The changes involved modifying test files to ensure accurate event handling.
contenteditablereacttext-editingwysiwygjavascript
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