Christian Willner
Co-Founder & Technical Director at Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
Hamburg, Germany
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Top SchoolChristian Willner is a C++ software engineer and technical leader with seven years of experience, currently co-founding and directing product and engineering at Zinktank Labs while contributing to DESY's software stack. Based in Hamburg, he blends applied machine engineering roots with formal computer science training from the University of Hamburg and business studies at RWTH Aachen, enabling him to navigate both technical and operational challenges. His background includes process engineering roles in industrial machinery and competitive HPC experience from the ISC Student Cluster Competition, reflecting a practical focus on performance and systems-level thinking. An active C++ contributor for ChimeraTK, he brings low-level optimization skills to scientific and startup contexts, comfortable moving between research labs and early-stage company demands.
7 years of coding experience
Bachelor Informatik, Bachelor Informatik at University of HamburgDiplom Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Zusatzstudium, Diplom Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Zusatzstudium at RWTH Aachen University
German, English, Spanish, French, Japanese, deutsche gebÀrdensprache
Stackoverflow
90reputation
6kreached
8answers
6questions
Github Skills (94)
metadata10
cpp10
iot-application9
padding9
python-bindings9
csharp9
cli8
capstone8
core-library8
command-line-tool8
python8
xmake8
fortran-package-manager8
hardware8
elixir8
Programming languages (35)
Github contributions (5)
vaeng/bechdelbash
Nov 2018 - Sep 2019
Contributions:54 pushes, 1 branch in 10 months
vaeng/cpp
Jan 2023 - Feb 2024
Exercism exercises in C++.
Contributions:14 pushes, 6 branches in 1 year
exercismcppexercism-exercisescpp17
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