Christoph Obexer
Staff Software Engineer at Gradle Inc.
Euratsfeld, Lower Austria
Summary
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Top SchoolChristoph Obexer is a Staff Software Engineer with 15 years of experience building resilient back-end systems and optimizing developer workflows, currently at Gradle Inc. He combines deep build-system expertise—contributing to the flagship Gradle project by improving FileSystemOperations, version-catalog-based build-init, and CI configuration-cache testing—with full-stack work on projects like html2canvas that improved front-end rendering and cross-domain image handling. A pragmatic engineering leader and former Scrum Master, he has a long tenure at Fabasoft where he advanced from senior engineer to team coach and delivery owner. Based in Lower Austria, Christoph pairs systems-level thinking with a hands-on approach to automation and infrastructure. Outside of pure engineering he brings an uncommon background in bartending, hinting at strong interpersonal and crisis-management skills under pressure. His contributions show a knack for fixing subtle dependency and build-process issues that materially speed up developer productivity.
15 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Bartending/Bartender, Bartending/Bartender at European Bartender SchoolIng., Electronics and Technical Informatics, Ing., Electronics and Technical Informatics at HTL-Steyr
English, German
Stackoverflow
159reputation
21kreached
6answers
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Github Skills (34)
javascript10
canvas2d10
imageio10
image10
canvas10
rendering10
render10
cicd10
dom-manipulation10
imager10
build-automation10
html10
image-management10
gradlew10
imagehandler10
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
gradle/gradle
Apr 2019 - Apr 2025
Adaptable, fast automation for all
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & Automation EngineerContributions:1 release, 350 reviews, 314 PRs in 6 years
Contributions summary:Christoph's contributions focused on enhancing the Gradle build process. They implemented new methods within the `FileSystemOperations` to enable `CopySpec` creation during the execution phase. Moreover, the user introduced build-init enhancements by generating and utilizing version catalogs, and corrected an issue regarding incorrect dependencies in project setups. They also made improvements to the CI/CD pipeline by incorporating a test for configuration cache performance, showing that they worked on both the build code and the infrastructure code of the project.
pythongradlegroovyautomationjava
niklasvh/html2canvas
Nov 2011 - Mar 2012
Screenshots with JavaScript
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:38 commits, 3 comments in 3 months
Contributions summary:Christoph primarily contributed to the front-end aspects of the html2canvas project, with a focus on enhancing its functionality and maintainability. They added support for rendering canvas elements within screenshots, improved image handling, and fixed issues related to cross-domain iframes. Additionally, the user made adjustments to the build system, ensuring the project could be built without a local compiler, and implemented improvements to code structure and error handling. These contributions enhanced the core features and stability of the project.
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