Christopher Hamm
Principal Software Developer at RUBICON IT GmbH
Vienna, Austria
Summary
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Top SchoolChristopher Hamm is a Principal Software Developer based in Vienna with 12 years of experience modernizing and evolving complex software systems. He specializes in Domain-Driven Design and Functional Programming, bringing a pragmatic, developer-focused approach to architecture and code quality. At RUBICON IT he progressed from developer to principal, coaching teams while guiding technical strategy and delivery. Christopher is also an active open-source contributor to notable projects like Git Extensions, where he improved UI/UX, performance, and developer productivity features such as commit message auto-completion. Colleagues describe him as an enthusiastic mentor who pairs deep technical craft with a knack for making legacy systems more maintainable and user-friendly.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Matura, Information Technology, Matura, Information Technology at HTL für Informationstechnologie - Netzwerktechnik Schulzenturm Ungargasse
German, English
Github Skills (8)
windows-forms10
uid10
git10
autocomplete10
front-end-development10
ui-design10
csharp10
dotnet-core10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
gitextensions/gitextensions
May 2014 - Apr 2016
Git Extensions is a standalone UI tool for managing git repositories. It also integrates with Windows Explorer and Microsoft Visual Studio (2015/2017/2019).
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:38 commits, 1 PR, 4 comments in 1 year 11 months
Contributions summary:Christopher primarily focused on enhancing the user interface and functionality of the Git Extensions application. Their contributions include implementing features such as auto-completion for commit messages, improving navigation within the revision grid, and optimizing performance. They also addressed bug fixes and improved overall application usability by adjusting focus behavior.
repositoriesmicrosoft-visual-studiowindowsgit-clientgitextensions
jenkinsci/signpath-plugin
Nov 2020 - Sep 2022
Submits a build artifact to SignPath Code Integrity Platform for build integrity check and code signing.
Contributions:2 reviews, 66 commits, 20 pushes in 1 year 10 months
jenkinsjenkins-pluginplugin-repositoryjenkins-api-plugincode-signing
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