Dominik Pfaffenbauer is a founder and senior PHP/Symfony architect with 11+ years building commerce and data-driven web platforms from Austria. As the creator and architect of CoreShop he pioneered the most powerful e-commerce engine for the Pimcore ecosystem and was named Pimcore’s first “Most Valuable Pimconaut.” He runs two companies (CORS GmbH and Coreshop GmbH) and advises many Pimcore partners, blending hands-on backend engineering with product leadership. His open-source contributions include backend work on prominent projects like Backstage and core Pimcore, where he added integrations, audits and deployment tooling. Comfortable across ERP, CMS/PIM/DAM and developer portals, he combines deep framework expertise with a practical focus on extensible integrations and observability.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Software developer Apprenticeship Software Development & Business Management, Software developer Apprenticeship Software Development & Business Management at Chamber Of Commerce, AT
Core Framework for the Open Source Data & Experience Management Platform (PIM, MDM, CDP, DAM, DXP/CMS & Digital Commerce)
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Contributions:110 reviews, 108 commits, 167 PRs in 5 years
Contributions summary:Dominik's contributions primarily focused on back-end code modifications within the Pimcore framework. The commits show the user addressing annotation issues and implementing features related to command-line tools and deployment processes. The code changes involved modifications to PHP files, suggesting work on core framework components, including asset, document and data object models.
Backstage is an open framework for building developer portals
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Contributions:30 reviews, 11 commits, 6 PRs in 6 days
Contributions summary:Dominik primarily contributed to the backend functionality of the Backstage platform. Their work included implementing a Sentry plugin for the Scaffolder backend, allowing for project creation and integration with the Sentry monitoring system. They refactored and updated existing code, including modifying CORS options and adding unit tests. Furthermore, they introduced and developed a Lighthouse backend with scheduling capabilities for auditing website performance.
portalsinfrastructureopen-platformdxbackstage
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