Gunnar Hilling is a seasoned software leader and CEO with over two decades running Hilling IT GmbH and 12 years of focused experience in enterprise Java ecosystems. He combines deep hands-on expertise in Jakarta EE, Spring Boot, Quarkus, Hibernate and relational databases with a strong grounding in Linux and open source tooling. A physicist by training (Diplom-Physiker in electrooptics), Gunnar brings analytical rigor to software architecture, automation, and GitOps-driven DevOps practices. He is passionate about continuous learning and pragmatic agile delivery, translating research-era discipline from his time at the University of Stuttgart into reliable, production-ready systems. Based in Osnabrück, Germany, he blends technical depth with entrepreneurial leadership to guide long-lived engineering initiatives.
12 years of coding experience
Diplom-Physiker (graduate physicist) electrooptics, Diplom-Physiker (graduate physicist) electrooptics at Universität Osnabrück
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Gunnar Hilling - Chief Executive Officer at Hilling IT GmbH