Markus Wanner
Senior Principal Software Engineer at EDB
Winterthur, Zurich, Switzerland
Summary
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Top SchoolMarkus Wanner is a Senior Principal Software Engineer based in Winterthur with over 21 years of experience building distributed systems and database replication solutions, with deep expertise in PostgreSQL. He has driven product and engineering teams at EDB and 2ndQuadrant and led the design of a globally distributed database derived from his open-source Postgres-R work at TransLattice. Markus combines hands-on implementation skills with leadership experience as a Director of Product Engineering, consistently applying new technologies to solve pragmatic business problems. He contributes to notable open-source projects like Buildbot, improving CI integration steps and demonstrating attention to backend and DevOps robustness. Known for improving performance bottlenecks and introducing automated testing and process improvements, he bridges low-level database internals with production-grade distributed architectures. Colleagues value his international teamwork ethos and his tendency to tackle hard replication and consistency challenges others avoid.
21 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Matura (university-entrance diploma) type c: mathematical natural scientific, Matura (university-entrance diploma) type c: mathematical natural scientific at Kantonsschule Pfäffikon
English, German, French, Italian
Github Skills (6)
continuous-integration10
buildbot10
devops10
python10
testing9
web-framework9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
buildbot/buildbot
Apr 2015 - Jun 2015
Python-based continuous integration testing framework; your pull requests are more than welcome!
Role in this project:
Backend & DevOps Engineer
Backend & DevOps EngineerContributions:1 PR, 5 comments in 1 month
Contributions summary:Markus made several contributions related to the `Monotone` source step, which is part of the buildbot framework. Their work focused on refactoring and simplifying code using `inlineCallbacks` and other improvements. This involved modifying the `mtn.py` file, indicating an understanding of the project's internal workings. These changes appear to be aimed at enhancing the integration and build processes within the continuous integration framework.
pythontesting-frameworktestingcontinuouspull-requests
dscherger/monotone
Feb 2006 - Sep 2016
Contributions:1467 commits in 10 years 8 months
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