Martin Kersten
Senior Software Developer at Financial, Swiss
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Summary
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Top SchoolMartin Kersten is a seasoned Senior Software Developer with over two decades of Java experience (since 1997) who now focuses on short- to mid-term contracts in Switzerland. He combines deep systems-level engineering—building in-memory column stores, custom reverse proxies and microservices—with pragmatic delivery skills in Java 8, Spring, Hibernate, and modern web stacks. Martin emphasizes test-first development, code quality and analytic problem solving, and has repeatedly improved system robustness by replacing brittle third-party components with simpler, more testable implementations. His background spans medical, financial and telecom domains as well as founding and scaling a high-performance e-commerce platform, and he is comfortable tackling algorithmic challenges like genetic algorithms and custom compression schemes. Notably, he balances high-intensity, high-pay engagements with preference for focused, low-interruption work and is willing to accept lower rates for interesting learning opportunities or prestigious clients.
13 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree (Diplom), Computer Science, 1.2, Master's degree (Diplom), Computer Science, 1.2 at Otto von Guericke University MagdeburgAbitur, Natural Sciences, Math, Abitur, Natural Sciences, Math at Gymnasium Rüsternbreite I, Berlin
German, English
Github Skills (13)
mechanize10
cloning10
binary-serialization9
serialization8
java8
kryo8
server7
json7
sockjs7
reactive6
vertx6
non-blocking6
event-loop4
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
TransparentMarket/alife
Mar 2015 - Sep 2015
Contributions:7 pushes, 1 branch, 1 comment in 5 months
TransparentMarket/transparentc
Apr 2015 - May 2015
Contributions:8 pushes, 1 branch, 2 comments in 13 days
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