Ralf Merz
Senior Software Developer TYPO3 at merzilla
Bisingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Top SchoolRalf Merz is a Senior TYPO3 developer with over 11 years of professional experience and more than two decades working with the TYPO3 ecosystem, blending freelance entrepreneurship (merzilla) with senior roles at agencies and in-house teams. He builds and maintains robust TYPO3 sites and extensions, spans full-stack PHP and modern front-end tooling, and actively contributes to the TYPO3 community—often bringing a playful touch as “t3quetsche.” Based in Bisingen, Germany, he balances client work with hosting and service offerings while mentoring peers and advising on architecture and integrations. Outside of code he channels the same collaborative spirit into community music, performing and conducting brass ensembles, which reflects his leadership and team-driven approach.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Dipl.-Ing. (FH) / Master Communication- and Software-Engineering, Dipl.-Ing. (FH) / Master Communication- and Software-Engineering at Albstadt-Sigmaringen UniversityAbitur AG, Abitur AG at Gymnasium Balingen
German, English, French
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (54)
realurl10
gitlab10
php10
typo310
donation9
cms9
ruby9
rails9
content-management9
donate9
typo3-cms-extension9
view-helpers8
bootstrap-css8
admin-interface8
typoscript8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
merzilla/TYPO3CMS-Reference-CoreApi
Dec 2018 - Sep 2025
"TYO3 Explained": Main TYPO3 Core Document: Main classes, Security, TypoScript syntax, Extension API and much more
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 9 months
apiexplainedsecuritytyposcripttypo3-cms-extension
merzilla/typo3_forum
Oct 2017 - Sep 2020
An Extbase-based TYPO3 Extension which is called typo3_forum
Contributions:6 PRs, 20 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 11 months
extbaseforumtypo3-cms-extensiontypo3typo3-extension
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