Reiner Gerecke
Lead Software Engineer at momox
Berlin, Germany
Summary
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RockstarReiner Gerecke is a Lead Software Engineer based in Berlin with 15 years of experience building backend systems and improving developer experience at scale. At momox he progressed from Software-Entwickler to leading engineering efforts since 2022, focusing on reliable, production-grade services and team delivery. He is an active open-source contributor with practical full-stack instincts—improving universal JS tooling in razzle, hardening a high-performance Python linter (ruff) in Rust, and enhancing backend storage and DB interactions for Unknown Horizons. Comfortable touching core logic and developer tooling alike, he brings a pragmatic blend of bug fixes, new features, and test-driven improvements. Colleagues would describe him as a hands-on leader who elevates code quality while keeping product velocity steady.
15 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
German, English
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Github Skills (45)
unit-testing10
javascript10
database-api10
static-analysis10
python10
django10
ruff10
databases10
isomorphic10
webpack10
webpacker10
linter10
rust10
react10
database10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
unknown-horizons/unknown-horizons
Jun 2011 - May 2018
Unknown Horizons official code repository
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:871 commits, 89 PRs, 251 pushes in 7 years
Contributions summary:Reiner primarily contributed to the backend functionality, with changes focused on enhancing the database interaction capabilities and improving code related to production lines. They implemented the `execute_many` method in `DbReader` and also fixed issues in storage tests, which involved modifying `GlobalLimitStorage` to return the global limit. Furthermore, the user added new tests for various storage mechanisms and production line operations.
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astral-sh/ruff
Nov 2022 - Dec 2022
An extremely fast Python linter and code formatter, written in Rust.
Role in this project:Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:54 reviews, 29 commits, 36 PRs in 1 month
Contributions summary:Reiner primarily contributed to the `ruff` project by implementing and fixing linting rules. They focused on addressing and resolving issues related to code formatting, particularly in Python files. Their work involved modifications in the core logic of the linter, including the addition of new checks and autofixes, as well as improvements to the codebase. They demonstrated the ability to understand and modify the existing structure of the project by interacting with different components, as well as adding fixes to the source code.
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