Robert Kirberich
Freelance Software Engineer at The Magic of Things Ltd
City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolRobert Kirberich is a freelance software and hardware engineer with 13+ years of industry experience helping startups bootstrap tech, teams, and engineering culture while delivering fast, reliable systems. He has led large rewrites and platform builds, designed optimisation-driven systems, and secured data flows for massively parallel ML workflows at companies including Google clients, Onfido, and Circuit Mind. Comfortable from firmware and interactive hardware prototypes to high-volume cloud web apps, he pairs hands-on implementation with architecture and technical due diligence. Known for scaling teams and hiring processes—growing one engineering org from 3 to 30—he focuses on inclusive, collaborative environments where world-class engineers thrive. For hardware, education, and non-profit projects he offers short-notice, deadline-driven support, blending creative prototyping with production-grade software.
13 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at Technische Universität DortmundAbitur, Abitur at Niklas-Luhmann-Gymnasium Oerlinghausen
Github Skills (142)
converting10
django10
api10
rest10
printable10
twig-templates9
3d-reconstruction9
inkscape9
python9
djangae9
appengine9
rest-api9
pico-89
aws9
robot9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
kirberich/gerber_to_scad
Feb 2016 - Dec 2022
Simple python script for converting gerber files into a 3d printable solder stencil scad file
Contributions:4 reviews, 57 commits, 10 PRs in 6 years 11 months
solderpythongerberpython-scriptstencil
kirberich/djangae
Jan 2015 - Aug 2016
Contributions:26 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year 7 months
djangopythonsuccessorapp-engine
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