Robert Wimmer
Senior Engineering Manager at fiskaly
Vienna, Austria
Summary
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Top SchoolRobert Wimmer is a senior engineering manager in Vienna with 13 years of experience building cloud-native systems, leading distributed engineering teams, and operationalizing compliant software delivery. He has grown through hands-on roles from Java game developer to technical product owner and now leads engineering at fiskaly, where he established department-wide knowledge sharing, Jira-driven processes that support ISO certifications, and serves as a deputy to the VP of Engineering. Technically fluent in Python, Go, Kubernetes and infrastructure-as-code, he contributes open-source automation like an Ansible WireGuard role and blends developer tooling with people-first leadership. His background in game engineering and a formal certificate in change management give him a rare combination of product empathy, process design, and change leadership across international teams.
13 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Engineer (Ing.) Information Technology, Engineer (Ing.) Information Technology at HTL RennwegUniversity Certificate (20 ECTS) Change Management & Innovation, University Certificate (20 ECTS) Change Management & Innovation at LUNEXMaster's Program Game Engineering and Simulation Technology, Master's Program Game Engineering and Simulation Technology at FH Technikum Wien
German, English
Github Skills (11)
ansible10
ansible-galaxy10
linux10
networking10
ansible-role10
wireguard10
security10
yaml9
testing4
dockers3
docker3
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
githubixx/ansible-role-wireguard
Jul 2018 - Nov 2022
Ansible role for installing WireGuard VPN. Supports Ubuntu, Debian, Archlinx, Fedora and CentOS.
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:18 releases, 72 reviews, 47 commits in 4 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Robert primarily contributed to the automation and configuration of WireGuard VPN using Ansible. Their work focused on defining the WireGuard interface, adding configuration options, and ensuring proper formatting of the configuration file. They also addressed typos, updated the README, and refactored the Ansible role, as well as adding a very basic unit test. These commits demonstrate a focus on infrastructure-as-code and the deployment and management of network services.
wireguard-vpncentosinstallingsecurityansible
githubixx/ansible-role-cni
Sep 2021 - Jan 2025
Ansible role to install CNI (Container Network Interface)
Contributions:18 PRs, 13 pushes, 21 branches in 3 years 4 months
network-interfacecontainerdnetwork-automationansiblepodman
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