Roland Christen
Co-Head Development & Operations
Risch-Rotkreuz, Zug, Switzerland
Summary
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Top SchoolRoland Christen is a seasoned full-stack developer and DevOps leader with 11 years of experience building resilient distributed systems and production infrastructure from Switzerland. As Co-Head Development & Operations at Jaywalker AG and a Senior Research Associate at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences, he blends hands-on engineering, solution architecture and applied research to drive robust software delivery. A Linux, Docker and Go enthusiast, he’s equally comfortable designing backend architectures as scripting CI/CD and container orchestration for scalable deployments. His background spans enterprise ERP and web platforms to academia-led software architecture research, giving him a rare mix of practical product delivery and methodical evaluation. Outside work he channels the same systems-minded creativity into rock music, reflecting a preference for energetic, collaborative environments.
11 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Apprenticeship, Electronics Technician, Apprenticeship, Electronics Technician at RUAG Aerospacematriculation standard, professional baccalaureate, matriculation standard, professional baccalaureate at BMS SurseeBachelor of Science, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science, Computer Science at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts
English, German, Spanish
Github Skills (37)
authentication9
multitenancy9
docker8
openid-connect8
authorization8
sdk8
golang8
identity8
gitlab-ci8
gitlab-api7
saml7
gitlab7
scim7
jwt7
serverless6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
tcchrist/prefSQL
Aug 2016 - Jan 2017
Contributions:12 pushes, 14 branches in 4 months
postgresqlsqldatabasemysql
rollicks-c/progressy
Sep 2024 - Mar 2025
Contributions:33 pushes, 3 branches in 5 months
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