Simon Fischer
Developer at APRO Kassensysteme
Austria
Summary
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Top SchoolSimon Fischer is a pragmatic full‑time software developer and FOSS enthusiast based in Austria with six years of professional experience. He has progressed through roles from software testing and full‑stack development to his current developer position at APRO Kassensysteme, contributing to POS-related software. Comfortable across IoT, Azure POCs, and machine learning internships, he enjoys experimenting with new technologies in both software and hardware during his free time. Simon studied Informatics at Johannes Kepler Universität Linz and a technical college for IT, blending academic foundations with hands‑on project work. Known for contributing to open‑source projects outside of work, he brings a curious, maker‑mindset to production engineering and automation. Colleagues would describe him as a practical problem solver who turns experimental ideas into reliable software.
6 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Informatics, Bachelor of Science - BS, Informatics at Johannes Kepler Universität Linz5, Informatics, 5, Informatics at Higher Technical College for IT
German, English
Github Skills (154)
sphinx-doc10
python10
automation10
esp3210
home-assistant10
mqtt10
download-manager10
yaml10
home-automation10
staging10
platformio10
sphinx10
iot10
esphome10
esp826610
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
SimonFischer04/FileConfiguration
Jul 2020 - May 2022
Contributions:35 commits, 2 PRs, 23 pushes in 1 year 10 months
SimonFischer04/esphome
Mar 2024 - Mar 2025
ESPHome is a system to control your ESP8266/ESP32 by simple yet powerful configuration files and control them remotely through Home Automation systems.
Contributions:1 review, 1 PR, 45 pushes in 1 year
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