Tobias Oetiker
Full Stack Engineer at OETIKER+PARTNER AG
Olten, Solothurn, Switzerland
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Top SchoolTobias Oetiker is a seasoned Full Stack Engineer based in Olten, Switzerland, with 25 years of hands-on experience building reliable systems and developer tools. He has a long-standing commitment to open source (creating since 1994) and contributes across the stack—from UI polish in the qooxdoo JavaScript framework to backend and DevOps work on znapzend, a ZFS backup tool with mbuffer integration. At OETIKER+PARTNER AG he blends system-level engineering with application development, informed by prior senior system management at ETH Zurich and international sysadmin roles. Tobias brings deep practical knowledge of backup, daemonization, and efficient data transfer, alongside a keen eye for UI/UX details and icon/font rendering improvements. He is also active in local civic life as a member of the Olten municipal parliament, showing an unusual mix of technical depth and community engagement.
25 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
OePe8, OePe8 at Brenning+PartnerMsc, Msc at Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule ZürichMatura Type C, Matura Type C at Kantonsschule Olten
German, English, French, Italian, Spanish, schweizerdeutsch
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Github Skills (25)
application-framework10
javascript10
scripting10
app-framework10
ui-design10
perl10
uid10
front-end-development10
zfs10
web-framework10
postgresql9
devops9
system-administration9
automations8
automation8
Programming languages (24)
Github contributions (5)
oetiker/znapzend
Sep 2013 - Dec 2022
zfs backup with remote capabilities and mbuffer integration.
Role in this project:
Back-end & DevOps Engineer
Back-end & DevOps EngineerContributions:16 releases, 87 reviews, 615 commits in 9 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Tobias's contributions center around the implementation and maintenance of ZFS backup functionality with remote capabilities. They made several changes to the core Perl scripts, including improvements to the backup process, and the configuration setup. The user also worked on integrating and improving the use of the `mbuffer` tool for efficient data transfer. The user also was engaged in adding log rotation and signal handling to daemonize the application.
incrementalzfsinitramfssnapshotszfs-backup
qooxdoo/qooxdoo
Sep 2014 - Jan 2023
qooxdoo - Universal JavaScript Framework
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:505 reviews, 239 commits, 184 PRs in 8 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Tobias primarily contributed to the Qooxdoo framework, focusing on UI-related tasks. Their work included fixing layout issues related to decorator changes, adding the overflow: hidden property to the Label widget, and addressing issues within the Calendar widget. Furthermore, they implemented improvements for icon font rendering, corrected and added Material Icons, and updated theme-related elements like the toggle button. These commits demonstrate a strong focus on improving the visual aspects of the framework and its UI components.
backend-agnosticjavascript-frameworkjavascriptframeworkrequirejs
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