Urban Hafner
Software Developer at virtualQ
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
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Top SchoolUrban Hafner is a seasoned software developer with 17 years of experience specializing in Ruby, Ruby on Rails, and JavaScript, currently building products at virtualQ from Munich. He has moved fluidly between hands-on development and leadership roles—rising to Director of Engineering at riskmethods and returning to senior and developer positions—demonstrating both technical depth and adaptability. His background includes maintaining high-traffic Rails apps, building backend services and data visualizations, and a steady freelance period that honed pragmatic problem-solving. Co-hosting the Expanding Beyond podcast highlights his interest in community and knowledge sharing beyond code. Trained as an MSc in Bioinformatics, he brings analytical rigor and a data-oriented mindset to web engineering challenges. Always curious, he seeks new challenges that push both craftsmanship and system design.
17 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MSc) Bioinformatics, Master of Science (MSc) Bioinformatics at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
German, English, Greek
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Github Skills (173)
markdown10
hamcrest10
static-site10
unit-test10
jekyll10
baduk10
liquid10
site-generator9
rust9
testing9
ruby9
rspec9
background-process9
spec9
node-sass9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
ujh/fountainpencompanion
Apr 2017 - Jan 2023
Repository for https://www.fountainpencompanion.com
Contributions:820 reviews, 2607 commits, 2440 PRs in 5 years 10 months
ujh/iomrascalai
Apr 2014 - Jan 2018
Contributions:18 releases, 1376 commits, 360 PRs in 3 years 9 months
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