Viktor Hofer
Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft
Melk, Lower Austria
Summary
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Top SchoolViktor Hofer is a Senior Software Engineer with 11 years' experience specializing in .NET, MSBuild, and cross-platform build and test infrastructure at Microsoft. He contributes to cornerstone projects of the .NET ecosystem—winforms, runtime, aspnetcore, SDK and MSBuild—focusing on serialization, API compatibility, build reliability and test automation to improve stability at scale. Viktor blends backend engineering with DevOps and QA expertise, routinely fixing tricky platform-specific bugs and hardening CI/build pipelines across Windows, Linux and macOS. His open-source work on high-profile repos like dotnet/runtime and coverlet demonstrates a pragmatic approach: fix failing tests, harden edge cases, and make tooling resilient for thousands of downstream users. Based in Lower Austria, he pairs a formal CS background with hands-on runtime and tooling experience, and often works at the intersection of developer productivity and core runtime correctness.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Vienna University of TechnologyBachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science at FH Technikum Wien
Github Skills (50)
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unit-testing10
nuget10
dependency-management10
debug10
runtimes10
net-sdk10
msbuild10
testing10
net10
dotnet-new10
dotnet10
run-time10
test-framework10
data-serialization10
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
dotnet/arcade
May 2017 - Jan 2023
Tools that provide common build infrastructure for multiple .NET Foundation projects.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:834 reviews, 247 commits, 939 PRs in 5 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Viktor contributed to the core build infrastructure for .NET Foundation projects. They were involved in version updates, project style migrations, and the addition of new functionalities. Their work included modifying C# project files, implementing core logic, and integrating tools for the build process, demonstrating a focus on build and compilation tools.
dotnetinfrastructurefoundationcsharpdotnet-core
dotnet/runtime
Mar 2017 - Jan 2023
.NET is a cross-platform runtime for cloud, mobile, desktop, and IoT apps.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer & Test Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & Test Automation EngineerContributions:3632 reviews, 1106 commits, 1712 PRs in 5 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Viktor's commits focus on modifying and correcting unit tests within the .NET runtime project. They address test failures by disabling problematic tests or modifying code to handle edge cases and platform-specific behavior. The user's work primarily involves C# code, and they demonstrate proficiency in testing and debugging within the .NET ecosystem. The user interacted with different modules of the .NET runtime, making sure the tests runs without problems.
dotnetruntimelinuxcsharpxamarin
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