Alex Stockinger

I'm

About

Software Developer.

Development of cloud-based environments is my passion. I develop software in teams - focused on creating the highest quality products delivered with state-of-the-art DevOps approaches.

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  • Website: www.alexstockinger.com
  • Phone: +49 1577 5357896
  • City: Munich, Germany
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  • Degree: Diploma (approx. MSc.)
  • E-Mail: mail@alexstockinger.de
  • Occupation: Freelancer

After university Alex set out as a Java consultant in the Munich area. In 2015 he decided to take matters into his own hands and became a freelancing software developer. This decision gave him the chance to put a strong focus on cloud-based and containerized software deployments. In recent years he worked with some awesome teams on many things Docker, Kubernetes and cloud-native.

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Skills

While cloud environments and back-end systems are Alex's everyday work, he inevitably came across a wide variety of topics in a good deal of different programming related fields. Here's a rough overview of what he's working on mostly.

Kubernetes & Containers 100%
Lead Development Roles 90%
Python 75%
Database & Messaging Technologies 80%
Java 100%
Web Development 55%

Resume

After finishing his CS university degree Alex had the chance to contribute to a huge variety of different projects in various roles in consultancy. He eventually decided to venture out on his own by becoming a freelancing software developer in 2015.

Summary

Alex Stockinger

Developer with 10+ years of experience designing and building high quality and maintainable software from initial concept to final, polished deliverable. Strong focus on cloud-based and containerized scenarios.

  • Munich, Germany
  • +49 1577 5357896
  • mail@alexstockinger.de

Education

Diploma in Computer Science (approx. MSc.)

2003 - 2010

University of Passau, Germany

Focus areas: Information-based systems / knowledge-based systems

Professional Experience

Freelancing Software Developer

2015 - Present

Munich, Germany

  • Cloud-Architecture, Kubernetes, Containerization
  • Lead Software Developer Java/DevOps

Manager

2015

Mieschke Hofmann & Partner GmbH, Munich

  • Project Manager
  • IT-Architect

Senior IT-Consultant (Architecture)

2011-2014

msg systems AG, Ismaning

  • IT-Architect
  • Technical Project Lead

Software Developer

2010-2011

crealytics GmbH, Passau

  • Software-Engineer

Open Source

Alex enjoys being an active member of the OSS community both by contributing to projects and by releasing code he has written to GitHub.

Here's a portfolio of selected examples:

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  • Project
  • Contribution

kindcontainer

Kindcontainer

integration testing

Creator

docker

Docker

containerization

Contributor

testcontainers

Testcontainers

integration testing

Contributor

kilo

Kilo

Secure multi-cloud kubernetes CNI

Contributor

x509-certificate-exporter

X.509 Certificate Exporter

prom monitoring for certs

Contributor

machine-controller

Kubermatic machine-controller

multi-cloud kubernetes nodes

Contributor

r2dbc-mssql

r2dbc-mssql

Reactive Relational Database Connectivity for MSSQL

Contributor

kafkaproxy

kafkaproxy

kafka protocol proxy

Creator

Publications

Alex loves sharing knowledge and spreading the word on new technologies in the areas of cloud computing, containerization and integration testing.

Here's a selection of previous conference talks and other publications:

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Testimonials

Robert Lang

Robert Lang

Freelancer

Alex is a great mentor and teacher, I learned a lot from him. He has this gift of catching you with his enthusiasm to build awesome solutions. Being with him on a team is a strong indicator for success. Also he's a constant source of hilarious memes!

Clive Jevons

Clive Jevons

Freelancer

Alex is an absolute joy to work with. A constant source of creative and innovative solutions to the problems we’ve faced together in projects. Extremely competent and insightful.

Friedericke Stockinger

Friedericke Stockinger

Alex' mum

I have no idea what he's doing all day long, but he seems to be doing it well.