Benjamin Klotz

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Hi, Iā€™m Benjamin, 32 years old and based in Tyrol, Austria. Currently, Iā€™m working at onlim as a software engineer with a focus on backend and DevOps. After graduating from HTL Innsbruck where I came into contact with the hardware and software sides of the world, I decided to fully focus on software.

The first 2 years I spent working for holzweg where I worked with PHP (Symfony, eZ Publish). Followed by a position at STI Innsbruck as a full-time Ruby (Rails) developer. I moved on to work for onlim (a spin-off from STI) where Iā€™m still employed to date.

During my whole time working as a developer, I was curious to learn new things while also trying to get a detailed understanding of the technologies I use. Nowadays, Iā€™m using more JavaScript, TypeScript and Node.js on the backend, while also doing technical deep dives into Kubernetes, Terraform and everything else DevOps related. In my spare time, Iā€™m currently refreshing my networking basics by reading various books.

In addition to reading and (re-)learning the theory, Iā€™m also trying to realize practical home lab projects:

  • Home lab Cluster
  • Microcontroller projects
    • STM32
    • Raspberry Pi Pico

Also, Iā€™m a big believer in OSS and try to give back to it by either contributing or sponsoring:

Skills

Backend / Embedded

  • šŸ’Ž Ruby (ā˜…ā˜…ā˜…ā˜…)
  • šŸš€ TypeScript/Node.js (ā˜…ā˜…)
  • šŸ˜ PHP (previous experience, outdated)
  • C (ā˜…)

Frontend (listing previous experience, outdated)

  • HTML
  • CSS / SCSS / SASS
  • JavaScript (jQuery, Backbone.js)

Databases & more

  • šŸ˜ PostgreSQL (ā˜…ā˜…ā˜…)
  • šŸ”‘ Redis (ā˜…ā˜…ā˜…)
  • šŸ“„ MongoDB (ā˜…)
  • Kafka
  • Keycloak

DevOps

  • šŸ•‹ Docker/Compose (ā˜…ā˜…ā˜…ā˜…)
  • āš™ļø Kubernetes (ā˜…ā˜…ā˜…)
  • šŸŖ Terraform (ā˜…)
  • šŸš¢ CI/CD (ā˜…ā˜…ā˜…ā˜…)
  • šŸ”¬ Observability (Metrics, Logging, Tracing) (ā˜…ā˜…ā˜…ā˜…)

Other Tools & Technologies I use

Non coding ā›°ļø šŸƒ

Besides loving to learn about new technologies or gaining more in-depth knowledge about already-used technologies, I have a big passion for sports and fitness. I love long, full day hiking trips as well as trying to stay in shape by doing regular strength exercises.

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