I'm a software engineer at RockLogic GmbH, an Austria-based Ethereum node operator in the Lido Curated Set and the team behind Stereum. My day-to-day lives at the intersection of Ethereum staking infrastructure and DevOps, built on roots in low-level and embedded systems.

• 🧱 Stereum & StereumLabs
  I help build and maintain Stereum, the open-source tool for setting up and monitoring Ethereum nodes, and work on StereumLabs. On the side I'm developing a lightweight take on Stereum, focused on simplicity, performance, and managing multiple nodes more efficiently.

• ⛓️ Validator Operations
  Running and keeping Ethereum validators healthy, and doing the reliability work that keeps stake online through hard forks and everything in between.

• 🎓 Computer Science Degree @ TU Wien
  Probably the most time-consuming thing in my life right now is working toward my degree at TU Wien.

• Infra & DevOps: Ansible is my strong suit, alongside Docker, GitHub Actions, nginx, systemd, and Linux/Ubuntu administration & networking.
• Monitoring & observability: Prometheus, Grafana and exporters like node_exporter are my daily drivers, with some ELK stack in the mix.
• Ethereum clients: Comfortable across the full range of consensus and execution clients, from Lighthouse, Teku, Prysm, Nimbus, Lodestar and Grandine to Geth, Nethermind, Besu, Reth, Erigon and Ethrex.
• Languages: Python and JavaScript/Node.js day to day. Go powers a small project of mine, and I picked up Java through my CS coursework at TU Wien.
• Roots: embedded and low-level programming, as below.

Before diving deep into Ethereum and distributed systems, I studied Electronics and Technical Computer Science / Informatics at HTL Hollabrunn, where I built a strong foundation in embedded systems development and low-level programming.
From blinking LEDs to Ethereum nodes: what a journey it's been, and there's so much more ahead.

• 🌒 Dark mode or it didn't happen.
• 🎮 Sometimes found gaming or tweaking my home setup instead of studying.
• 🪵 Collects logs like they're Pokémon.
• 💡 Has a perfectly good idea at 2am. Forgets it the next day.