Kristofer Knoll

Full Stack Developer

Education

BSc in Computer Science

University of Skövde

2005 - 2008

Languages

German (Native)
Swedish (Native)
English (Professional)

Interests

Computer Science
Playing Music
Wing Chun

Career Profile

Full stack developer who has been active in different areas. Ranging from tool to front-end to back-end development.

Experiences

Senior Software Engineer

2017 - Present

Nukklear UG, Remote

Technical Lead Developer

2016 - 2017

Bigpoint GmbH, Berlin

Lead back-end developer for Drakensang Online. Supervising, implementing and maintaining changes to the external and internal infrastructure. Leading system integration for various partners e.g. Tencent.

Senior Software Engineer

2013 - 2016

Bigpoint GmbH, Berlin

Worked on Drakensang Online. Developed the back-end and front-end of various game related systems. Also developed and maintained various tools for studio internal use.

Software Developer

2010 - 2013

Native Instruments, Berlin

Worked on Traktor Pro 2. Did mostly UI related systems and hardware integration.

Software Developer

2008 - 2010

RadonLabs GmbH, Berlin

Started as an intern and wrote my bachelor thesis. As a fulltime employee I continued working as a tool and game developer for Drakensang - The River of Time. TBD LINK

Private Projects

Tigerclaw - A 2D Kungfu-Brawler, developed with the Unreal Engine 4. Team consist of four people. Non commercial.

Knollix.wtf - Adminstrating my root server. Doing various dev op'ish tasks e.g. app containerization

Go Game Server - Go server back-end for a game prototype. Using Go's concurrency features to encapsule / run separate game modules in a concurrent manner. Including Simple AI and Socket / Websocket support

Personal Website - Developing and maintaining my web presence. Main goal is a personal website and sharpening my web development skills. If I have enough time, I will even do some blogging.

Programming Languages

Expert Knowledge:

C++, C#, MySQL

Intermediate Knowledge:

Python, Golang, C, HTML & CSS, CMake, Bash, Java, Javascript

Novice Knowledge:

PHP, NoSQL, Assembler, Erlang, Latex

Tools & Proficiencies

Expert Knowledge:

Linux, Visual Studio, svn

Intermediate Knowledge:

Unreal Engine 4, Unity, git, cvs, Jenkins, Docker, Confluence, Jira, ELK-Stack

Novice Knowledge:

Chef, Ansible, Rundeck, Emscripten