About

Technical depth, visual judgment.

I'm Christoph, a software engineer based in Vienna. I care about sharp execution, clear thinking, and websites that communicate clearly and feel good to use.

My background is a mix of computer science and business informatics. I studied at the University of Vienna and TU Wien, spent a semester at KTH Stockholm, and have been freelancing alongside my studies since 2019.

I work with AI heavily in development. Used well, it genuinely speeds up research and implementation. Used lazily, it produces generic output and technical debt. The difference is judgment about when to lean on it, and that judgment is part of what I offer.

Outside of code, I make specialty coffee, shoot photos at events around Vienna, and spend more time than necessary on design details, systems thinking, and how things are presented.

Portrait of Christoph Dethloff holding a camera
Photography
Foggy London skyline rising behind the Royal Exchange
Rocky coastline with clear blue water in Crete
London Underground sign with a red bus blurred in motion
Northern lights over a snowy landscape in Lapland
Education
2021 - 2026

TU Wien

MSc Software Engineering & Internet Computing. Thesis: WasmOcular

Jan - Jun 2024

KTH Stockholm

Exchange. Advanced Distributed Systems, Rust, Vue.js, CRDTs

2018 - 2021

University of Vienna

BSc Business Informatics. Thesis: Digital Twins for PLCs

Experience
Jun 2018 - present

Web Developer & Digital Marketing Specialist at Future-Law

WordPress, Plugin Dev, DBMS Design, Automation, Meta/Google/LinkedIn Ads, Photo & Video

Jan 2019 - present

Freelance Web Developer

Web development and consulting for clients in Vienna

Mar - Jul 2023

Academic Tutor at TU Wien

Distributed Systems Technologies

Skills
Languages TypeScript, JavaScript, PHP, Python, Rust, Java, Scala, C++, HTML/CSS
Frontend React, React Native, WebAssembly
Backend & Data Node.js, REST APIs, WordPress (custom themes & plugins), SQL
Tooling & DevOps Git, Docker, Linux, CI/CD (GitHub Actions), self-hosting
Spoken languages German (native), English (C1), basic Spanish & Swedish
Interests Specialty coffee & espresso (CoffeeXris), music, photography, cycling & hiking