Bastian Gruber

Bastian Gruber

Software Craftsman, Ultra Runner and Tinkerer.

I love APIs, servers and building helpful tools - be it a 3D printed Soundbox for my Kids, helper websites for my friends and community, or solve technical challenges.

Technical Expertise

  • Rust - Published Author, working with Rust since 2018
  • Python - Web services serving thousands of requests a minute
  • JavaScript - Frontend + Backend, React, VueJS, NodeJS, TypeScript
  • Rust FFI targeting Python, Swift, Kotlin and JavaScript
  • Built distributed P2P systems with low latency in Rust
  • Cloud Infrastructure - Docker, Kubernetes on AWS and Google Cloud
  • Memory efficient data structures
  • Balance throughput and congestions in distributed systems

Unique Value Proposition

  • A doer, who dives deep and gets things done
  • Both Greenfield, for StartUps in a very fast paced environment
  • Maintaining, improving and refactoring legacy codebases
  • Contributed to large codebases like Firefox
  • Problem solving: I am diving deep into a new problem, communicate my findings, and collaborate to reach the best outcome.
  • Always having the endgoal of a task or product I built in mind.
  • Know when to build for scale, when to prototype, when to ship fast and when to go slower

Professional Journey

  • Started into Web Development at the age of 17, by starting my own web development company.
  • Got a scholarship to study Computer Science from Allianz. Most notably, worked on IBM Mainframes as well as Java client applications.
  • Moved to Berlin at the end of my studies to join my first StartUp.
  • Worked in several StartUps as a frontend and backend developer, often times as the first of 5 employees.
  • Started contracting for business ventures who wanted to start greenfield projects.
  • Started MeetUps surrounding technology, the biggest was "Rust & Tell Berlin" with over 1k members.
  • Worked across industries (IoT, Finance, Machine Learning StartUps, Travel & Leisure, Communications).
  • Focussed on Rust since 2018, started a Blog, wrote and published a book with Manning, gave talks and interviews.
  • Moved to Canada in 2023.
  • Worked at a distributed systems StartUp, the solution we built got acquired by Polygon Labs.
  • Joined Mozilla in June 2024, working with Rust, Python and JavaScript on components shipped directly in Firefox, and web services around Firefox.

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