About

Technical, visual, and interdisciplinary.

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 am also very comfortable working with AI in development. The shift toward AI-assisted and agentic workflows is real, and I think it changes how good work gets made. Used well, these tools compress research, iteration, and implementation. Used lazily, they produce generic output and technical debt.

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