About Me

Hi I am Michael Legner, welcome to my portfolio site. I’m a software developer, originating from the middle nowhere of southern Germany.

I worked as a software developer for Carl Zeiss SMT (Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology). Previously I worked at Gaming Minds Studios, a video game developer for Kalypso Media from September 2020 to August 2023. After getting my Masters Degree in Computer Science from Ulm University in 2015, I joined Carl Zeiss Industrial Metrology (now know as Industrial Quality Solutions) as a software developer and stayed until the end of 2019.

You can find my full resume/curriculum vitae behind this link.

With everything I do, the goal is always to get to the very bottom and learn every little detail. Mastery of the topics and technology that are of interest to me is what drives me. I’m currently aim to get as close as feasible to the hardware and learning more about how CPUs, GPUs and the like work internally and how to utilize their full potential.

As a developer, I value code quality, readability and maintainability. Agile methods are of particular interest to me, as they match my own views of how to develop software quite closely. I also keep an eye on the bigger picture of the system I’m working on, so shifting towards the role of Software Architect could be a fitting prospect.

My passion are video games, my collection is currently at a little over 3600 games across eleven platforms, with the PC being my primary choice. But its not just about playing, I’m also interested in the stories and technology behind the games and their development. Even though it is a bit strange playing a game while constantly trying to figure out “how did they do this?”. This goes back to me playing on a Super Nintendo 25 years ago, but since consoles are closed platforms, I was stuck at wondering. Today I have a better understanding of the technology, which lets me get a better sense of the structures and techniques used.

My other interest include casual astronomy and motor sport, most likely because they also heavily rely engineering.
Some day, I might figure out what social media is actually good for.

Skills

Programming

Primary: C++, C#, WPF, C++/CLI,

Secondary: ASP.NET, OpenGL, Python, Java, Kotlin, PHP, C

Other interests: Software Architecture, Agile Development Methods

Hobby-Ish: Vulkan, Rust, Webassembly, Multithreading, Massively Parallel Processing, GPGPU.

Tools: Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, Git, Subversion, Jira, Azure Dev Ops, Nvidia Nsight, Team Foundation Server, Mercurial, Eclipse

Other

• iSAQB® Certified Professional for Software Architecture Foundation Level von International Software Quality Institute (iSQI)

Languages

• German (native)
• English (very good, TOEFL IBT 108/120)

Timeline