Christian Blank

Christian Blank / Ettlingen, Germany

About me

Software engineer & solutions architect

Since 2013, I’ve built software for SaaS products and industrial systems, and worked on digital projects as a consultant.

Today, I focus on agentic systems, software architecture, and applications that connect hardware, web technologies, and cloud infrastructure.

I care about clear system boundaries, reliable interfaces and code that a team can keep working on. Those decisions matter long after the first release.

My projects
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Christian Blank Ettlingen, Germany

01

Work experience

06.2023 to Present

Bruker AG

Senior Software Engineer

I build control software for networked NIR spectrometers with React, Electron, and C++. My work centers on hardware interfaces, systems integration, and dependable real-time data processing.

06.2026 to Present

Augmentry

Founder

At Augmentry, I work with teams and stakeholders to turn business requirements into AI and software solutions for production use. I cover discovery, architecture, implementation and rollout. My focus is on agentic systems, RAG, self-hosted LLM infrastructure, AI integration and modern full-stack applications.

07.2022 to Present

Blank IT Solutions & Consulting

Freelance IT Consultant

I advise companies on solution architecture, systems integration, and technical modernization. I help turn an early brief into an actionable architecture and production-ready infrastructure.

09.2019 to 03.2023

SEW-EURODRIVE GmbH & Co KG

Full Stack Developer

I worked on a predictive maintenance platform for industrial gear units. The work covered vibration analysis, ML-assisted failure detection, and integration with existing production processes.

06.2013 to 08.2019

Leadfeeder

Full Stack Developer

I built CRM and contract software as well as web crawlers for data-driven lead detection. My focus later shifted to containerized services, CI/CD, infrastructure as code, and monitoring.

02

Skills and technologies

Technologies and methods I have used in product development, architecture, and operations.

Ratings reflect my practical experience.

AI & Agentic Development

Coding agents, model infrastructure, and practices for dependable agentic systems.

  • Claude CodeExpert5/5
  • OpenCodeExpert5/5
  • Context EngineeringExpert5/5
  • Agentic DevelopmentExpert5/5
  • Prompt EngineeringAdvanced4/5
  • LiteLLMAdvanced4/5
  • MCPAdvanced4/5
  • LM StudioAdvanced4/5
  • Llama.cppIntermediate3/5
  • QdrantIntermediate3/5
  • vLLMIntermediate3/5
  • OllamaAdvanced4/5
  • OpenRouterAdvanced4/5
  • Inference OptimizationIntermediate3/5
  • PineconeIntermediate3/5
  • pgvectorAdvanced4/5
  • RAGAdvanced4/5
  • Embeddings & RerankingIntermediate3/5
  • Hugging FaceIntermediate3/5
  • HermesIntermediate3/5
  • QLoRAIntermediate3/5
  • UnslothIntermediate3/5
  • TTSIntermediate3/5
  • STTIntermediate3/5
  • LiveKitIntermediate3/5
  • WisprFlowAdvanced4/5
  • CodexAdvanced4/5
  • AiderIntermediate3/5
  • ClineIntermediate3/5
  • Agent SkillsAdvanced4/5
  • Multi-Agent SystemsAdvanced4/5
  • Agent OrchestrationAdvanced4/5
  • Spec KitIntermediate3/5
  • OpenSpecIntermediate3/5
  • Guardrails AIIntermediate3/5
  • LLM EvalsIntermediate3/5
  • LangfuseIntermediate3/5
  • LRMAdvanced4/5

Languages

Languages I use across product development, automation, and integration.

  • TypeScriptExpert5/5
  • JavaScriptExpert5/5
  • PHPAdvanced4/5
  • JavaIntermediate3/5
  • C#Intermediate3/5
  • C++Basic2/5
  • PythonIntermediate3/5
  • HTML5Expert5/5
  • CSS3Advanced4/5
  • SCSSAdvanced4/5
  • LESSIntermediate3/5
  • SQLAdvanced4/5
  • BashAdvanced4/5
  • JSON/XMLExpert5/5

Frameworks & Libraries

Frameworks for web interfaces, APIs, and desktop applications.

  • ReactExpert5/5
  • Next.jsIntermediate3/5
  • AngularAdvanced4/5
  • ElectronAdvanced4/5
  • AngularJSAdvanced4/5
  • Node.jsAdvanced4/5
  • LaravelIntermediate3/5
  • SymfonyBasic2/5
  • .NETIntermediate3/5
  • React NativeAdvanced4/5
  • IonicIntermediate3/5
  • CapacitorIntermediate3/5
  • PhoneGapBasic2/5
  • jQueryAdvanced4/5
  • BootstrapAdvanced4/5
  • ReduxAdvanced4/5
  • TailwindCSSExpert5/5
  • shadcn/uiAdvanced4/5
  • ZendFrameworkIntermediate3/5
  • ExpressAdvanced4/5
  • AstroIntermediate3/5

Methodology & Architecture

Methods for clear system boundaries, durable decisions, and maintainable code.

  • Domain-Driven DesignAdvanced4/5
  • Deep ModulesAdvanced4/5
  • Context-Driven ArchitectureAdvanced4/5
  • Clean ArchitectureAdvanced4/5
  • Modular MonolithAdvanced4/5
  • Test-Driven DevelopmentAdvanced4/5
  • Bounded ContextsAdvanced4/5
  • Architecture Decision RecordsAdvanced4/5
  • MonorepoAdvanced4/5
  • Behavior-Driven DevelopmentIntermediate3/5
  • Trunk-Based DevelopmentIntermediate3/5
  • Hexagonal ArchitectureIntermediate3/5
  • Event-Driven ArchitectureIntermediate3/5
  • CQRSIntermediate3/5
  • Event SourcingIntermediate3/5
  • Event StormingIntermediate3/5
  • Domain StorytellingIntermediate3/5
  • C4 ModelIntermediate3/5
  • Vertical Slice ArchitectureIntermediate3/5
  • Contract TestingIntermediate3/5

Databases & ORMs

Relational and document storage for product and operational data.

  • PostgreSQLAdvanced4/5
  • MongoDBAdvanced4/5
  • SQLiteAdvanced4/5
  • MySQLExpert5/5
  • MariaDBAdvanced4/5
  • Doctrine ORMIntermediate3/5
  • DrizzleIntermediate3/5
  • PrismaIntermediate3/5
  • RedisIntermediate3/5
  • InfluxDBIntermediate3/5
  • ElasticsearchIntermediate3/5
  • Microsoft SQLIntermediate3/5

Tools & Technologies

Tools for development, delivery, infrastructure, and operations.

  • DockerAdvanced4/5
  • NginxIntermediate3/5
  • ApacheIntermediate3/5
  • VS CodeExpert5/5
  • PostmanAdvanced4/5
  • GitExpert5/5
  • SVNIntermediate3/5
  • MercurialBasic2/5
  • GitHubExpert5/5
  • GitLabAdvanced4/5
  • GitHub ActionsAdvanced4/5
  • npmAdvanced4/5
  • yarnIntermediate3/5
  • pnpmIntermediate3/5
  • ESLintAdvanced4/5
  • PrettierAdvanced4/5
  • PHPUnitIntermediate3/5
  • GruntIntermediate3/5
  • ELK StackIntermediate3/5
  • LogstashIntermediate3/5
  • GrafanaIntermediate3/5
  • VirtualBoxAdvanced4/5
  • vSphereIntermediate3/5
  • ESXiIntermediate3/5
  • ProxmoxExpert5/5
  • AzureIntermediate3/5
  • VercelAdvanced4/5
  • Apache SolrBasic2/5
  • Squid ProxyBasic2/5
  • Active DirectoryIntermediate3/5
  • ExchangeIntermediate3/5
  • DHCPIntermediate3/5
  • DNSAdvanced4/5
  • Bind9Basic2/5
  • SambaIntermediate3/5
  • MS DynamicsBasic2/5
  • Azure DevOpsAdvanced4/5
  • JenkinsIntermediate3/5
  • AWSBasic2/5
  • JestAdvanced4/5
  • VitestAdvanced4/5
  • StorybookIntermediate3/5
  • ViteExpert5/5
  • RollupIntermediate3/5
  • WebpackAdvanced4/5
  • KubernetesBasic2/5

Operating Systems

Platforms for development, server operations, and industrial systems.

  • WindowsExpert5/5
  • Windows ServerAdvanced4/5
  • LinuxAdvanced4/5
  • DebianExpert5/5
  • UbuntuAdvanced4/5
  • AlpineIntermediate3/5
  • OpenSUSEBasic2/5
  • ArchBasic2/5

03 / LinkedIn

What I write about

I write about agentic systems and software development on LinkedIn. These are some of the subjects I cover.

Agents as infrastructure

I write about the interfaces, context, permissions and observability that agentic systems need.

Read my posts on LinkedIn

MCP in production

I look at how agents use MCP to access tools and data, including contracts, permissions and what happens when a tool fails.

Read my posts on LinkedIn

Building agent applications

I cover the work around the model: orchestration, context, permissions, evaluation and monitoring when taking an application from a demo into production.

Read my posts on LinkedIn

Get in touch

If you’d like to work with me, send me a message about your project. You can use the form or email me directly.

Get in touch
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