Patrik Gfeller
Senior Software Engineer at Siemens Healthineers
Zürich Metropolitan Area Switzerland
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Top SchoolPatrik Gfeller is a Senior Software Engineer with over 11 years of experience designing and modernizing complex medical and embedded systems, currently focused on integrating AI into software lifecycle processes at Siemens Healthineers. He combines deep hands-on expertise in imaging, rendering stacks, and CI/CD with a pragmatic philosophy: maximize user value, control TCO, and avoid golden-hammer solutions. Patrik excels at untangling legacy “elephants in the server room” through strong decoupling, incremental prototyping, and the Boy Scout Rule—leaving code cleaner after every touch. His background spans firmware and hardware design to large-scale web mono-repos and API abstraction layers, enabling safe, component-wise modernization backed by automated regression tests. Based in Zürich, he brings cross-disciplinary collaboration and a disciplined, risk-aware approach to adopting transformative technologies like AI while calling out their limits. An early tech enthusiast turned practical architect, he favors clear interfaces and maintainable structure so innovation can proceed without sacrificing reliability.
11 years of coding experience
29 years of employment as a software developer
Federal Vocational Baccalaureate, Federal Vocational Baccalaureate at GIBM – Gewerblich-industrielle Berufsfachschule MuttenzFH degree in electrical engineering, with specialization in industrial electronics, FH degree in electrical engineering, with specialization in industrial electronics at Berner Fachhochschule BFHFederal VET Diploma, Electrical, Electronic and Communications Engineering Technology/Technician, Federal VET Diploma, Electrical, Electronic and Communications Engineering Technology/Technician at Moser-Baer AGBusiness Information Technology, Master of Advanced Studies, Business Information Technology, Master of Advanced Studies at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and ArtsFähigkeitszeugnis - Elektroniker, Fachrichtung Computertechnik, Fähigkeitszeugnis - Elektroniker, Fachrichtung Computertechnik at Moser-Baer AG, SumiswaldBerufsmaturität, Berufsmaturität at Berufsmaturitätsschule der Gewerblich-Industriellen Berufschule Bern
German, English
Github Skills (53)
connected10
openhab10
java10
network-analysis9
webpack-dev-server9
lan9
vscode-extension9
extend9
iobroker9
wifi-security9
home-assistant9
zigbee9
detector9
wifi9
angular9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
pgfeller/openhab2-addons
Sep 2017 - Jun 2018
Add-ons for openHAB 2.x
Contributions:285 pushes, 6 branches in 9 months
openhab
pgfeller/openhab-addons
Feb 2024 - Jun 2026
Add-ons for openHAB
Contributions:13 PRs, 377 pushes, 70 branches in 2 years 4 months
openhab
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