thomas_ruf.
ruf.thomas@protonmail.com
Portrait of Thomas Ruf
available for work · vienna, at

hi. i'm tom. a software engineer

with a passion for design and focus on user experience. currently working as a software dev in vienna, i combine technical skills with a creative mindset to craft seamless and intuitive software — software that goes beyond functionality.

my journey
location vienna, at
study tu wien / cs
focus fullstack · ui
status open to roles
02. my journey

a few steps,
still walking.

from first lines of code in high school to building full-stack products for companies & personal projects — here is the short version of how i got here.

  1. 2017

    first line of code

    after finishing high school with matura I got hooked on programming — started with java, quickly fell into web dev.

    javahtml/css
  2. 2017

    tu wien — bsc media-informatics and visual computing

    started my bachelor's at the technical university of vienna. deep-dive into algorithms, systems, and software engineering.

    javac++
  3. 2021

    tu wien — msc software engineering

    continued at the technical university of vienna with master's. advanced study in software engineering, testing, distributed systems and logic.

    springangularionicpythondockergitsql
  4. 2022

    tu wien - projekt staff

    developed a web application to simulate maze-solving-algorithms. helped optimize a mobile application for digitizing business processes in the civil engineering industry

    javascripthtmlcss
  5. 2023

    working as a a software dev

    while finishing my master's started to work part-time at the federal ministry of austria as a software developer. later switched to full-time

    angulartypescriptcssspring
  6. now

    side projects

    exploring and building projects with AI - threat or chance we'll see

    claudegeminireact nativeexpospringsupabase
03. projects
04. skills & tools

tweaks live