Max-Leon Ernst

18 · Near Düsseldorf, Germany

I like building clean desktop interfaces and tools that automate tedious work.

C# TypeScript SQL

.NET Core .NET Framework ASP.NET Core WPF WinForms Avalonia Vue.js Entity Framework ReactiveUI CommunityToolkit.Mvvm WebAssembly Autofac

Azure Azure Functions Docker Traefik Portainer Nexus OSS Ubuntu Raspberry Pi

Git Bitbucket JIRA Confluence SQL Server LiteDB Serilog Selenium DevExpress

OpenAI Anthropic Claude Ollama OpenCV

OOP MVVM IoC WebSockets Agile

Projects

Open Source · GitHub

StorkDrop

Manifest-driven software deployment for servers and workstations. Browse, install, and update software from Nexus OSS registries, with a WPF marketplace UI and CLI support.
Used in production by midsized companies!

C# .NET WPF →

Open Source · GitHub

VM Manager

ASP based HyperV and Proxmox wrapper with remote agents and a secured RDP proxy to enable easy VM Template and VM management as well as secure connections behind a firewall.

C# WPF Blazor ASP.NET WMI →

Open Source · GitHub

ConfigForge

Automatically generates highly customizable configuration UIs from a C# DTO, configurable through attributes or by hand. Plugin-capable for integrating custom controls and fully JsonForms compatible.

C# .NET ASP.NET Blazor JsonForms →

Game · Steam

A fast-paced first-person arena hack-and-slash set inside a living sketchbook. Fight paper enemies, collect fragments, and build your run.

Unity C# →

CloudEventSink

CloudEvent sink that stores incoming events in a PostgreSQL database and surfaces them through a highly customizable graphical query designer and dashboards, including endpoint and secrets management.

C# ASP.NET PostgreSQL CloudEvents

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CodeStripper

Roslyn-based tool that produces stripped copies of C# source, keeping the public API surface, signatures, and documentation while removing method bodies and internal logic. The stripped tree still compiles and works as reference context for writing integration tests against a contract.

C# .NET Roslyn

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NetFxProxy

Bridges legacy .NET Framework 4.8 assemblies into modern .NET 10 applications inside a single process, hosting both runtimes side by side through a C++/CLI bridge. Generates matching proxy types and transparently marshals calls without separate processes or IPC.

C# C++/CLI .NET 10 .NET Framework

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ForgeBoard

HashiCorp Packer wrapper to construct build instructions via a web-based build wizard, a step template library, and fully automated build chaining.

C# UNO ASP.NET HashiCorp Packer

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Experience

C# Software & DevOps Engineer

creativITy GmbH · Full-time · Hybrid, Mettmann

Aug 2025 – Present

.NET Framework and .NET Core Plugin and connector development for ERP Systems. DevOps & infrastructure development + management for automated testing, automatic VM provisioning, automatic release deployment.

Founder & Engineer

AutoTF · Self-employed · Remote

Aug 2024 – Aug 2025

Led development of train automation systems for the German market. Full ownership across system architecture, embedded development, cloud engineering, and sales partnerships with railway operators.

Fullstack C# Software Engineer

empower · Apprenticeship · Cologne, on-site

Aug 2023 – Oct 2024

Fullstack development of the empower AI Assistant.

Software Developer

empower · Internship · Cologne, on-site

Feb – Mar 2023

Software development internship.

System Administrator

Stadt Schwelm · Internship · Schwelm, on-site

Mar 2022

3-week school internship as IT systems integrator.