Hi, I’m Michael Steininger

I build for the web and lead the teams behind it.

Senior Manager Frontend Development at world4you, where my team builds the platforms that 130,000+ hosting customers use every day. Owner of WebDev Solutions. Building for the web since 2014, turning architecture into systems that hold up.

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Michael Steininger

How I got here

My first real code was an IRC bot script — I wanted a channel to display its own chat statistics, and getting there meant writing my first PHP, HTML, CSS and JavaScript.

That settled it. I specialised in web development at HTL Rennweg, graduated, and have been doing it professionally ever since.

What I stand by

Experience

Across hosting, media, education and e-commerce since 2014 — leading a frontend team since 2020.

  1. Since 2020 Senior Manager Frontend Development world4you
  2. 2019 — 2020 Senior Software Engineer Frontend world4you
  3. Since 2018 Owner WebDev Solutions
  4. 2014 — 2018 Software Engineer Sofa Creative Media GmbH
  5. 2009 — 2014 IT — Web Development HTL Rennweg
Toolkit

Frontend

  • TypeScript
  • JavaScript
  • Svelte
  • Webpack
  • HTML
  • CSS / SASS
  • Bootstrap

Backend

  • PHP
  • Symfony
  • Node.js
  • SvelteKit
  • Laravel

Infrastructure

  • Docker
  • Git / GitLab
  • Linux
  • CI/CD
  • MySQL / MariaDB
  • Redis / KeyDB

Testing & quality

  • PHPUnit
  • PHPStan / Phan
  • Symfony Panther
  • PHPCS
  • Accessibility / WCAG
  • Core Web Vitals

Languages

  • German (native)
  • English (fluent)

How I lead

I lead the frontend team at world4you — functional and disciplinary: technical direction as well as hiring, one-to-ones and feedback.

When I got the opportunity to lead the team, it was one developer besides me. I have hired and mentored everyone who joined since — four developers today, all still with me, and we have learned from each other along the way.

I spend most of my time setting the direction, surfacing what is blocking people and acting on what I hear. When something is not right with the team, resolving it is my job.

What I put in place

Work

The world4you products I work on today — the public site, the customer portal and the applications behind daily hosting operations.

world4you corporate website
Corporate website · since 2023

world4you Website

Public site of an Austrian web host — product presentation, plan comparison and the ordering flow for hosting, domains and servers.

My part I owned the technical rebuild — concept, planning, implementation and rollout.

  • PHP
  • Symfony
  • Svelte
  • Bootstrap
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world4you customer portal interface
Control panel · since 2019

world4you Customer Portal

Central portal for 130,000+ hosting customers — domain management, product configuration and account administration with two-factor authentication.

My part I rebuilt the frontend in 2019 and have led its development since 2020: architecture and review, plus the usability, stability and performance work that keeps it running.

  • PHP
  • Symfony
  • Svelte
  • TypeScript
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world4you webmail, cloud storage and phpMyAdmin sign-in screens side by side
Web applications · since 2020

world4you Customer Services

The suite our customers use day to day — webmail, MySQL administration, cloud storage and WebFTP for hosting packages and servers.

My part Technical lead for these applications: I define the architecture, review the implementations and coordinate delivery across teams. Some of our fixes went upstream to Roundcube.

  • PHP
  • MySQL
  • Roundcube
  • ownCloud
Earlier work
  • Dr. Albler NATURFIX WebDev Solutions · 2019 — 2026

    Online shop for a plant-based supplement made by INALON, a Vienna start-up — product pages, ordering and brand presence.

    WordPress · WooCommerce Visit site
  • Panomax Sofa Creative Media · 2015 — 2018

    360° viewer for live webcams — time-lapse, archive navigation, named peaks and weather overlay for tourism regions and ski resorts.

    Haxe · JavaScript · Canvas Visit site
  • Wahlarchiv — Wiener Zeitung Sofa Creative Media · 2015 — 2018

    Archive of Austrian elections — result visualisation, district maps and historical data, with live coverage on election night.

    PHP · Symfony · JavaScript
  • digi.schule Sofa Creative Media · 2014 — 2018

    Digital education platform for Austrian schools — interactive textbooks, classroom management, assignment distribution and progress tracking.

    PHP · Laravel · Angular Visit site

Open source

Most of my career has been built on open source — frameworks and tools someone else maintained so I did not have to. Eventually I stopped only consuming and started giving back: bug reports, fixes, documentation.

36 pull requests
97 issues opened

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