2025 — Now
Staff software engineer at Raycast

Full-time employment remotely in EuropeRaycast

Building the shortcut to everything.

Raycast is a productivity tool for devs that integrates deeply with your operating system.

2021 — Now
Author of tailwind-merge

Side projecttailwind-merge

I wrote an open source library to solve a problem with style composition we had at Laserfocus after switching from Theme UI to Tailwind CSS.

2022 — 2025
Founding frontend engineer at Rise Calendar

Full-time employment remotely in EuropeRise Calendar

Rise Calendar was a seed stage startup that tried to find product/market fit with a calendar app for teams.

I was the first employee to join and built most of the app frontend from an initial prototype.

Although we had a growing and sticky user base, we ultimately ran out of funding before we could reach significant traction.

Tech stack: TypeScript, React, MobX, Tailwind CSS, Electron

2020 — 2022
Founding full stack engineer with frontend focus at Laserfocus

Full-time employment remotely in Europe and in Berlin, GermanyLaserfocus

Laserfocus was a seed stage startup from the Y Combinator W20 batch that tried to find product/market fit with a realtime sync powered enjoyable Salesforce interface.

I joined as the only employee and built the app frontend.

We ran out of funding before we could reach significant traction.

Tech stack: TypeScript, React, Next.js, MobX, Replicache, GraphQL, Tailwind CSS, Nx, Jest, AWS

2019 — 2020
Frontend engineer at Uberall

Full-time employment remotely in Europe and in Berlin, GermanyUberall

Uberall is a tool that simplifies management of local online presences across many platforms.

I initiated and led the Design System team, created a new product as part of the Growth team and converted everything and everyone to TypeScript. I also enjoyed working on software architecture in the frontend codebase.

Tech stack: TypeScript, JavaScript, React, Redux, Theme UI (CSS-in-JS), Jest, AWS S3, AWS Cloudfront

2018 — 2020
Founding full stack engineer at Neue Narrative

Freelance project remotely in Europe and in Berlin, GermanyNeue Narrative

Neue Narrative started as a print magazine about business and the economy. Over time it became a content platform for business teams.

I brought the freshly founded company into the internet by building the frontend and backend as the first technical person in the team.

Neue Narrative became quite successful, growing significantly and scaling to tens of thousands of customers.

Tech stack: Gatsby, React, TypeScript, GraphQL, Node.js, AWS Lambda

2018 — 2019
Frontend engineer at LIQID

Full-time employment in Berlin, GermanyLIQID

LIQID is a wealth management platform focused on the German market.

I worked mainly on a web app with React and Redux and a PHP website with Kirby CMS. I implemented TypeScript into our codebase.

Tech stack: TypeScript, JavaScript, React, Redux, Kirby, Jest, Cypress, Storybook

2017 — 2018
QA engineer at LIQID

Full-time employment in Berlin, GermanyLIQID

LIQID is a wealth management platform focused on the German market.

I took ownership over the QA process. I have set up automated unit- and e2e-testing and improved the reviewing and deployment processes.

Tech stack: JavaScript, React, Jest, Cypress

2014 — 2018
Mechanical engineering at Technische Universität Berlin

Bachelor of science studies in Berlin, GermanyTechnische Universität Berlin

2017
Production engineer at Formula Student Team TU Berlin

Volunteering in Berlin, GermanyFaSTTUBe

FaSTTUBe is a student organization that builds a formula race car which competes against teams from other universities in the world

I took part in building the FT17 race car as part of the Suspension and Frame team. This included prototyping with 3D printers, manufacturing carbon fiber and steel parts, car assembly and producing plots. The FT17 won several prizes.

2015 — 2016
QA engineer at Siemens

Working student employment in Berlin, GermanySiemens Energy

I worked on digitalizing the production line for high-voltage industrial switches built in Siemens factories.

I tested the new software system and reported statistics about appearance and distribution of issues. I also built a tool to automate archiving of the digitalized production line reports.

2013 — 2016
Designer at bonding

Volunteering in Erlangen, Germany and Berlin, Germanybonding

bonding is a student organization that brings students and companies closer together.

I developed a new design system and led a project team for designing and distributing a calendar notebook for students. I also represented bonding at meetings with partner organizations within Europe.

2013 — 2014
Production engineer at High-Octane Motorsports

Volunteering in Erlangen, GermanyHigh-Octane Motorsports

High-Octane Motorsports is a student organization that builds a formula race car which competes against teams from other universities in the world.

I helped producing prototypes of a crash nose for a race car: manufacturing of carbon fiber parts, executing crash tests and optimising the form.

2013 — 2014
Mechatronics at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

Bachelor of science studies in Erlangen, GermanyFriedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

2012 — 2015
Photographer

Freelance work in Nürnberg, Germany

It started as a hobby and developed into commercial photo shoots in the fashion industry on location or in the studio, working with art directors, make up artists, etc. I focused on the technical side of photography.