Alex Ristich
Senior Frontend Engineer - Loyalty at Zalando
Berlin, Germany
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Top SchoolAlex Ristich is a Senior Frontend Engineer based in Berlin with 10 years of experience building user-focused, maintainable web applications, currently shaping Zalando Plus microfrontends. He specializes in JavaScript ecosystems—React, Redux and Node.js—bringing a pragmatic approach that favors adding complexity only when it solves meaningful long-term problems. Alex has driven frontend architecture choices, introduced ADRs, and significantly reduced failure rates by expanding test coverage and integration testing. Beyond coding, he mentors colleagues, leads cross-team technical coordination, and has a track record of improving developer workflows and usability from his time at Sophos and the EFF. His background spans product roles and customer-facing work, giving him a rare blend of technical depth and user empathy.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Asian Studies, Bachelor of Arts (BA), Asian Studies at The University of British Columbia
English, Korean, German
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Github Skills (15)
markdown5
swift4
api4
rest-api4
restful4
restful-api4
macos3
editor3
youtube2
feed1
open-data1
youtube-dl1
podcast1
elasticsearch1
shell1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
MethodenDB-YFU/Frotend
Mar 2018 - Apr 2019
Frotend
Contributions:24 PRs, 34 pushes, 25 branches in 1 year 1 month
frotend
MethodenDB-YFU/seminar-service
Apr 2018 - Apr 2019
Backend Service providing RESTful API for all YFU Seminar (types)
Contributions:22 PRs, 26 pushes, 22 branches in 11 months
spring-bootapirestfulbackendnodejs
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