Alexander Heimlich
Geschäftsführer at SimplyTest GmbH
Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany
Summary
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Senior🎓
Top SchoolAlexander Heimlich is a seasoned software developer and founder based in Nuremberg with over a decade-long career spanning hands-on development, technical test leadership, and test automation management. As Geschäftsführer of SimplyTest GmbH since 2019, he combines entrepreneurial drive with deep expertise in building reliable, automated testing practices for complex products. His long tenure at GfK—from Senior Developer to Agile Test Automation Manager—reflects a track record of scaling test automation and leading technical teams through evolving agile delivery. Known as a passionate advocate for test automation, he pairs practical engineering skills with strategic oversight to improve quality and delivery velocity. Educated at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, he brings both academic grounding and real-world delivery experience to client and product challenges.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Github Skills (18)
backend6
selenium-webdriver6
nodejs5
theia5
marketplace5
testing5
selenium5
javascript4
vscode4
bdd4
dotnet4
frontend3
playwright3
webdriverio3
webdriver3
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
simplytest/tutorials
May 2019 - Jul 2022
Contributions:27 commits, 26 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 2 months
simplytest/banking-frontend
Jun 2024 - Apr 2026
🏦 The Frontend for our demo banking application
Contributions:17 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 10 months
frontend
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