Alexander Lücking
Staff Software Engineer at [Confidential]
Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Top SchoolAlexander Lücking is a Staff Software Engineer based in Cologne with 12 years of experience blending hands-on development and engineering leadership. He progressed from developer to Head of Frontend and Software Engineering Manager at Pixum, then to senior and staff roles, demonstrating strong delivery in both technical execution and team growth. Comfortable across backend and frontend domains, he has contributed open-source tooling such as a typed Go client for the Kraken API, emphasizing testability and code quality. Alexander enjoys solving problems creatively and finds motivation in making meaningful impact for users and teammates alike. He pairs managerial instincts with active coding discipline, often improving linters, tests, and API ergonomics behind the scenes.
13 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at Paderborn University
German, English, Chinese
Stackoverflow
2,738reputation
131kreached
28answers
4questions
redux
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javascript
top-5%
Github Skills (19)
apidoc10
api-client10
bitcoin10
bitcoins10
kraken10
api10
go10
testing9
javascript9
redux9
ecmascript9
firebase6
react6
yield6
react-select6
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
beldur/kraken-go-api-client
Dec 2013 - Dec 2017
Example client library in GO for use with the kraken.com API.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:2 reviews, 29 commits, 44 PRs in 4 years
Contributions summary:Alexander primarily contributed to the development of a Go client library for the kraken.com API. Their work included implementing private method execution, adding strong typing to API calls, and creating helper methods. The user also focused on code quality by refactoring the code and making the code linter happy. The user also added testing and several more tests.
gokrakenapi-clientbitcoin
beldur/dotfiles
Sep 2016 - Sep 2022
Contributions:5 commits, 2 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years
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