Auryn Engel
Principal Application Engineer
Berlin, Germany
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Top SchoolAuryn Engel is a Principal Application Engineer based in Berlin with nine years of experience building reliable, type-safe web applications and leading engineering teams across startups and enterprise firms. He has progressed rapidly through technical leadership roles at Oviva and McKinsey before joining MongoDB, combining hands-on development with architecture and team coaching. Auryn contributes to high-profile open-source projects like DefinitelyTyped, where he improved TypeScript definitions for UI libraries—demonstrating attention to developer ergonomics and front-end type safety. His background spans full-stack work at SAP and consultancy at itemis, underpinned by an M.Sc. in Computer Science from Leipzig University. Known for smoothing the developer experience and reducing integration friction, he brings a pragmatic, test-driven approach to complex product domains.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Informatik, Bachelor of Science - BS Informatik at HTWK LeipzigMaster of Science - MS Informatik, Master of Science - MS Informatik at Leipzig University
English, German, French
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (15)
typescript10
typescript-definitions10
typescripts10
type-definition10
react10
typescript-types10
xcode6
webp6
uiimageview6
ios6
dart6
swift6
iphone6
flutter6
augmented-reality6
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
Apr 2020 - Oct 2020
The repository for high quality TypeScript type definitions.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:17 reviews, 5 commits, 5 PRs in 6 months
Contributions summary:Auryn primarily contributed to the TypeScript type definitions for the `fundamental-react` library. They added, updated, and merged type definitions for various components, including `Shellbar`, `Title`, `BusyIndicator`, `Avatar`, `LayoutPanel`, and `List`, ensuring the library's type safety. Their work involved resolving typos, adding new component types, and updating existing types to align with the latest versions of the library. The user's contributions involved adding test cases for the new component types.
typescriptdefinitiondtstypingstypescript-definitions
auryn31/spring-async-rest-example
May 2019 - Jul 2020
Contributions:9 commits, 3 PRs, 36 pushes in 1 year 2 months
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