Benedikt Rötsch
Co-Founder & CTO at Contentful
Berlin, Germany
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Top SchoolBenedikt Rötsch is a Co-Founder and CTO with over 20 years of web development experience and a 12-year track record of delivering full-stack, performance-focused web and mobile solutions. He specializes in React, React Native, Next.js and Gatsby, and has deep API and headless-CMS expertise (Contentful, Strapi, Supabase, GraphQL), including maintaining Contentful <> Gatsby integrations and contributing fixes to the core Gatsby project. Benedikt combines hands-on engineering with strategic product and SEO-savvy consultation, building prototypes in Figma and production-ready platforms with multilingual and e-commerce support. Comfortable as a remote freelancer and startup CTO, he focuses on speed, automation and reliable operations—often reducing manual workflows in niche industries like equine services, where he also rides and tests products firsthand. An open-source contributor since the mid-2000s, he’s implemented practical improvements such as SQIP blur options and async refactors that bridge tooling and real-world performance needs.
12 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
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English, German, Spanish
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Github Skills (25)
javascript10
expressjs10
image-optimization10
wpgraphql10
contentful10
go10
svg10
wordpress-graphql10
graphql10
nodejs10
react10
gatsby10
image-processing9
back-end-development9
performance-monitor9
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
contentful/the-example-app.nodejs
Sep 2017 - Sep 2018
Example app for Contentful in node.js
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:54 commits, 52 PRs, 84 pushes in 11 months
Contributions summary:Benedikt contributed to the development of the Contentful example app by implementing features related to entry states for editors. Their work involved modifying routes and services to integrate entry state flags, specifically when using the preview API. The user also refactored the landing page functionality and applied basic styling to the application's components. They also contributed styling updates and adjustments to the header and footer elements.
contentfulherokunode-jsexpressdocker
gatsbyjs/gatsby
Jul 2017 - Jan 2023
The best React-based framework with performance, scalability and security built in.
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:282 reviews, 246 commits, 180 PRs in 5 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Benedikt primarily contributed to the Gatsby framework, making changes across both front-end and back-end code. Their work involved fixing bugs in Contentful integrations, specifically related to image handling, including adding features like corner radius, and supporting traced SVGs. They also refactored components, incorporated new dependencies, and implemented performance optimizations, showcasing a focus on improving the framework's functionality and user experience.
gatsbyreactweb-appfastestcompiler
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