Burkhard Heisen
Co-Founder & Managing Director At Heisenware GmbH
Hamburg, Germany
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Top SchoolBurkhard Heisen is a software engineer and entrepreneur with nine years of professional experience who co-founded and now runs Heisenware GmbH from Hamburg. He blends deep research credentials—a Dr. rer. nat. in 3D cryo-electron microscopy from the Max-Planck Institute—with practical full-stack and (I)IoT engineering, working across embedded systems to cloud platforms using Node.js, Python and modern C++. Previously he led control and analysis software teams at European XFEL and built industrial IoT solutions as a senior developer at Cybus, giving him a strong track record in mission-critical scientific and industrial systems. As an open-source author (creator of VRPC) and podcast host, he marries technical delivery with community engagement and clear communication. His background in molecular biology and bioinformatics gives him an uncommon ability to translate complex scientific requirements into robust software architectures. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic technologist who thrives at the intersection of research, embedded engineering, and product-focused startups.
9 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.Sc.) Molecular Biology, Master of Science (M.Sc.) Molecular Biology at Max Planck SocietyDr. rer. nat. 3D Cryo-Electron Microscopy, Dr. rer. nat. 3D Cryo-Electron Microscopy at Max-Planck Institute for Biophysical ChemistryBioinformatics (semester abroad), Bioinformatics (semester abroad) at KTH Royal Institute of TechnologyBachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Molecular Biotechnology, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Molecular Biotechnology at Universität zu Lübeck
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Github Skills (23)
asynchronous10
javascript10
mqtt10
iot10
rpc10
python-bindings10
language-bindings10
state-machine9
ide8
electron7
typescript7
arduino7
react7
arduino-ide5
editor5
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
heisenware/vrpc-js
Mar 2018 - Nov 2022
Asynchronous RPC via MQTT for Javascript
Contributions:2 reviews, 501 commits, 42 PRs in 4 years 9 months
asynchronousjavascriptmqttrpclanguage-bindings
heisenware/vrpc-react
Jan 2019 - Jul 2022
Asynchronous RPC via MQTT for React
Contributions:4 reviews, 62 commits, 21 PRs in 3 years 7 months
asynchronousmqttreactrpc
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