Summary
Caspar Fischer-zernin is a Senior Full Stack Engineer with a decade of experience combining hands-on React Native, Ruby on Rails and GraphQL development with product and operations leadership. Currently at Pennylane, he helps build financial automation tools for accountants while maintaining a strong focus on TDD, TRUE and SOLID principles to ship reliable, test-first features. He has co-founded startups and led engineering teams to rapid release cycles and early product-market validation, bringing practical product sense to technical decisions. As a long-time freelancer, he pairs daily-used core stacks with consultancy work across Shopify, Contentful and Cloudflare for web projects. Comfortable in remote teams, he emphasizes clear verbal and written communication and mentorship of junior engineers. Outside the obvious tech skills, he leverages his operations and business background to bridge engineering work with growth and stakeholder outcomes.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
International School Hamburg
Developer Bootcamp IT, Developer Bootcamp IT at Makers
International Baccalaureate, International Baccalaureate at TASIS-Switzerland
Bachelor of Arts (BA) International Relations, Bachelor of Arts (BA) International Relations at University of Exeter
English, German