Chris Helgert
Senior Software Engineer at Contentful
Germany
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Top SchoolChris Helgert is a Senior Software Engineer based in Germany with 11 years of experience building and scaling e-commerce frontends and API layers. He has led frontend architecture and technical teams at Witt-Gruppe, shaping the product journey for 19 online shops using TypeScript, React/Next.js, GraphQL and modern cloud tooling (Kubernetes, AWS, Terraform). Currently at Contentful, he brings a pragmatic full‑stack perspective from early-career work in web agencies and system integration, combining UI craftsmanship with backend and DevOps know‑how. Known for translating UX needs into resilient, testable implementations (Storybook, Cypress, Jest) and mentoring engineers, he balances ship‑it velocity with long‑term architectural thinking. An unusually broad background—from military IT systems to agency design work—gives him both discipline in operations and an eye for polished user experiences.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Ausbildung, Fachinformatiker Systemintegration, Ausbildung, Fachinformatiker Systemintegration at BundeswehrAusbildung, Mediengestalter Digital und Print, Ausbildung, Mediengestalter Digital und Print at Städtische Berufschule II Regensburg
Github Skills (200)
circleci10
custom-widgets10
javascript10
rendering10
node-api10
sdk10
monorepo10
rich-text10
trend10
tailwindcss10
package10
pagespeed-insights10
npm10
sonarqube10
field-editor10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
chrishelgert/npm-update-notifier
Feb 2016 - Nov 2017
Contributions:3 releases, 3 PRs, 19 pushes in 1 year 9 months
publishednodejsnpmnotifies
chrishelgert/zazu-monochrome-theme
Feb 2017 - Mar 2019
A monochrome theme for Zazu.
Contributions:31 commits, 23 PRs, 25 pushes in 2 years 1 month
dark-thememonochrome-thememonochrome
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