Christian Burtchen
Senior Frontend Engineer at SumUp
Berlin Metropolitan Area Germany
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Top SchoolChristian Burtchen is a Senior Frontend Engineer based in Berlin with 11 years of experience building user-focused web applications across fintech, health tech, and consumer startups. He currently drives frontend development at SumUp after leading teams and projects at companies like data4life, XClinical, and ResearchGate, bringing strong product-oriented engineering to regulated and fast-moving domains. Christian combines an academic background in software engineering (MSc, Distinction) with hands-on expertise in producing scalable, maintainable frontends and mentoring cross-functional teams. He has a track record of moving between early-stage and growth-stage environments, which gives him a practical knack for balancing rapid iteration with long-term code quality. An understated strength is his ability to translate complex domain requirements—especially in healthcare and payments—into intuitive UI solutions that meet regulatory and usability constraints.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Arts and Humanities, First Class Honours, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Arts and Humanities, First Class Honours at The Open UniversityMaster of Science (M.Sc.), Software Engineering, Distinction, Master of Science (M.Sc.), Software Engineering, Distinction at University of LiverpoolHumboldt-Universität zu Berlin
English, French, Italian
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (70)
vue-table10
testing10
component-library10
javascript10
vue-datepicker10
html10
angular10
vue-datatable10
vue-select10
typescript10
compatibility10
vue-component10
vue10
svelte10
documentation10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
Burtchen/playlistmessage
Jul 2015 - Dec 2020
This application creates playlists from short phrases, thus allowing users to send messages through a Spotify playlist.
Contributions:71 commits, 22 pushes, 2 branches in 5 years 5 months
Burtchen/closestcolor
Apr 2016 - Aug 2021
Contributions:74 commits, 69 pushes, 2 branches in 5 years 4 months
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