Christoph Werner
Engineering Manager at Hochschule Bielefeld
Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Top SchoolChristoph Werner is an engineering manager and software architect with 15+ years of experience building and scaling modern web and cloud systems, currently leading engineering at deskbird and lecturing on web security at Hochschule Bielefeld. He combines hands-on expertise in JavaScript/TypeScript, React, Node.js, API design, CI/CD and web security with a track record of transforming frontend teams into cross-functional full‑stack organizations and driving platform and DX improvements. Christoph has led architecture and delivery for large-scale SaaS and marketplace products—ranging from ad platforms serving millions of households to construction tendering systems—and has repeatedly established cloud-native foundations and multi-cloud deployment strategies. Known for people-first leadership that emphasizes psychological safety and autonomy, he balances rapid delivery with technical depth and long-term maintainability. A long-time open-source maintainer and local community organizer (co-organizer of Paderborn.js), he brings curious, hands-on mentorship that has upskilled 50+ engineers into full-stack roles.
15 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Diplom (equivalent to Master of Science) Computer Science Minor in Media Studies, Diplom (equivalent to Master of Science) Computer Science Minor in Media Studies at Paderborn University
German, English
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Github Skills (200)
json-schema10
dependency-analysis10
ui-components10
testing10
material-ui10
svg10
language-design10
visual-studio10
bundler10
e2e10
linter10
jscodeshift10
schema10
jsx10
middleware10
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
codepunkt/gatsby-remark-opengraph
Dec 2020 - Apr 2021
Generate beautiful open graph images for Gatsby
Contributions:5 releases, 17 commits, 1 PR in 3 months
gatsbygatsbyjsgraphqlgraphopen-graph
codepunkt/redux-active
Nov 2017 - Apr 2018
Redux middleware & reducer to easily manage your users active/idle state
Contributions:34 commits, 2 PRs, 18 pushes in 5 months
dispatchreactredux-middlewarereduceridle
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