Christopher Kindl
Design Engineer at Vercel
Baar, Zug, Switzerland
Summary
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Top SchoolChristopher Kindl is a design engineer with five years of experience building data-driven interfaces and developer-focused UI components, currently at Vercel after his startup Tremor was acquired. He co-founded Tremor, an open-source dashboard toolkit backed by Y Combinator, and has hands-on experience refining React chart components and Storybook-driven UI patterns. Prior roles at Accenture bridged management consulting and data science, where he designed executive analytics dashboards for public-sector and enterprise clients. Christopher blends product sensibility with front-end craft, focusing on visual clarity, component reusability, and measurable UX improvements. Based in Baar, Switzerland, he pairs an academic background from UCL and the University of St. Gallen with practical startup and consultancy rigor. An under-the-radar strength is his ability to translate complex metrics into intuitive charting primitives that scale across teams and applications.
5 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Semester Abroad, Semester Abroad at Boston UniversityBachelor of Arts - BA, Bachelor of Arts - BA at University of St.GallenY CombinatorUniversity College London
Github Skills (10)
tailwind10
typescript10
react-components10
typescripts10
tailwindcss10
react10
typescript-types10
react-component10
ui-components10
storybook10
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
tremorlabs/tremor-npm
May 2022 - Nov 2022
React components to build charts and dashboards
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:46 reviews, 36 commits, 11 PRs in 6 months
Contributions summary:Christopher primarily contributed to the development and refinement of React components for a chart and dashboard library. Their work focused on modifying and creating Storybook stories for various bar elements, including stacked bars, marker bars, and peer comparison bars, indicating a strong emphasis on UI component implementation. The commits reveal bug fixes, adjustments to the layout, and the addition of new features such as a metric reversed element and a legend, demonstrating a commitment to enhancing the visual presentation and functionality of the components. Moreover, the user addressed the area chart, adding new properties and styling to create a seamless user experience.
react-libraryreacttailwindcssdashboardsdashboard
christopherkindl/start-hack-2021
Mar 2021 - Dec 2021
Repository of a project to be developed in 36h during the START Hackathon 2021 hosted by students of the University of St. Gallen
Contributions:101 commits, 21 PRs, 92 pushes in 8 months
hackathon-2021hostedpython
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