Danny Martini
Senior Backend Engineer at n8n
Berlin, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolDanny Martini is a Senior Backend Engineer and engineering manager with 11 years of experience building and operating web platforms using Node.js, GraphQL, Kubernetes, and TypeScript. Based in Berlin, he has led teams through infrastructure migrations to Kubernetes on GCE, introduced CI optimizations that cut runtimes by two-thirds, and guided a gradual TypeScript adoption across a main API. He combines hands-on backend work—contributing to notable open-source projects like n8n and Prettier—with people-focused leadership that has grown engineers into leads and kept churn low. Danny emphasizes developer experience, automating pipelines and tooling, and runs technical committees to distribute ownership. He also has a history of squeezing production costs and complexity out of systems (e.g., buildkit-based caching and parallelized test runs) while maintaining delivery speed. Outside work he brings a playful creative streak—evident in his GitHub bio—paired with disciplined engineering practice.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Angewandte Informatik, Angewandte Informatik at TU Bergakademie FreibergAbitur, Abitur at Theodor-Fontane-Schule Cottbus
English, German
Github Skills (20)
javascript10
printer10
typescript10
formatter10
pretier10
workflow-automation10
formatters10
typescript-types10
prettify10
typescripts10
abstract-syntax-tree9
testing9
authentication9
user-authentication9
jwt9
Programming languages (27)
Github contributions (5)
n8n-io/n8n
Aug 2023 - Apr 2025
Fair-code workflow automation platform with native AI capabilities. Combine visual building with custom code, self-host or cloud, 400+ integrations.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:7 releases, 481 reviews, 270 PRs in 1 year 8 months
Contributions summary:Danny primarily contributed to the back-end functionality, focusing on session management, authentication, and API integrations within the n8n workflow automation platform. Their work involved implementing custom session timeout and refresh configurations, enhancing user authentication mechanisms with JWT tokens, and addressing issues related to the execution of workflows. The commits showcase the user's proficiency in TypeScript, testing frameworks, and understanding of core application logic.
productivity-toolsn8npythonlow-code-platformrpa
prettier/prettier
Apr 2017 - May 2017
Prettier is an opinionated code formatter.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:27 commits, 30 PRs, 64 comments in 1 month
Contributions summary:Danny primarily contributed to the TypeScript code formatting capabilities of Prettier. Their work involved adding and enhancing support for various TypeScript-specific language constructs, including new keywords, types, signatures, and declarations. The user's commits consistently focused on expanding the printer functionality to correctly format a wide range of TypeScript syntax elements, improving the overall accuracy and completeness of Prettier's TypeScript support.
astvueformattermarkdownprettier
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