Dave Liepmann
Senior Software Engineer at Nubank
Berlin, Germany
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Top SchoolDave Liepmann is a Senior Software Engineer with 12 years of experience building Clojure-first systems across JVM, JS, and Dart environments, currently based in Berlin and authorized to work in the US and EU. He thrives on small, high-velocity teams and has repeatedly been brought in to bootstrap products, mentor engineers in REPL-driven development, and rapidly deliver MVPs for startups and enterprise clients. His work spans backend architecture with Datomic, integrations, and front-end polish—he even contributed UI and styling improvements to the well-known edwardtufte/tufte-css project. Notable projects include engineering the World Economic Forum’s Knowledge App ML pipeline, building medical imaging back-ends that connect AI models to clinical workflows, and modernizing legacy logistics systems. Comfortable in contract, consulting, and team-boost roles, he combines hands-on coding with systems design and pragmatic product focus. A Berliner from New York’s Hudson Valley, he brings an unusual mix of academic rigor (CS & philosophy) and practical delivery across international teams.
12 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
B.S. Computer Science Philosophy (honors), B.S. Computer Science Philosophy (honors) at Union CollegeTerm abroad Robotics programming languages algorithms Czech language, Term abroad Robotics programming languages algorithms Czech language at Czech Technical University in Prague
English, Turkish, German
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Github Skills (15)
html10
css10
site-design10
website-design10
front-end-development9
ui-design9
authentication9
uid9
clojure6
markdown6
clojure-spec6
forgot-password6
passwords6
security6
clojurescript6
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
edwardtufte/tufte-css
Oct 2014 - Aug 2021
Style your webpage like Edward Tufte’s handouts.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:1 review, 229 commits, 62 PRs in 6 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Dave focused on styling and UI improvements for the Tufte CSS project. The user's commits involved modifying the HTML and CSS to enhance the appearance and functionality of the project. This included improvements to links, blockquotes, image handling, and overall aesthetic design. The user implemented changes in the demo document, enhancing the user experience and demonstration of Tufte CSS capabilities.
csshandoutstufteedwardwebpage
daveliepmann/dotemacs
Jan 2017 - Mar 2025
My personal emacs configuration, hopefully in a sharable state.
Contributions:14 pushes, 5 branches in 8 years 3 months
spacemacsemacs-configurationemacsemacs-lspsharable
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