David Maechler is a seasoned IT engineer and operator with 12+ years delivering bespoke web and mobile applications, now serving as COO & Key Account Manager at code.store where he drives operations, presales and strategic client growth. He blends hands-on technical roots—full-stack and backend work on notable open-source projects like WorkAdventure—with senior project leadership honed at TheCodingMachine managing multi-million euro programs and teams up to 35 FTE. A pragmatic product-builder and former founder (FitContest) who raised early funding and ran live event pilots, he excels at turning fuzzy business needs into structured roadmaps, KPIs and scalable low-code/SaaS solutions. Known for removing delivery blockers without disrupting teams, David pairs developer-level empathy with operational rigor to reduce technical debt and accelerate predictable growth.
12 years of coding experience
Master of Science - MS, Computer Engineering, Master of Science - MS, Computer Engineering at SUPINFO - The International Institute of Information Technology
A collaborative web application (virtual office) presented as a 16-bit RPG video game
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:13 commits, 1 PR, 9 pushes in 5 days
Contributions summary:David primarily focused on back-end development tasks, specifically implementing logic for player proximity features within the virtual office application. The user created and modified JavaScript files to compute distances between users and create groups based on proximity. They refactored code into TypeScript files, updated and debugged the group-creation logic, and integrated these features with the server-side socket implementation.
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David Maechler - COO & Key Account Manager at code.store