Engin Arslan
Senior Software Engineer at Heuristica
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Summary
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Top SchoolEngin Arslan is a Senior Software Engineer with 12+ years building maintainable, scalable, performant, and accessible web applications, currently focused on engineering at CrowdStrike and founding Heuristica to explore AI-powered knowledge discovery. Previously a senior frontend lead at Shopify, he brings deep expertise in TypeScript, React, GraphQL, Node.js and WebGL libraries like Three.js and p5.js, and a track record of shipping developer-facing learning content and books on JavaScript, Node.js, and Solidity. An experienced instructor and mentor—having taught at Seneca College and guided cohorts at Lighthouse Labs and Ladies Learning Code—he blends pedagogy with production engineering to make complex topics approachable. Before software he worked in VFX as a technical director and lighting artist on films and TV (Emmy-nominated, Canadian Screen Award winner), a background that informs his strong visual and performance sensibilities in front-end work. Based in Zurich, he combines entrepreneurial curiosity with practical delivery, often bridging research, teaching, and product to turn creative ideas into robust software.
12 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science, Metallurgical & Materials Engineering, Bachelor of Science, Metallurgical & Materials Engineering at METUPostgrad, Visual Effects for Film and Tv, Postgrad, Visual Effects for Film and Tv at Seneca Polytechnic
Github Skills (14)
saas9
nodejs9
javascript8
scene8
api6
open-source4
react-flow2
oauth2-client1
cas1
create-react-app1
simple-oauth21
redux1
react1
oauth2-server1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
hibernationTheory/sQuery
Dec 2014 - Jan 2018
Contributions:58 commits, 1 PR, 34 pushes in 3 years 1 month
queryscene
hibernationTheory/awesome-coding
Jul 2020 - Nov 2020
Contributions:2 commits, 6 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
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