Eric Schaefer
Lead Engineer, Web Publishing at ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE
Berlin, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolEric Schaefer is a Lead Engineer specializing in web publishing with 13 years of experience building production web applications across startups and media companies. He focuses on modern front-end stacks—React, GraphQL, and TypeScript—applies a functional programming mindset, and is an enthusiastic user of ReScript/ReasonML. Eric has shipped products for brands like Google, Red Bull, Native Instruments, EyeEm, and ProSiebenSat.1, moving between hands-on engineering and technical leadership roles. He’s comfortable across the full stack from Rails and Node.js consulting to leading frontend teams at scale. Based in Berlin with a background in English Literature and Government, he brings clear communication and product sensibility to complex engineering problems. Colleagues value his blend of pragmatic delivery, deep frontend craft, and curiosity for niche languages and tooling.
13 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
B.A. English Literature Government, B.A. English Literature Government at The University of Texas at Austin
English, German
Github Skills (200)
plotly-dash10
testing10
javascript-framework10
component-library10
file-upload10
aws-s310
hybrid10
javascript10
form-data10
unistore10
formidable10
browser10
react-framework10
codesandbox10
html10
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
eschaefer/osx-setup
Aug 2015 - Jun 2020
Contributions:27 commits, 34 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 10 months
edenspiekermann/faster-react-tabs
Apr 2015 - Jul 2017
Contributions:59 commits, 5 PRs, 35 pushes in 2 years 3 months
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