Gabriel Furstenheim
Co-Founder at GoodNotes
Spain
Summary
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Top SchoolGabriel Furstenheim is a mathematician-turned-software engineer and co-founder with 11 years of experience building full-stack systems and interactive products. He blends rigorous problem-solving from a background in algebraic geometry and PhD-level research with hands-on engineering across Node.js, TypeScript, Go, C, React and Svelte. Gabriel has shipped production-critical systems at Amazon (fulfillment workflows) and GoodNotes, helped scale a data-driven startup (Geoblink), and contributed front-end UX improvements to the popular open-source WebTorrent Desktop app. As co-founder of an immersive arcade in Madrid he led rapid ideation-to-launch delivery, integrating hardware, real-time game logic and user-facing web interfaces. He’s comfortable operating across backend architecture, embedded integrations and polished UI flows, and favors simple, autonomous solutions to complex business problems. Expect an analytical engineer who toggles easily between low-level technical detail and product-focused user experience.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Algebraic Geometry, Master's degree Algebraic Geometry at Freie Universität BerlinLicenciatura Matemáticas, Licenciatura Matemáticas at Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Spanish, English, German, French
Stackoverflow
3,154reputation
2.1mreached
69answers
57questions
postgresql
top-5%
json
top-5%
gulp
top-5%
Github Skills (19)
javascript10
electron10
nodejs10
postgresql9
json-schema9
json9
windows9
gulp9
streaming9
macos9
uid8
front-end-development8
ui-design8
ecmascript6
git-stash6
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
webtorrent/webtorrent-desktop
May 2016 - May 2016
❤️ Streaming torrent app for Mac, Windows, and Linux
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:4 PRs, 6 comments, 2 issues in 21 days
Contributions summary:Gabriel primarily focused on improving the user experience and functionality of the Webtorrent Desktop application. Their contributions involved enhancing the user interface, specifically regarding torrent creation and media playback. They addressed platform-specific behavior and implemented features such as preserving audio settings and volume across video playback sessions. The user also made changes to menu structure and user interaction flows.
electronwindowsp2pbittorrentjavascript
furstenheim/jsonb-tutorial
Aug 2017 - Oct 2017
Contributions:47 commits, 28 pushes, 2 branches in 1 month
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