Hannes Egler
UX Lead at Afilio
Berlin, Germany
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Top SchoolHannes Egler is a UX Lead based in Berlin with nine years of experience designing product interfaces that balance user needs and business outcomes. He advanced from UX Designer to Lead at Afilio, shaping end-to-end experiences and guiding cross-functional teams. His background in international business and finance complements a practical, metrics-minded approach to UX strategy and product decisions. Beyond digital interfaces, Hannes contributes to the popular open-source QMK keyboard firmware, adding layout support and LED features—an indicator of hands-on embedded and hardware-adjacent skills not typical for UX leaders. He combines process discipline from earlier roles in operations and market analysis with a creative, user-centered design practice.
9 years of coding experience
Finance and Financial Management Services, Finance and Financial Management Services at University of CincinnatiMaster's degree, International Business, Master's degree, International Business at Johannes Kepler Universität Linz
German, English
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Github Skills (19)
keyboard-input10
c-language10
qmk-firmware10
firmware10
c1110
keyboard10
c1710
iot10
keyboard-layout10
sys10
embedded10
cprogramming-language10
iot-devkit10
keyboard-hooks10
atmel9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
qmk/qmk_firmware
Jan 2018 - May 2019
Open-source keyboard firmware for Atmel AVR and Arm USB families
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:9 commits, 14 PRs, 7 comments in 1 year 4 months
Contributions summary:Hannes primarily contributes to the QMK firmware project, focusing on keyboard firmware development. Their work includes adding support for specific keyboard layouts, such as KBD75 ISO and the implementation of RGB and in-switch LED controls. They also added configurator support and LED indicator support for different keyboard models.
rp2040firmwareavratmelkeyboard-support
egla89/qmk_firmware
Mar 2019 - May 2021
keyboard controller firmware for Atmel AVR and ARM USB families
Contributions:10 PRs, 22 pushes, 17 branches in 2 years 2 months
controllerfirmwareavratmelusb
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