Henrik Heimbuerger
Liquidator, Bookkeeper
Berlin, Germany
Summary
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SeniorHenrik Heimbuerger is a seasoned software engineer and entrepreneur with 15 years of experience building web and desktop systems in Java, C# and C++, now focused on Python and JavaScript. He co-founded and served as CTO of SmileBack, growing it into a client-experience platform that was later sold, and continued consulting before transitioning to bookkeeping and liquidation work. A former digital nomad, he balanced client projects while traveling the world and now channels that independence into steady open-source contributions. Notably, he has contributed extractor and authentication integrations to the widely used yt-dlp project, demonstrating practical expertise in API integration and streaming platforms. Based in Berlin, Henrik combines entrepreneurial grit with reliable, hands-on engineering and a pragmatic, self-directed work style.
15 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
English, German, French
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Github Skills (31)
apim10
python10
feature-extraction10
extraction10
api10
data-extraction10
extractor10
ffmpeg9
javascript9
twitter-bootstrap9
json-parser9
json9
java9
jquery9
webscraping9
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
yt-dlp/yt-dlp
Nov 2021 - May 2022
A feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & API Integrator
Back-end Developer & API IntegratorContributions:32 reviews, 2 commits, 6 PRs in 5 months
Contributions summary:Henrik primarily contributed to the development of a new extractor for the watchnebula.com video platform, integrating it with the yt-dlp downloader. Their work included writing Python code to parse video metadata, handle authentication via cookies and API tokens, and fetch video streams. The user also refactored and improved existing Nebula extraction logic, including support for subscriptions and channel features, demonstrating a solid understanding of API interactions and video platform integration. This involved updates to the core extractor logic and the handling of authentication flows.
pythonvideo-downloaderfixesyoutube-dlcsponsorblock
hheimbuerger/yt-dlp
Feb 2021 - Jan 2023
Fork of youtube-dlc with additional features and fixes
Contributions:1 review, 1 PR, 47 pushes in 1 year 10 months
fixesyoutube-dlcadditionalyoutubeyoutube-dl
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