Jakob Emmerling
Staff Software Engineer at Legora
Stockholm, Sweden
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Top SchoolJakob Emmerling is a Staff Software Engineer based in Stockholm with nine years of experience building full-stack systems and shipping product-facing features. He currently leads engineering work at Legora and co-founded GoPrintable, where he learned to pivot quickly and find profitable niches in a hardware-adjacent business. Jakob has contributed to prominent open-source projects like Directus, fixing both UI/UX issues and backend features such as webhook headers and GraphQL filters, showing comfort across API, database migrations, and front-end polish. His background includes roles at Klarna and GfK, giving him experience in both fast-paced fintech and large-scale enterprise contexts. Known for bridging product needs with technical execution, he combines hands-on coding with a practical, entrepreneurial mindset. Colleagues describe him as someone who enjoys "building cool stuff" and actively hires for others who want to do the same.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Apprenticeship Computer Science Expert Subject Area: Software Development, Apprenticeship Computer Science Expert Subject Area: Software Development at IHK Nürnberg für MittelfrankenBachelor Computer Science, Bachelor Computer Science at Technische Hochschule Nürnberg Georg Simon Ohm
English, German
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Github Skills (29)
javascript10
typescript10
vue10
typescript-types10
nodejs10
typescripts10
nodes10
wpgraphql9
headless-cms9
wordpress-graphql9
api9
graphql9
docker8
database8
databases8
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
directus/directus
Dec 2020 - Oct 2021
The flexible backend for all your projects 🐰 Turn your DB into a headless CMS, admin panels, or apps with a custom UI, instant APIs, auth & more.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:1 review, 11 commits, 11 PRs in 10 months
Contributions summary:Jakob contributed to both the front-end and back-end aspects of the Directus project. They addressed UI/UX issues by adding tooltips, fixing display issues, and improving the e2e test watch mode. They also worked on the backend, implementing features like configurable headers for webhooks, fixing GraphQL filter selection, and resolving database initialization and migration issues. The contributions indicate a solid understanding of the project's architecture, encompassing both API and UI components.
cmsno-codecollaborationintuitivevue
Jakob-em/storybook-addon-angular-router
Mar 2021 - Jan 2023
Contributions:47 commits, 33 PRs, 54 pushes in 1 year 9 months
serviceworkerangular-routerangular-universalstorybook-addonsivy
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