Summary
Jan E is a seasoned technology leader with 11 years of experience building and scaling developer-focused teams across Europe, currently leading the programmier.bar tech community in Bavaria. He has held senior engineering and management roles at Shopify and LILLYDOO, combining hands-on product development, technical roadmapping, and developer advocacy to drive adoption and platform growth. Jan excels at translating product strategy into pragmatic prototypes and steering major refactors of core systems while managing cross-functional teams and hiring plans. Comfortable on stage and in community channels, he represents organizations at conferences and cultivates developer ecosystems through educational content and events. His background in political science and early customer-facing roles gives him a rare mix of communication, stakeholder management, and technical empathy that helps lower barriers for new developers.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Political Science, German: 1,7 US: B+ / 3.3 GPA, Bachelor of Arts (BA), Political Science, German: 1,7 US: B+ / 3.3 GPA at Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main
Abitur, English & History, German: 1,7 US: B+ / 3.3 GPA, Abitur, English & History, German: 1,7 US: B+ / 3.3 GPA at Einhardgymnasium Seligenstadt
German, English