Jan König is a technologist-turned-mediator with roughly a decade of experience spanning software, product, and voice AI, and co-founded the cross-platform Jovo framework used to build apps for Alexa, Messenger, Instagram and the web. After running a voice assistant startup for eight years, he pivoted from building technology to resolving the human frictions that stall product and team progress, bringing structured mediation into founder- and team-level conflict. Based in Berlin, he combines hands-on full-stack engineering experience (including contributions to Jovo’s webhook, Lambda, and TTS examples) with product instincts from roles at startups and entrepreneurial partners. Jan’s background in industrial engineering and international study informs a systems-minded approach to communication and alignment. He helps teams stay aligned not by ignoring tech constraints but by translating them into shared, actionable trade-offs. An understated strength is his ability to move smoothly between code, product strategy, and facilitated conversations—so technical teams get practical, culturally aware outcomes.
9 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.Sc.), Industrial Engineering and Management, Master of Science (M.Sc.), Industrial Engineering and Management at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Exchange Year, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Exchange Year, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at University of Massachusetts Amherst
🔈 The React for Voice and Chat: Build Apps for Alexa, Messenger, Instagram, the Web, and more
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Contributions:47 releases, 381 reviews, 200 commits in 5 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Jan primarily contributed to the Jovo framework by adding example files to demonstrate webhook and AWS Lambda integrations. They made updates to the example files, including Jovo initialization calls and webhook fixes. The user also updated the Jovo initialization in example files and added improvements to the TTS plugin. Furthermore, they addressed backward compatibility and modified the `replaceSpeech` and `replaceReprompt` methods.
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