Jan Merker
Research Associate
Brunswick, Lower Saxony, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolJan Merker is a research-focused software engineer and PhD student specializing in Information Retrieval and Natural Language Processing, currently a Research Associate at Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena with 11 years of engineering experience. He combines academic rigor—publishing and teaching in IR/NLP—with hands-on full‑stack development through his long-running Reimer Software practice and Android work like the material-intro app. Comfortable across web and mobile stacks, he designs polished user interfaces and implements smooth UX transitions while also contributing to open-source projects. Based in Brunswick, Germany, he bridges applied research and production software, often translating novel retrieval and language models into usable tools. An organizer-turned-coordinator, he’s practiced scaling volunteer operations for large events, a detail that hints at strong project management and people skills beyond his technical portfolio.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Abitur, Scientific profile: Physics, Mathematics, Latin, Informatics, Geography, 1.7, Abitur, Scientific profile: Physics, Mathematics, Latin, Informatics, Geography, 1.7 at Wilhelm-GymnasiumMaster of Science, Computer Science, 1.5, Master of Science, Computer Science, 1.5 at Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
German, English
Github Skills (7)
javas10
material-design10
animation10
android10
java10
ui-design9
android-library9
Programming languages (25)
Github contributions (5)
janheinrichmerker/material-intro
Feb 2016 - Jan 2023
A simple material design app intro with cool animations and a fluent API.
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:18 releases, 229 commits, 84 PRs in 6 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Jan primarily contributed to the development of the Android application, specifically focusing on the user interface and overall user experience. The commits show code restructuring within the `IntroActivity` class, including the addition of new features and bug fixes. This involved modifying layouts, implementing UI transitions, and enhancing the visual presentation of the application's introduction sequence.
apimaterialandroidmaterial-designapp-design
heinrichreimer/web-rapscript-chromecast-sender
Mar 2017 - Jun 2022
Contributions:2 pushes in 5 years 3 months
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