Janis Born
Senior Software Engineer at Autodesk
Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Top SchoolJanis Born is a Senior Software Engineer with 12 years of experience specializing in algorithms and tools for 3D computer graphics and geometry processing. Based in Aachen, he combines a deep research background—holding a PhD and years at RWTH Aachen’s Visual Computing Institute—with production engineering at Autodesk. Janis bridges theory and practice, turning advanced geometric methods into robust software components used in real-world graphics pipelines. His work emphasizes efficient, scalable algorithms for complex 3D data and often targets toolchains and developer-facing systems rather than end-user GUIs. Colleagues value his ability to translate academic insights into maintainable code and to mentor teams on rigorous, performance-oriented engineering. He brings an academic rigor and curiosity to product development, making him adept at solving problems that sit at the intersection of research and applied software.
12 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Computer Science, PhD, Computer Science at RWTH Aachen University
German, English
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Github Skills (47)
gosu10
quest10
world-of-warcraft10
antivirus10
libgosu10
counter10
scheme10
addon10
minecraft9
java9
combinatorial-optimization9
geometry-processing9
lua9
lisp9
pypi9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
jsb/Gatherer
Dec 2014 - Mar 2017
Vanilla World of Warcraft (v.1.12.1) AddOn
Contributions:1 release, 19 commits, 8 PRs in 2 years 3 months
world-of-warcraft
jsb/PicoPoisons
Oct 2015 - Sep 2019
Contributions:1 release, 5 commits, 4 pushes in 3 years 11 months
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