Joachim Rütter
Full Stack Engineer at Pixelkode
Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Top SchoolJoachim Rütter is a seasoned Full Stack Engineer based in Dortmund with over 15 years of experience building PHP-driven applications and e-commerce platforms, notably Shopware 6, Laravel, Statamic and OXID. He combines hands-on front-end polish—evident from UI/UX improvements in the Ripple client—with back-end integrations such as adding external service support to the popular Shields badge system. As a senior engineer at Pixelkode and former co-founder of Jublo, he blends product-minded engineering with localization and translation expertise gained from roles at Ripple Labs, Lionbridge and RWS Moravia. An IT author and recognized community contributor (former Microsoft MVP), he brings a pragmatic, detail-oriented approach to cross-functional projects and internationalized products.
15 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
High school, High school at Heinrich-Heine-Gymnasium Oberhausen
English, German, French, Spanish, Dutch, Italian, creoles and pidgins, english-based
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Github Skills (22)
javascript10
github10
apidoc10
css10
user-interface10
ui-design10
graphical-user-interface10
uid10
j10
api10
front-end-development10
lessc10
svg9
html9
localization8
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
ripple/ripple-client
Oct 2014 - May 2015
A UI for the Ripple payment network built using web technologies
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:166 commits, 8 PRs, 107 comments in 7 months
Contributions summary:Joachim primarily focused on front-end development, specifically improving the user interface of the Ripple client. Their commits addressed UI/UX issues such as aligning elements, enhancing readability, and improving menu item clickability. They also worked on localization efforts, merging and correcting phrases, and adjusting the visual appearance, including font sizes and spacing, within the balance overview and other areas of the application. Their work involved modifying LESS files and Jade templates, indicating a focus on both styling and templating aspects of the UI.
paymentstechnologiescryptopaymentripple
badges/shields
Jun 2014 - Jun 2014
Concise, consistent, and legible badges in SVG and raster format
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:7 commits in 6 days
Contributions summary:Joachim primarily contributed to the integration of various external services into the badge generation system. Their work involved adding support for Scrutinizer code quality and coverage badges, as well as a GitHub issues badge. They also modified the `try.html` file to include examples of these new badges. The commits demonstrate a focus on expanding the functionality of the badge service by incorporating external API data.
ioniconspjaxbadge-makersvgraster
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