Johannes Merz
Principal Software Engineer at eye square
Berlin, Germany
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Top SchoolJohannes Merz is a Principal Software Engineer based in Berlin with 11 years of experience building full-stack JavaScript systems, specializing in backend development with Node.js. He has grown through long-term roles at eye square, advancing from Software Engineer to Principal and driving architecture and delivery for product-critical services. As a two-time co-founder (Bojagi, Hyphe UG), he blends hands-on engineering with entrepreneurial experience in early-stage product development. His academic background in electrical and electronics engineering informs a pragmatic, systems-oriented approach to software design. Johannes is comfortable spanning the stack—APIs, databases and frontend—while favoring robust backend solutions that scale. Colleagues would describe him as a steady technical leader who converts complex requirements into maintainable, production-ready systems.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Master's degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Hochschule Trier
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Github Skills (65)
alibabacloud10
server-manager9
mochajs9
indexeddb9
android-emulator9
jenkins9
selenium-grid9
nodejs9
azure8
mobile-web8
http8
gcp8
storybook8
react8
novnc8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
JohannesMerz/myVeryFirstRep
Mar 2015 - Apr 2025
nothing, really
Contributions:5 PRs, 3 pushes, 2 branches in 10 years 3 months
reallynothing
eye-square/docker-base-images
Apr 2017 - Nov 2022
contains node + docker + docker-compose
Contributions:32 releases, 35 commits, 9 PRs in 5 years 8 months
dockerdocker-compose
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