Joscha Eckert
Co-Founder at Ai:Vis
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolJoscha Eckert is a founder and research-driven engineer with eight years of experience at the intersection of digital worlds, blockchain, and applied AI, currently leading AI and data visualization work at Ai:Vis from Munich. He developed production-focused ML tooling during a doctoral stint at BMW and later researched metaverse technologies (VR/AR/XR, Web3) for the same group, blending academic rigor with industry delivery. As a hands-on full‑stack developer he’s contributed substantive upgrades to the popular flutter_map project—migrating it to Dart 3, fixing Android build regressions, and improving code quality and documentation. His background spans applied research (MIT collaborations), industry internships, and dual master’s degrees in Information Systems and Business, enabling him to translate prototypes into organizational routines. Notably, he pairs deep technical migration experience with a knack for pragmatic productization—moving experimental tech into everyday workflows.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Science, Information Technology, Summa Cumme Laude, Doctor of Science, Information Technology, Summa Cumme Laude at Otto-Friedrich-Universität BambergBachelor's degree, Business Administration and Management, General, Bachelor's degree, Business Administration and Management, General at Universidad de Santiago de Chile
German, English, Spanish, Portuguese
Github Skills (9)
flutter10
dependency-management10
flutter-game10
refactoring10
dart10
flutter-apps10
refactor10
maps9
testing8
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
fleaflet/flutter_map
Jun 2019 - Mar 2025
Flutter's №1 non-commercially aimed map client: it's easy-to-use, versatile, vendor-free, fully cross-platform, and 100% pure-Flutter
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer (with a focus on Flutter/Dart)
Full-stack Developer (with a focus on Flutter/Dart)Contributions:239 reviews, 67 PRs, 53 pushes in 5 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Joscha primarily contributed to the `flutter_map` repository by migrating the codebase to Dart 3.0, which involved updating dependencies, utilizing new language features like records and pattern matching, and making related code changes. They also addressed failing Android builds by upgrading Gradle. Additional contributions included dependency upgrades, refactoring, and code quality improvements, such as adding documentation comments and refactoring loops and other code elements.
leafletwidgetdartmapflutter
josxha/flutter-maplibre
Sep 2024 - Apr 2025
Permissive and performant mapping library that supports Mapbox Vector Tiles (MVT) powered by MapLibre SDKs.
Contributions:8 releases, 16 reviews, 279 PRs in 6 months
dartflutterflutter-mapmapmapbox
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