Julia Kirschenheuter
Web Developer at Nextcloud GmbH
Stuttgart Region Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolJulia Kirschenheuter is a web developer with 11 years of experience specializing in TypeScript, JavaScript, Vue.js and Angular, currently driving front-end improvements at Nextcloud GmbH. She brings strong accessibility (WCAG 2.1) expertise to her work, having systematically added aria-labels, replaced custom tooltips with native ones, and improved date handling across large open-source apps like Nextcloud. Her background includes building and refactoring TypeScript frameworks, implementing UI/UX features, and contributing to product design and agile architecture at Fujitsu and Compart. Based in the Stuttgart region, she holds an MA in Audiovisuelle Medien, which informs a user-focused, design-aware approach to front-end development. Colleagues appreciate that she combines meticulous code hygiene with pragmatic UI enhancements—often fixing subtle alignment, loading, and interaction issues that noticeably improve user experience. An active contributor to well-known Nextcloud projects, she quietly elevates usability in widely deployed open-source software.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Master of Arts - MA, Audiovisuelle Medien, Master of Arts - MA, Audiovisuelle Medien at Hochschule der Medien Stuttgart
Github Skills (18)
accessibility10
javascript10
calendars10
ui-components10
webmail10
css10
user-interface10
php10
exp10
front-end-development10
vue10
html10
user-experience10
vue-jsx10
nextcloud10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
nextcloud/calendar
Feb 2022 - Nov 2022
📆 Calendar app for Nextcloud
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:27 reviews, 45 commits, 31 PRs in 9 months
Contributions summary:Julia primarily contributed to the front-end components of the Nextcloud calendar application. Their work focused on enhancing the user interface, including adding accessibility features like aria-labels and incorporating new UI elements such as icons. They also refactored existing components, such as removing unnecessary attributes and properties from the header button, as well as fixing design and style issues. Furthermore, they upgraded the project's dependencies.
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nextcloud/server
Jul 2022 - Jan 2023
☁️ Nextcloud server, a safe home for all your data
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:280 reviews, 50 commits, 205 PRs in 6 months
Contributions summary:Julia primarily contributed to the user interface and accessibility aspects of the Nextcloud server. They implemented changes focused on improving the user experience by transferring and adding `aria-label` attributes to various UI elements. Furthermore, the user updated and replaced custom tooltips with native ones throughout the application, enhancing the overall accessibility and usability. They also refactored code to incorporate date objects and native date pickers.
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