Kolja Kirchner
Software Engineer at UBS
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Summary
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Top SchoolKolja Kirchner is a Zurich-based software engineer with 11 years of hands-on experience building TypeScript full‑stack web applications, currently working at UBS. He specializes in React, Node and Postgres, and brings strong opinions on functional programming, software architecture and product-minded engineering. Kolja has led frontend teams and driven large migrations (AngularJS to React), CI/CD and Kubernetes deployments, while also owning bespoke full‑stack systems and developer tooling. He values readable, low‑complexity code that’s accessible to junior engineers and focuses on UX/UI as much as backend robustness. Comfortable wearing many hats in small, cross‑functional teams, he often trims unnecessary process overhead to ship fast and sustainably. An entrepreneurial streak shows in past projects ranging from a subscription e‑commerce startup to building internal admin and payment integrations.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science at Fachhochschule Braunschweig-WolfenbüttelMaster’s Degree Computer Science, Master’s Degree Computer Science at Otto-von-Guericke University MagdeburgHochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin
German, English
Github Skills (87)
styled-components10
dom10
stompjs10
javascript9
apollographql9
apollo-client9
react-wrapper9
caching9
css9
graphql-client9
react9
graphql9
firefox8
api8
rabbitmq8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
mephju/node-txn-cluster
Mar 2015 - Aug 2015
Contributions:257 pushes, 1 branch in 5 months
mephju/move
Jun 2018 - Oct 2021
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 4 months
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