Laurenz Mädje
Founder, CTO at Typst
Berlin, Germany
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Top SchoolLaurenz Mädje is a founder and CTO with a decade of software engineering experience, currently building the next generation of technical writing tools from Berlin. He combines systems-level backend expertise with product-minded leadership, having implemented complex features like SVG and math/code handling in the open-source Typst typesetting project. His background includes embedded and cloud-integrated security work in C++ and Python at Fraunhofer and an MS in Computer Science from TU Berlin. Comfortable bridging research-grade implementations and user-facing document tooling, he brings a rare blend of low-level robustness and attention to authoring UX.
10 years of coding experience
Abitur, Abitur at Käthe-Kollwitz-Gymnasium, BerlinMaster of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at Technische Universität Berlin
German, English
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Github Skills (8)
rust10
svg10
text-format9
text-formatting9
algorithms8
algorithm8
testing8
code-documentation8
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
typst/typst
Mar 2023 - Apr 2025
A new markup-based typesetting system that is powerful and easy to learn.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:21 releases, 1209 reviews, 1804 PRs in 2 years
Contributions summary:Laurenz contributed to the development of the Typst typesetting system. They implemented SVG support, including handling text within SVGs, and contributed to improvements in various aspects such as handling code in math and equation syntax, along with improvements in the style. Further contributions included fixing several bugs across the library, especially related to the structure of the output. The user also made enhancements to the documentation, including the handling of multi-column code examples.
compilermarkuptypesetting
laurmaedje/typst
May 2023 - Feb 2025
A new markup-based typesetting system that is powerful and easy to learn.
Contributions:13 releases, 18 pushes, 49 branches in 1 year 9 months
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