Lorenz Schäfer
Lead Developer at Demokratis
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Summary
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Top SchoolLorenz Schäfer is a Lead Developer based in Barcelona with a decade of experience building PHP-led web applications and shaping software architecture and product business models. His background in philosophy (MA, Leipzig) and computational linguistics gives him a rare blend of analytical rigor and practical engineering, honed through freelance projects and senior roles at easybill and LeadTech. He brings full-stack fluency from early freelance web and FileMaker work to leading development at Demokratis, focusing on maintainable architectures that align with business goals. Multilingual and culturally attuned—native German, fluent English and Spanish, plus years studying Chinese—he often leverages language and UX insight when crafting customer-facing systems.
10 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
HSK 5 Chinese, HSK 5 Chinese at Yunnan UniversityBachelor of Arts (B.A.) Philosophy, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Philosophy at University of ZurichMaster of Arts (M.A.) Philosophy, Master of Arts (M.A.) Philosophy at Leipzig UniversityPhilosophy Spanish, Philosophy Spanish at Universidad de Valladolid
German, English, Spanish, French, German, katalanisch
Github Skills (79)
php-library10
zugferd10
twig10
templating10
twig-extension10
template-engine10
php10
phpstorm10
bundle9
jetbrains9
intellij-plugin9
sdk9
intellij-idea9
autocomplete9
ubl9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
Lorenzschaef/colorSelect
Nov 2015 - Mar 2018
Contributions:1 release, 4 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 4 months
Lorenzschaef/Twig
Dec 2024 - Jan 2025
Twig, the flexible, fast, and secure template language for PHP
Contributions:8 pushes, 1 branch in 13 days
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