Marc Backes
Senior Software Engineer at Directus
Luxembourg
Summary
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Top SchoolMarc Backes is a Senior Software Engineer based in Luxembourg with over a decade of experience building full-stack web and mobile applications, currently working at Directus while running his freelance studio. He specializes in Vue, Nuxt, Node and TypeScript, blending hands-on engineering with developer advocacy and community building—he’s a public speaker, MC, and organizer. Marc has held technical leadership roles across DevRel and product teams, shipping production systems from banking integrations to university management platforms and commerce-focused projects. His background spans entrepreneurship and executive experience, including a CEO stint and a long-running freelance practice since 2017, which informs a pragmatic, client-focused approach to design and delivery. Trained in computer software engineering with a management certificate from Harvard Business School Online, he pairs technical depth with product and people skills to turn vague requirements into polished, maintainable software. Notably, he balances contract work with active community-facing roles, bringing visibility and feedback loops to the projects he touches.
10 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Certificate in Management Essentials, Complete, Certificate in Management Essentials, Complete at Harvard Business School OnlineMarketing, Marketing at Universidad Istmo AmericanaComputer Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at Engineering College of CopenhagenTechnicien en Informatique, Computer Technician, Technicien en Informatique, Computer Technician at Lycée Technique des Arts et MétiersMaster of Science in Engineering, Computer Software Engineering, Master of Science in Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at Fachhochschule Vorarlberg
Luxembourgish, German, French, English, Spanish
Github Skills (73)
prompt9
web-application9
vue-composition-api9
vuepress9
biometrics9
ghost9
vue9
nodejs9
shell8
javascript8
face8
cms8
composition8
browser-game8
journalism8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
themarcba/lazy-git
May 2019 - Oct 2019
A collection of commands which make the lazy developer's life easier to work with Git
Contributions:34 commits, 7 pushes, 3 branches in 4 months
lazy-developerlife
devadvent/readme
Nov 2021 - Dec 2021
Contributions:24 commits, 4 PRs, 17 pushes in 10 days
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