Mark Hinschberger
Senior Engineering Manager at Aave Companies
Portugal
Summary
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Top SchoolMark Hinschberger is a Senior Engineering Manager with 11 years of experience blending hands-on full‑stack development and people leadership, currently shaping product and engineering at Aave from Portugal. He moves fluidly between strategy and code—contributing to prominent open-source DeFi projects like the Aave interface and V3 core where he’s worked on UI features, localization, and gas‑efficient smart contract refactors. Known for an open, direct management style, he drives team growth through clear communication and mutual respect while still preferring to "get his hands dirty" in implementation when needed. His background spans product leadership, founding a startup, and roles across frontend and backend disciplines, giving him a practical lens on shipping user-centric, secure systems. A psychology BA and Mandarin studies add an uncommon blend of human-centered thinking and cross-cultural fluency to his technical leadership.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Chinese Studies(Mandarin Traditional), Chinese Studies(Mandarin Traditional) at 文化大學Bachelor of Arts (BA), Psychology, Bachelor of Arts (BA), Psychology at University of Ottawa
English, Chinese
Github Skills (16)
smart-contracts10
uid10
typescript10
javascript10
typescripts10
solidity10
front-end-development10
ui-design10
ethereum10
react10
typescript-types10
blockchain10
refactor9
localization9
refactoring9
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
aave/interface
Feb 2022 - Jan 2023
An open source interface for the decentralized liquidity protocol Aave
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:585 reviews, 122 commits, 477 PRs in 11 months
Contributions summary:Mark primarily contributed to the front-end development of the Aave interface. Their commits demonstrate the implementation of UI components, including the addition of meta tags for SEO, updates to governance panels, and modifications to tooltips. They made changes to the dashboard and markets pages, adding features to display information about assets and their availability. Furthermore, the user was involved in localization efforts and text updates within the application.
ethereum-contractethereumblockchaindecentralizeddapps-development
aave/aave-v3-core
Dec 2021 - Jan 2023
This repository contains the core smart contracts of the Aave V3 protocol.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:23 reviews, 28 commits, 3 PRs in 1 year 1 month
Contributions summary:Mark primarily focused on refactoring and optimizing the core smart contracts of the Aave V3 protocol. Their contributions included fixing typos, removing unused imports, and streamlining code for gas efficiency and readability. They also made adjustments to interest rate calculations and event emissions, improving the overall structure and maintainability of the codebase. These changes suggest a focus on the backend Solidity code, particularly in the areas of interest rate strategies and protocol logic.
ethereumblockchainsoliditysmart-contractsaave
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