Markus Unger
Lead Software Engineer at WTL Startup Studio
Leipzig, Saxony, Germany
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Top SchoolMarkus Unger is a Lead Software Engineer based in Leipzig with 8 years of professional experience and a strong track record building TypeScript/JavaScript web and mobile applications across frontend, backend, and mobile platforms. He combines hands-on implementation with architectural ideation, performance optimization, and large-scale refactoring, while also guiding teams as a technical lead and mentor. Currently at WTL Startup Studio, he shapes technical direction and streamlines development processes to align engineering work with business goals. Markus is pragmatic about maintainability and product value, and his background includes creating an open-source ephemeral REST API service and a decade of digital production tooling and automation in publishing—skills that give him a rare blend of developer craftsmanship and operational tooling insight.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Diplom-Ingenieurin (Dipl.Ing.), Medientechnik, Diplom-Ingenieurin (Dipl.Ing.), Medientechnik at HTWK Leipzig - Hochschule für Technik, Wirtschaft und Kultur LeipzigFull-Stack-Web Development, Full-Stack-Web Development at LaunchSchool
Github Skills (28)
capstone9
playing5
scroll5
testing4
menu4
api4
react-native-paper4
mocking4
python4
roguelike4
react3
mock-server3
user-guide3
react-native-component2
redux2
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
markusunger/200_OK
Feb 2020 - Dec 2020
An ephemeral, hosted mock API with an optional schema-less auto-mode
Contributions:1 review, 59 commits, 5 PRs in 10 months
apiephemeralmock-servermock-apitesting
markusunger/launchschool
Apr 2018 - Nov 2019
everything LaunchSchool.com
Contributions:326 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 7 months
everythinglaunchschool
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