Marlon Richert
UX Design Engineer at Hibox Systems Oy
Turku, Mainland Finland
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Top SchoolMarlon Richert is a UX Design Engineer with 11 years of experience blending interaction design and hands‑on implementation to ship usable, maintainable products across web, mobile and TV platforms. He architects multi‑platform design systems and frequently prototypes directly in the target app to validate designs with real data, which has let him dramatically reduce mobile codebases while preserving functionality. Comfortable in Vue.js, Sketch/Adobe XD and front-end stacks, he pairs strong engineering discipline with usability research and agile coaching to improve estimates and developer workflow. An active open-source contributor, Marlon has improved popular Zsh tooling—adding async autocomplete and instant prompt features—and enhanced Karabiner complex rules to better support non‑English layouts and terminal ergonomics. Based in Turku, Finland, he prefers remote roles only when a local satellite workspace exists, reflecting his emphasis on collaborative team culture.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Minor, Cognitive Psychology, Minor, Cognitive Psychology at Leiden UniversityHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Dalton VoorburgMaster of Science (Technology), Computer Science & Engineering, Human-Computer Interaction, Master of Science (Technology), Computer Science & Engineering, Human-Computer Interaction at Delft University of Technology
English, Dutch, Finnish, German, Spanish, French
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Github Skills (34)
json10
keyboard-shortcuts10
scripting10
shortcuts10
karabiner10
autocomplete10
terminal-application10
plugman10
kbar10
script10
sh10
shell10
keybindings10
zsh10
async9
Programming languages (21)
Github contributions (5)
marlonrichert/zsh-autocomplete
Apr 2020 - Dec 2022
🤖 Real-time type-ahead completion for Zsh. Asynchronous find-as-you-type autocompletion.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:21 releases, 10 reviews, 670 commits in 2 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Marlon primarily contributed to the development and maintenance of the Zsh autocomplete plugin. Their work focused on enhancing the plugin's functionality, including adding support for vi keymaps, correcting word completion, and integrating features like fzf history search and menu options. They also worked on improving the plugin's performance and resolving various issues raised by users. The user demonstrates proficiency in customizing the completion behavior and adapting the plugin to different terminal environments.
typeahead-completionsautocompletezshnon-blockingreal-time
marlonrichert/zsh-snap
Sep 2020 - Jan 2023
⚡️ Znap! Fast, easy-to-use tools for Zsh dotfiles & plugins, plus git repos
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:1 release, 18 reviews, 304 commits in 2 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Marlon made significant contributions to the `zsh-snap` repository, a tool for managing Zsh configurations and plugins. They implemented features such as support for various plugin file extensions, refactored code into separate function files, and added asynchronous auto-compilation and an "instant prompt" feature. The user also improved performance, error handling, and overall code quality. Their work included significant modifications to core functionality, user-facing features, and optimizations.
repo-managementzshrczsh-dotfileszsh-configurationzsh-plugins
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