Martin Haug
Founder at Typst
Berlin, Germany
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Top SchoolMartin Haug is a founder and backend-focused software engineer with 12 years of experience building robust systems from research prototypes to production. Based in Berlin, he combines an MS in Computer Science with hands-on work in distributed systems, IoT analytics, and typesetting engine internals—contributing parser and page-dimension improvements to the popular open-source Typst project. His background spans academia and industry, including research work at TU Berlin and early exposure to software workflows at Amadeus, giving him both theoretical depth and practical teamwork experience. Known for diving into core functionality rather than surface UX, he enjoys "relaxing in the OLAP hypercube"—a hint at a data-savvy, systems-first mindset.
12 years of coding experience
Abitur, Abitur at Christian-Wirth-Schule, UsingenMaster of Science - MS Computer Science, Master of Science - MS Computer Science at Technische Universität BerlinERASMUS+ exchange semester Computer Science, ERASMUS+ exchange semester Computer Science at INSA Lyon - Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon
German, English, French
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Github Skills (20)
parser10
syntax10
code-analysis10
rust10
syntax-checking10
expressions9
math-parser9
parsing9
typesetting9
parse9
expression9
html6
directx6
smf6
typescript-generics6
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
typst/typst
Mar 2023 - Jun 2026
A markup-based typesetting system that is powerful and easy to learn.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:66 reviews, 54 PRs, 111 pushes in 3 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Martin made several contributions focused on enhancing the typesetting system, specifically by defining page dimension definitions. They also refactored and added features related to mathematical expression parsing. This involved modifying the style and syntax files, indicating a focus on the core functionality of Typst. The user's work resulted in the creation of features such as named tuples, hex color tokens, and improved handling of operator precedence, highlighting their involvement in improving parser features.
typesettingcompilermarkuptypst
typst/biblatex
Sep 2020 - Oct 2022
A Rust crate for parsing and writing BibTeX and BibLaTeX files.
Contributions:17 releases, 23 reviews, 64 commits in 2 years 1 month
biblatexbibtexcrateparsingrust
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