Summary
Pascal Helfenstein is a pragmatic software engineer and co-founder with 16 years of experience building web and front-end applications across startups and enterprise clients from St. Gallen, Switzerland. He blends hands-on expertise in JavaScript/TypeScript, Angular, Node.js and DevOps tooling (Docker, OpenShift) with practical backend experience in Python, PHP and MySQL. At Liip he has driven customer-facing projects while concurrently teaching GraphQL, REST, security and modern JS as a lecturer, demonstrating a knack for translating complex topics into usable solutions. Recent work includes founding seekme.io and producing Angular-based insurance and banking applications for major Swiss firms, showing both product and delivery focus. Known for pairing craftsmanship with collaboration, he prioritizes great applications built with great teams and often crosses between development, teaching and entrepreneurship.
16 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
general qualification for university entrance Information Technology, general qualification for university entrance Information Technology at BMS Liechtenstein
Bachelor of Science Computer Science UAS, Bachelor of Science Computer Science UAS at ZHAW - School of Engineering
Degree with Federal Specialist Certificate Information Technology, Degree with Federal Specialist Certificate Information Technology at BZ Uzwil