Paul Scharf
Galway Metropolitan Area Ireland
Summary
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Top SchoolPaul Scharf is a seasoned engineering leader with 13+ years of hands-on software and SaaS experience, currently based in Galway, Ireland. He has scaled engineering organisations from small startups to structures prepared for 200+ engineers, blending technical depth (including WPF UI work and a commercially released game) with people-first leadership. As CTO and Head of Engineering at Toggl he led cross-functional integrations, introduced robust performance and salary systems, and shifted teams toward data-driven product and delivery practices. Paul is skilled at removing execution bottlenecks—driving a 30%+ velocity improvement through targeted coaching—and at building management layers and hiring pipelines that reduce churn. He’s an active front-end contributor to notable open-source projects like toggldesktop, demonstrating a continued appetite for shipping quality UX improvements. Open to full-time, part-time or consulting roles, he pairs product-minded strategy with practical delivery and remote-first experience.
13 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.Sc.) Game and Media Technology, Master of Science (M.Sc.) Game and Media Technology at Utrecht University
English, German, Dutch
Github Skills (8)
windows-forms10
uid10
wpf10
front-end-development10
ui-design10
csharp10
dotnet-core10
xaml9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
toggl-open-source/toggldesktop
May 2015 - Feb 2016
Toggl Desktop app for Windows, Mac and Linux
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:955 commits, 5 PRs, 443 pushes in 9 months
Contributions summary:Paul primarily focused on front-end development, specifically related to implementing and styling UI components within the Toggl Desktop application. Their contributions involved fixing tab indexes and migrating login form styling to style files, indicating a focus on user interface enhancements and usability. Additionally, the user added a simple WPF style loader, demonstrating experience with Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) technology. The user has been actively refactoring the UI, and contributed to make improvements to existing features.
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toggl/mobile-stats
Feb 2018 - Apr 2020
Compiling and analyzing numbers of interest to the mobile team at Toggl
Contributions:40 PRs, 39 pushes, 43 branches in 2 years 2 months
analyzingtogglinterestfluttercompiling
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