Paulus Esterhazy
Founding Principal Engineer at telli (YC F24)
Berlin, Germany
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Top SchoolPaulus Esterhazy is a founding principal engineer and seasoned technical leader with 16 years of experience building teams and simplifying complex systems, currently shaping the technical direction of a 60-engineer organization and founding engineering at YC-backed telli. He has progressed from hands-on web and DevOps engineering to Director and Principal roles at Pitch and other startups, blending product-focused architecture with practical operational know-how. Paulus pairs a rigorous, research-oriented background—a PhD in Philosophy—with deep engineering instincts, which helps him ask the right strategic questions as well as ship robust systems. Known for favoring simplicity, he excels at turning sprawling technical challenges into lean, maintainable solutions and scaling engineering orgs without losing delivery velocity. Based in Berlin, he brings a rare combination of academic rigor and long-term operational experience to early-stage and growth-stage product builds.
16 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Philosophie, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Philosophie at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenErasmus Philosophie, Erasmus Philosophie at Université Paris-SorbonnePhilosophie, Philosophie at Heidelberg University
German, English, French, Italian, Portuguese
Github Skills (200)
testing10
automation10
bundler10
google-maps10
client-library10
elisp10
babashka10
re-frame10
nodejs10
clojurescript10
bash10
ruby10
multiple-languages10
hiccup10
melpa10
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
pesterhazy/recalcitrant
Jan 2017 - Jul 2017
Contributions:27 commits, 4 PRs, 17 pushes in 6 months
toolboxreactreagent
pesterhazy/cljs-spa-example
Aug 2018 - May 2020
A demo Single Page Application written in ClojureScript
Contributions:133 commits, 24 PRs, 73 pushes in 1 year 8 months
reactsingle-page-applicationhiccupclojurescriptsingle-page
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