Peter Magenheimer
Software Engineer at SeatGeek
Berlin, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolPeter Magenheimer is a pragmatic software engineer with 14 years of experience building performant, accessible web products and design systems from frontend to edge caching. Based in Berlin, he’s led teams and cross-functional efforts at companies like DigitalOcean and SeatGeek, shipping notable features such as SeatGeek’s Parties product, CDN-driven TTFB improvements, and App Platform UIs. He favors breaking complex problems into small, testable pieces, champions accessibility (contributing to reach-ui tabs with RTL and keyboard support), and drives developer productivity through automation and modern tooling (React, TypeScript, GraphQL, webpack). Trained in graphic design and with a quiet passion for printmaking and lead type, he blends visual sensibility with deep engineering craft to deliver elegant, usable interfaces.
15 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
BFA, Graphic Design, BFA, Graphic Design at Colorado State University
English, German, Italian
Stackoverflow
6,109reputation
515kreached
50answers
7questions
drupal
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hash
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git
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logging
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javascript
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html
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Github Skills (28)
accessibility10
component-development10
typescript10
ui-design10
uid10
front-end-development10
typescript-types10
logging10
typescripts10
react10
jes9
javascript9
git9
drupal9
jtest9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
reach/reach-ui
Feb 2020 - Mar 2020
The Accessible Foundation for React Apps and Design Systems
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:14 commits, 1 PR, 9 comments in 29 days
Contributions summary:Peter primarily focused on enhancing the accessibility and functionality of the `reach-ui` library's tabs component. Their contributions involved adding support for vertical orientation, including TypeScript and JavaScript examples and RTL support. They also added initial tests and updated them, demonstrating a focus on component quality and user experience by also aligning with keyboard navigation and RTL concerns.
react
peterjmag/reading-list
Mar 2015 - Apr 2015
Contributions:55 commits, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 17 days
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