René Machel
Lead Frontend Developer Expert Lead A11y & Design Systems at IBM iX DACH
Berlin, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolRené Machel is a seasoned front-end leader based in Berlin, currently leading Frontend and Accessibility & Design Systems at IBM iX with over 16 years of experience crafting interactive, standards-compliant web experiences. He blends hands-on front-end architecture and build automation (Webpack, Nuxt, Vue CLI, Drone CI) with a strong emphasis on accessibility (WAI, German BITV) and automated testing. René has driven both high-profile microsites for brands like Nike and Nivea and large-scale enterprise platforms for Audi, VW and Montblanc, often acting as team lead and senior technical architect. Equally comfortable in React, Vue/Nuxt and Node.js, he pairs API experience with a keen sense for UI patterns and style guides to make design systems practical at scale. Colleagues value him for turning complex requirements into repeatable, testable front-end workflows and for advocating accessibility as a core product quality. A former Flash developer turned modern web specialist, he brings historical depth to current front-end tooling and standards.
10 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia, Master's degree Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia at L4 Institute for Media Design
Github Skills (19)
touchscreen8
tron8
nodejs7
linux7
shell6
macos6
windows6
frontend5
electron5
monitoring4
gridsome4
terminal-emulator4
vue4
graphql4
jamstack3
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
therenney/coding-challenge-shop-frontend
Jun 2019 - Jun 2019
Contributions:27 commits, 10 pushes in 14 days
therenney/polls-challenge
May 2019 - May 2019
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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