Rico Pfaus
Managing Director Und CTO at rightomo
Berlin, Germany
Summary
👤
Senior🎓
Top SchoolRico Pfaus is a seasoned technical leader and former frontend developer with over 20 years of hands-on experience and more than a decade focused on e-commerce. As Managing Director and CTO at rightomo after leading engineering at E. Breuninger, he blends strategic leadership with deep frontend architecture expertise. He champions a test-driven, performance-first approach and has a particular passion for analytics, tracking, and rendering performance. Known for clear communication and team mentorship, he translates complex product requirements into pragmatic, high-performance web experiences. Based in Berlin, Rico pairs a developer’s curiosity with executive responsibility, often diving back into code to validate architectural decisions. His background in multimedia arts informs a user-centric eye for design and interaction that complements his engineering rigor.
11 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Multimedia Arts, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Multimedia Arts at SAE Institute Berlin
German, English
Github Skills (118)
visual-studio-code-extension10
testing10
facebook10
javascript9
jwt9
testcafe9
obj9
authentication9
recoiljs9
linting9
datalayer9
babel-plugin9
oauth9
universal-react9
eslint9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
ryx/elasticwatch
Mar 2015 - Jun 2015
Contributions:42 commits, 23 pushes, 6 branches in 2 months
ryx/testcafe-browser-provider-nightmare
Feb 2017 - Sep 2017
Contributions:2 releases, 8 commits, 4 PRs in 6 months
providerbrowsertestingbrowser-providernightmare
Find and Hire Top DevelopersWe’ve analyzed the programming source code of over 60 million software developers on GitHub and scored them by 50,000 skills. Sign-up on Prog,AI to search for software developers.