Sebastian Winkler
Senior Software Engineer at Rugiet
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolSebastian Winkler is a Senior Software Engineer based in New York with 12 years of experience building backend systems and payments infrastructure. He has progressed through multiple backend and staff roles at HelloFresh and now contributes at Rugiet, bringing deep practical experience in scaling services across expansion and payments domains. A pragmatic engineer, he pairs production-first thinking with API-driven design and has a track record of shipping reliable features under operational constraints. Sebastian is also an active open-source contributor to notable projects like the Golang discordgo bindings, where he added rich messaging, emoji, and audit log support—demonstrating attention to protocol changes and developer ergonomics. Colleagues describe him as quietly effective: focused on long-term maintainability rather than flash, and comfortable owning both design and implementation details. He balances engineering rigor with a down-to-earth approach to teamwork and delivery.
12 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Wirtschaftsschulabschluss, Wirtschaftsschulabschluss at Paul-Gerhardt-Schule KahlAllgemeine Hochschulreife, Allgemeine Hochschulreife at Spessart-Gymnasium Alzenau
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Github Skills (7)
golang10
discordgo10
go10
api10
apidoc10
discord10
rest-api9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
bwmarrin/discordgo
Mar 2017 - Oct 2019
(Golang) Go bindings for Discord
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:19 commits, 28 PRs, 31 comments in 2 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Sebastian primarily contributed to the `discordgo` library by implementing new features and expanding its functionality. Their work includes adding methods for sending messages with embedded data, supporting animated emojis, and integrating audit log functionalities. Furthermore, they introduced new data structures and updated existing ones to align with the latest Discord API updates. These modifications enhance the library's capabilities and provide developers with improved tools for interacting with the Discord platform.
golangdiscorddiscordgogodiscord-api
ProjectCacophony/go-kit
Feb 2019 - Jul 2022
mirror of https://gitlab.com/Cacophony/go-kit
Contributions:330 commits, 324 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 5 months
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