Sibylle Lancaster
Senior Software Engineer II at ResearchGate
Dusseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Top SchoolSibylle Lancaster is a Senior Software Engineer II based in Dusseldorf with 10 years’ experience building frontend-first web platforms using React, JavaScript, PHP and GraphQL, currently leading Journal Branding at ResearchGate. She combines hands-on engineering with technical coordination across publisher and academic solutions, often focusing on performance, SEO and MongoDB-backed features. A published co-author and translator of "React Deep Dive," she adapts deep technical concepts into teachable formats and has built an interactive React course for Educative. Her background in product management and web performance at Skyscanner, plus teaching for Code First: Girls and freeCodeCamp, gives her a rare mix of technical depth, pedagogy and product sense. She holds an MSc in Computer Science (Software Engineering) from the University of Edinburgh and a First Class joint honours in Economics and Management Science, which she leverages to align engineering work with business outcomes.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Abitur (1.1), Abitur (1.1) at Geschwister-Scholl-Gymnasium UnnaWestfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster / University of MuensterMSc Computer Science, Software Engineering, Pass With Merit (2:1) - Average of 70%, MSc Computer Science, Software Engineering, Pass With Merit (2:1) - Average of 70% at The University of EdinburghFront End Web Development Certification (400 Hour Program), Software Engineering, Front End Web Development Certification (400 Hour Program), Software Engineering at freeCodeCampBA (Joint Hons) Economics and Management Science, First Class Honours (1st), BA (Joint Hons) Economics and Management Science, First Class Honours (1st) at University of Strathclyde
german (native), English, French
Github Skills (55)
git10
formik10
react-hooks10
github10
toggle10
forms10
scroll-lock10
higher-order-component10
react10
patch9
react-native9
javascript9
body-scroll-lock9
locking9
overflow9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
manuelbieh/react-book
Oct 2019 - Jun 2020
Contributions:285 commits in 7 months
alaskaa/portfolio
Dec 2016 - Jun 2019
Contributions:49 pushes, 4 branches in 2 years 7 months
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