Stephan Rauh
Principal Consultant at valantic Software & Technology Innovations (former SyroCon AG)
Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Hesse, Germany
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Top SchoolStephan Rauh is a Principal Consultant and seasoned software engineer with 12+ years of experience designing and delivering modern client-facing architectures, currently advising at valantic in Germany. He combines hands-on frontend expertise—especially in Angular—with Java backend and workshop/training experience from roles as solution architect and tech scout. A prolific open-source contributor and conference speaker, Stephan leads development on ngx-extended-pdf-viewer and BootsFaces, improving developer DX with type definitions and UI/UX refinements like custom zoom controls and signature warnings. He regularly runs trainings and workshops, blending technical depth with clear communication, and his background in mathematics and computer science underpins a pragmatic, quality-focused approach to complex systems. An uncommon detail: he actively bridges legacy server-side JSF work with cutting-edge Angular tooling, helping teams modernize without abandoning proven patterns.
12 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Abitur, Abitur at Katharinengymnasium OppenheimDipl. rer. nat., Mathematics and Computer Science, Dipl. rer. nat., Mathematics and Computer Science at Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
German, English, Spanish, French, Latin
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Github Skills (19)
css10
typescript10
pdf-viewer10
front-end-development10
jsf10
typescript-types10
typescripts10
angular10
javascript9
ui-design9
primefaces9
uid9
type-definition8
jit6
java6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
stephanrauh/ngx-extended-pdf-viewer
May 2018 - Jan 2023
A full-blown PDF viewer for Angular 16, 17, and beyond
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:16 releases, 2 reviews, 1134 commits in 4 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Stephan prepared and added type definitions for the ngx-extended-pdf-viewer library, indicating a focus on improving code quality and developer experience. Their work also included adding a warning message to the PDF viewer for unverified signatures and refining the CSS of the unverified signature message, reflecting UI/UX improvements. Further commits addressed the visual appearance of the PDF viewer, implementing a custom zoom dropdown and modifying the cursor appearance on buttons, indicating a consistent focus on the frontend aspects of the project.
pdfembedding-pdfpdfjspdf-viewerviewer
TheCoder4eu/BootsFaces-OSP
Jan 2015 - Dec 2021
BootsFaces - Open Source Project
Contributions:1 release, 1078 commits, 124 PRs in 7 years
bootstrapopen-source-projectbootsfaces
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