Thorsten Herfurtner
IT Software Engineer (Full Stack) at REWE digital
Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolThorsten Herfurtner is a full-stack IT software engineer based in Regensburg with four years of hands-on experience building responsive, cross-platform applications using Next.js, React Native, Svelte and Go. He specializes in migrating legacy projects to modern stacks, implementing micro-frontends and improving UX through close collaboration with designers and testers. His background spans backend integrations with DynamoDB, Redis and AWS S3, CMS maintenance and end-to-end testing with Playwright, reflecting a solid devops-aware mindset. A self-taught web developer, he has repeatedly rebuilt sites and apps from the ground up to improve performance, localization and SEO. Currently at REWE digital he’s driving a Svelte + Go migration while retaining a pragmatic focus on user-facing quality. His unusual path from a biology degree to full-stack engineering underscores strong analytical problem-solving and rapid technical learning.
4 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Sience - BS, Biology, 2.5, Bachelor of Sience - BS, Biology, 2.5 at Technical University of BraunschweigMaster of Science- MS, Biology, Master of Science- MS, Biology at University of Regensburg
Github Skills (51)
nextjs9
shadcn-ui9
tailwindcss9
flags9
react9
csv8
xml8
country-codes8
vscode-snippets8
gatsby7
json7
multilingual7
react-component7
interactive7
vercel7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
totti-rdz/github-trending-x
Apr 2023 - Jan 2025
A monorepo featuring an Express backend and a single-page React application powered by Vite, all in TypeScript - with the main focus on learning, e.g. web scraping with cheerio.
Contributions:8 PRs, 109 pushes, 9 branches in 1 year 8 months
express-jsjavascriptmonoreponodejsreact
totti-rdz/totti-rdz
Aug 2022 - Jul 2024
Contributions:24 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 11 months
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