Valerie Fuchs
Senior Software Engineer at Comper
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
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Top SchoolValerie Fuchs is a product-minded Senior Software Engineer based in Amsterdam with nine years of experience building user-centric, scalable web products across front- and back-end. She has led cross-functional initiatives at WeTransfer—driving a payments checkout extraction that boosted paid subscriptions ~12% and building the Portals product used by ~1M MAU—while owning architecture, observability and Kubernetes deployments. As a founder and freelancer she pairs craftsmanship with client empathy, and she’s comfortable spinning up BFFs, real-time WebSocket features and CI-backed microservice deployments. Beyond code she’s a community builder: creator of Cafe Robot (introduced 400 students to p5.js), speaker and mentor who reshapes tech education and inclusive hiring practices. Her background in digital marketing and an MA in Digital Media Management give her a rare blend of product intuition and technical delivery. She describes herself as a “snacksplainer,” reflecting a playful, human-first approach to teaching and collaboration.
9 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Media Management, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Media Management at RheinMain University of Applied SciencesWeb Development with JavaScript and NodeJS, Web Development with JavaScript and NodeJS at New York Code + Design AcademyMaster of Arts (M.A.), Digital Media Management, Master of Arts (M.A.), Digital Media Management at Hyper Island
German, English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (16)
storyblok8
react-modal7
react-boilerplate6
interaction6
google-places-api6
react-hook-form6
nodejs6
javascript6
google-maps6
webservice6
react5
boilerplate5
google-places2
api2
css2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
madamerobot/female-freelance-developers-next
Oct 2020 - Mar 2025
Contributions:6 PRs, 23 pushes, 6 branches in 4 years 6 months
madamerobot/vanillajs-storyblok-template
Jun 2020 - Jun 2020
Contributions:11 commits, 10 pushes, 1 branch in 8 days
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