Yannick Saive
Software Engineer at freiheit.com technologies
Hamburg, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolYannick Saive is a software engineer based in Hamburg with nine years of experience applying mathematical rigor to build reliable, scalable web and data systems. He has shipped checkout frontends and payment backends for large online retailers using React, Next.js, Kotlin, GKE and Kafka, and has a proven ability to connect third-party services across domains. His background in applied mathematics (KTH) and hands-on work in data science and anti-financial-crime tooling at Sopra Steria give him strong expertise in data preprocessing, performance tuning (including Hadoop partition optimizations), and practical ML/DS consulting. A collaborative mentor and empathetic team player, he has onboarded and coached colleagues while balancing deep technical problem solving with stakeholder-facing delivery. Notably, his track record blends academic tutoring in advanced math with production engineering, enabling him to translate complex algorithms into maintainable, high-performing systems.
9 years of coding experience
Master's degree, Applied Mathematics, Master's degree, Applied Mathematics at KTH Royal Institute of TechnologyBachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Technomathematik, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Technomathematik at Hamburg University of Technology
English, German, Spanish, Swedish
Github Skills (69)
pipeline9
lichess8
mobile-application8
python8
tournament8
chess-engine8
chess8
android-sdk8
apache-spark7
kedro7
automation7
stockfish7
infrastructure7
science7
functional-programming7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
Spooky-0/FreeBoardGames.org
Apr 2020 - Dec 2021
FOSS platform for publishing boardgame.io games
Contributions:2 PRs, 51 pushes, 14 branches in 1 year 8 months
publishinggamesfossboardgameboardgame-io
freeboardgames/FreeBoardGames.org
Apr 2020 - Dec 2021
FOSS platform for publishing boardgame.io games
Contributions:5 reviews, 189 commits, 16 PRs in 1 year 8 months
publishinggamesfossboardgameboardgame-io
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