André K.

Freelance Software Engineer and IT Trainer

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Berlin, Indonesia

Experience

Oct 2019 - Jan 2020
4 months

Entrepreneurial Fellow

Entrepreneur First

  • Developed and validated several business ideas and concepts with ambitious & driven individuals.
Aug 2018 - Present
7 years 5 months

Freelance Software Engineer and Technology Trainer

André Kovac Intelligent Computing

  • Full-Stack development (TypeScript, GraphQL, LangChain, microservices)
  • Human-Machine Interface (React, TypeScript, Node.js, Python)
  • Lead workshop instructor (React Native, React, TypeScript, Java, Python, general tech)
  • Cross-platform design system/component library (React, React Native, Storybook)
  • Lead architect of a React Native app; technical onboarding videos
  • Major refactorings of a mobile app; development of bridging modules (React Native)
  • Data visualization of a prediction algorithm in a ride sharing app (React, Python)
Jan 2018 - Jul 2018
7 months

Senior Full-Stack Engineer & Machine Learning Expert

Smart Reporting

  • Large-scale refactoring of a React + TypeScript codebase
  • Containerization with Docker
  • Natural language generation; parsers
  • Integration of frontend tools (React Storybook, Styled Components)
Oct 2017 - Aug 2019
1 year 11 months
Munich, Germany

Organizer

Machine Learning Meetup

  • Organized a machine learning meetup with 450+ members
Sep 2015 - Dec 2017
2 years 4 months
Bamberg, Germany

Chief Technology Officer and Lead Full-Stack Developer

Artirigo AG

  • Headed a development team of 10 people
  • Full-stack web and mobile development (React Native, React (Redux), Laravel)
  • Mentored and supervised colleagues & working students
  • Led integration and adoption of new technologies and frameworks
May 2015 - Aug 2015
4 months
Bamberg, Germany

Web Developer

fewClicks e-commerce GmbH

  • Full-stack web development for e-commerce web apps (JavaScript, PHP, CSS, HTML)
Apr 2014 - Mar 2015
1 year
Bamberg, Germany

Research Assistant and Lecturer

Department of General Psychology, University of Bamberg

  • Lectured methodological courses (SPSS statistics software, MATLAB programming, Rationality & Chance)
  • Implemented research methodologies (tridimensional regression)
  • Investigated statistical methods (especially Bayes statistics)
Apr 2013 - Oct 2018
5 years 7 months
Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Science Communicator and Team Leader

Edinburgh Science

  • Conducted robotics and programming workshops at science festivals in Edinburgh & the Emirates
  • Taught IT security courses to university students in Dubai
  • Trained and supervised local science communicators
Oct 2008 - Aug 2012
3 years 11 months

Freelance Software Engineer and Technology Trainer

University of Osnabrueck

Jul 2006 - Aug 2011
5 years 2 months
Munich, Germany

Project Manager and Team Leader

Spielratz e.V.

  • Managed integrative summer camps
  • Extensive experience in JIRA; acted as product owner and technical team lead
  • Established clean-code guidelines and naming conventions; implemented pre-commit hooks and automations

Summary

André is a Lead Full-Stack Software Engineer with over ten years of industry experience and a frontend focus (Web & Mobile). Additionally he is an experienced CTO, technology trainer, data scientist and speaker.

As a Software Engineer, André contributes to open source, is an active contributor on Stack Overflow (top 5% worldwide in JavaScript and React Native) and has a strong scientific background in statistics and neural networks.

Skills

Software Engineering

  • Expert Javascript (Es6+)
  • Typescript
  • Node.js
  • Html5
  • Css3 (Sass)
  • Matlab
  • Intermediate Python
  • Java
  • R
  • Php
  • Sql
  • Vba
  • Spss Syntax
  • Basic Rust
  • C/c++
  • Haskell
  • Ruby
  • Prolog
  • Objective-c
  • Swift

Libraries And Frameworks

  • Expert React.js (+ Zustand, Redux Etc.)
  • React Native (+ Expo)
  • Material Ui
  • Chakra Ui
  • Jest
  • Intermediate Gatsby.js
  • Express
  • Fastify
  • Blitz.js
  • Next.js
  • Spring Boot
  • Flask
  • Django
  • Langchain
  • Basic Flutter
  • Svelte
  • Vue.js
  • Ios
  • Android
  • Processing
  • D3.js

Databases

  • Sql (Postgres, Mysql)
  • Graphql (Yoga, Pothos, Apollo Server + Client)
  • Redis
  • Prisma
  • Mongodb (Mongoose)

Cloud

  • Aws (Ec2, S3, Amplify, ...)
  • Google Firebase
  • Digitalocean
  • Hetzner

Server / Continuous Integration / Devtools

  • Docker/docker-compose
  • Jenkins
  • Fastlane
  • Git (Github/gitlab/bitbucket)
  • Unix/shell
  • Yarn/npm
  • Firefox/chrome Devtools
  • Jira/confluence
  • Hockeyapp
  • Codepush (Ms App Center)

Data Science

  • Statistics And Data Analytics: Descriptive Statistics, Hypothesis Testing, Bayesian Methods
  • Tools: Python, Matlab, Spss, R, Power Bi, Power Query
  • Natural Language Processing: Regular Expressions, N-gram Models, Naive Bayes, Hidden Markov Models, Expectation Maximization, Probabilistic Context-free Grammars
  • Artificial Intelligence: Feed-forward & Recurrent Neural Networks, Llms + Gpt Engine, Svms, Convolutional Networks, Liquid State Machines

Python Packages

  • Numpy
  • Pandas
  • Pytorch
  • Fastai
  • Matplotlib
  • Scikit-learn
  • Seaborn
  • Nltk
  • Spacy

Agile Software Development / Project Management Best Practices

  • Extensive Experience In Jira And As Product Owner And Technical Team Lead
  • Emphasis On Clean And Thorough Documentation
  • Establishment Of Clean-code Guidelines And Naming Conventions
  • Pre-commit Hooks And Automations

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced
Chinese
Advanced
Spanish
Intermediate
Indonesian
Intermediate
...and 1 more

Education

Sep 2012 - Aug 2013

Heriot-Watt University

MSc, Focus: Mathematical Biology/Ecology & Medicine, Modeling and Tools, Differential Geometry, Dynamical Systems · Applied Mathematical Sciences · Edinburgh, United Kingdom · A (87.7%) with distinction

Oct 2008 - Aug 2012

University of Osnabrueck

BSc, Focus: Computational Neuroscience, Artificial Intelligence, Computational Linguistics, Logic, Cognitive Psychology · Cognitive Science · Osnabrück, Germany · A (German grade 1.1) with distinction (first-class honours)

Certifications & licenses

R Programming Entrepreneurial Fellow

Johns Hopkins University

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