Auryn Engel
Principal Engineer with passion for functional programming and leading teams
About
I'm a seasoned Full-Stack Engineer with 10+ years' experience, specializing in startup and scale-up settings. I excel in team leadership, mentoring, and implementing top-tier engineering practices. My enthusiasm for technology, especially functional programming, drives me to share insights via YouTube, blogging, and public speaking engagements. Renowned for pioneering solutions, I'm committed to pushing tech limits and nurturing others' growth.
Skills
Work Experience
Oviva
Tech-Lead | Principal Engineer
- Planning, owning and executing OKR cycles close to C-Level
- Training and mentoring engineers to excel at their job
Oviva
Tech-Lead | Staff Engineer
- Leading a team of five engineers focused on improving the efficiency of UK prescriber workflows
- Optimized processes resulting in a 50% time reduction for prescribers
- Driving company-wide engineering excellence by leading the Developer Productivity Guild, introducing new tools and practices to enhance developer experience
McKinsey & Company
Senior Full-Stack Engineer
- Lead green field product development for PV company from 0 to first couple hundred customers
- Trained new hires to excel at their job
- Lead backend development of GenAI driven MVP for tech Unicorn resulting in multiple hundred signups days after launch
- Enhancement of chatbot for Telco client with GenAI resulting in significant enhancement of customer satisfaction and retention within weeks
- Speaker at multiple firm wide events
SAP SE
Development Specialist
- Swift Engineer at Corona Warn App implementing first tracing algorithm
- Scrum Master of 10 working students
- Lead backend development of AR enabled food ordering app
- Selected as one of 10 engineers to directly support board leadership in technical directions
itemis AG
Full-Stack Engineer
- Lead backend development of a Java Spring Boot and Spring Batch banking application
- Reduction of batch work time of over 80% due to protobuf implementation
- Presenter and host at internal and external meetups
University Leipzig | Ewerk | Appsfactory
Working Student
- Developed a solution for Instagram and Twitter bots using Spring Boot, web automation, Docker, and React
- Tutor for regular practice sessions
- Developed and deployed multiple iOS applications to the App Store
- Responsible for iOS development with multiple external and internal coworkers
- Enhanced the Energy Exchange in Leipzig's technological capabilities
Education
University Leipzig
HTWK Leipzig
Languages
German
English
French
Hobby Projects
Blog
My personal blog to post about things I found interesting. Running on a server behind an nginx.
YouTube
The next generation of blogging. I create videos about anything that interests me, mostly IoT and keyboards. Hereby I train my presentation and story telling skills.
Plant Watering System
A self watering plant system that uses a moisture sensor to detect when the plant needs water.
Complimente DAPP
A community compliment generator, that runs on an edge db (gun.js) to be decentralized.