Auryn Engel

Principal Engineer with passion for functional programming and leading teams

Berlin, Germany, CEST

AE

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

TypeScript
Java
Kotlin
Go
Helm
Kubernetes
Node.js
JavaScript
Elixir
Gleam
Docker
Python3
React
Elm
Rust
GraphQL
HATEOAS
SCSS
Agile Product Management
Product Delivery
TDD
SQL

Work Experience

Oviva

07.2025 - today

Tech-Lead | Principal Engineer

Step up from previous role with similar tasks and extended responsibilities
  • Planning, owning and executing OKR cycles close to C-Level
  • Training and mentoring engineers to excel at their job

Oviva

10.2024 - 07.2025

Tech-Lead | Staff Engineer

Responsible for prescriber efficiency in the UK market
  • 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

09.2022 - 09.2024

Senior Full-Stack Engineer

At McKinsey I not only sharpened my technical toolkit, but also enhanced my leadership and business problem solving skills significantly with focus on Start-ups and Scale-ups
  • 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

02.2020 - 08.2022

Development Specialist

During my time at SAP I was part of the innovation and showcases team, researching and building what SAP could drive in the future as well as building prototypes for public presentations
  • 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

2018 - 2020

Full-Stack Engineer

At itemis I had the chance to work at one of the biggest bank reportin systems in Germany with over 200 engineers in the SAFe framework
  • 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
During my tenure at Ewerk, Appsfactory and University Leipzig, I switched into multiple roles to broaden my skillset and learn different tools and languages
  • 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

2017 - 2019
Masters in Computer Science

HTWK Leipzig

2013 - 2017
Bachelors in Computer Science

Languages

German

Native

English

Fluent

French

Basic