I am an auto-didact and self-directed software engineering and design professional with strong interests in team culture, productive ways of working and maintainable architecture. My strong points are clear communication, empathy, and a drive to help my teams succeed, along with a high level of focus and efficiency developed over many years. I deliver tangible value for customers and stakeholders as an individual contributor, while also thriving in collaborative, high-performance environments. With 25 years of professional experience across software, design, and DevOps, I balance business needs with technical excellence. I lead by example when needed, mentor teammates, shape design systems, and continuously improve ways of working to keep teams healthy, productive, and delivering high-quality outcomes.

André Wyrwa

I am an auto-didact and self-directed software engineering and design professional with strong interests in team culture, productive ways of working and maintainable architecture. My strong points are clear communication, empathy, and a drive to help my teams succeed, along with a high level of focus and efficiency developed over many years. I deliver tangible value for customers and stakeholders as an individual contributor, while also thriving in collaborative, high-performance environments. With 25 years of professional experience across software, design, and DevOps, I balance business needs with technical excellence. I lead by example when needed, mentor teammates, shape design systems, and continuously improve ways of working to keep teams healthy, productive, and delivering high-quality outcomes.

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I am an auto-didact and self-directed software engineering and design professional with strong interests in team culture, productive ways of working and maintainable architecture. My strong points are clear communication, empathy, and a drive to help my teams succeed, along with a high level of focus and efficiency developed over many years. I deliver tangible value for customers and stakeholders as an individual contributor, while also thriving in collaborative, high-performance environments.

With 25 years of professional experience across software, design, and DevOps, I balance business needs with technical excellence. I lead by example when needed, mentor teammates, shape design systems, and continuously improve ways of working to keep teams healthy, productive, and delivering high-quality outcomes.

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Language

German
Fluent
English
Fluent
Spanish; Castilian
Intermediate
Russian
Beginner
French
Beginner
Finnish
Beginner
Swedish
Beginner
Latin
Beginner

Work Experience

Software Engineering Contractor at Hatch
January 1, 2023 - October 31, 2025
Implemented complex features like onboarding, filtering and saved jobs. Implemented devops features such as feature flags, end-to-end test suite, and compile-time optimizations.
Software Engineering Contractor at Immutable
April 1, 2021 - November 1, 2024
Implemented multiple large-scale Web2 and Web3 features like DeckBuilder, Forge, Crafting, Game Mode Selection; negotiated and implemented front-end code architecture with project co-leads; ported the front-end to mobile; built a well-organised, maintainable & performant front-end based on Angular/NX best practices; mitigated tech debt; promoted team efficiency and well-being; contributed to UX design & Design System decisions.
Principal Software Engineer, Engineering Manager, Senior Engineer, Contractor at The Iconic
January 1, 2014 - December 31, 2022
Worked with CTO and CPO on engineering strategies; managed 3 engineers and mentored 4 teams; led major projects including checkout rewrite, campaign manager, side-wide HTTPS, performance optimisation, analytics implementation; designed software architecture across application development and infrastructure; modernised legacy systems and test frameworks; improved CICD pipelines; established a Design System and led front-end initiatives.
Software Engineer, Technical Lead (Full-Stack) at Momentum Cloud Pty Ltd
January 1, 2010 - December 31, 2011
Developed an online school management platform (PHP/Symfony, XHTML, JavaScript/AJAX, CSS); acted as technical lead and assisted in agile project management (6 Engineers); designed scalable web-applications; implemented CI/CD toolchain and assisted in infrastructure; contributed to UX design.
Software Engineer, Analyst Programmer (Full-Stack) at MentorEducation Group
January 1, 2008 - December 31, 2010
Developed from-scratch a multi-site training & student management system used by subsidiaries and clients in Australia and New Zealand (PHP, JQuery); engineered AJAX/PHP/MySQL RDF foundation; backend and frontend development; established infrastructure (Subversion, MantisBT, DokuWiki); maintained servers and improved legacy systems; produced user documentation.
Analyst Programmer, UI Developer, Graphic Designer & Developer (Front-end) at Puttoo Inc.
January 1, 2004 - December 31, 2011
Developed an XML/XForms powered visual form builder and data management system; OO JavaScript/AJAX; data modelling in XML Schema, XForms, XPath and XQuery; used an eXist native XML database; created client-side UX and templates; contributed to corporate design and content management templates (Joomla).
Freelance Graphic Designer & Web Developer at Self-employed
January 1, 2001 - December 31, 2008
Designed and developed web front- and back-ends for clients in Germany, Finland, Australia and USA; contributed to UI improvements for The GIMP and OpenOffice; created corporate identity; produced icons and book illustrations; involved in freelance design projects.
UI Designer / UI Developer at SAPERION AG
January 1, 2001 - December 31, 2007
Visually redesigned SAPERION native client UI; contributed conceptual improvements; established user interface guidelines; implemented interactive UI prototypes and feature demos; contributed to corporate UI design.

Education

Abitur at Georg Foster Gymnasium Berlin
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 1996
University studies at Humboldt University Berlin (Mathematics & Physics)
January 11, 2030 - April 27, 2026
University studies at Humboldt University Berlin (Philosophy)
January 11, 2030 - April 27, 2026

Qualifications

Abitur
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 1996
University studies
January 11, 2030 - April 27, 2026
Abitur (eq. High School / HSC)
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 1996
Mathematics & Physics (2 years)
January 1, 1996 - January 1, 1998
Philosophy (4 years) - qualification equivalent undergraduate
January 1, 1998 - January 1, 2002

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Media & Entertainment, Education, Professional Services, Other, Retail, Gaming

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