Lukas Bünger
Web Developer

Skills

Programming/Publishing

Javascript, Python, HTML/CSS, ActionScript.

Methodologies and Paradigms

FP, OOP, REST, GraphQL, SSR, Scrum.

Database and Storage

PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis.

Notable Tools and Frameworks

• Javascript: Typescript, Ramda; React, Redux, Apollo, ImmutableJS, Angular 1, jQuery; Babel, Webpack, Browserify; Next.js, Node.js, Express, Socket.io; Jasmine, Tape.
• Python: Django, Tornado, Django REST Framework, Graphene, tappy, Sphinx.
• CSS: Sass, Less, Glamor, JSS.

Software

Git, Mercurial, Vagrant/VirtualBox, Docker, Illustrator, Photoshop, Affinity Designer/Photo.

Languages

German/Swiss-German (first language), English (proficient), French / Italian (okayish, severely out of practice, non-technical stuff only).

Professional experience

Livingdocs 2019/02 - 2019/12

Livingdocs is a software company from Zurich, Switzerland, which specialises in content management solutions for publishing companies.

Role

Senior Software Engineer

Responsibilities

Developing features for the Livingdocs platform. Node.js, Express, Angular 1

Republik AG 2017/06 - 2018/12

Republik is a crowd-funded, independent online journalism startup from Zurich, Switzerland and running on a paid subscription business model.

Role

Frontend Developer

Responsibilities

Developing server-side rendered frontend apps for both journalists and readers. Next.js, React, Apollo/GraphQL

Fixxpunkt AG 2013/11 - 2017/06

Fixxpunkt AG is the publishing company of watson, a Swiss news website running on an ad-based business model.

Role

Senior Frontend Developer

Responsibilities

Developing and maintaining authoring tools for journalists and performance-critical widgets on the website. Angular 1, React/Redux, jQuery

Notch Interactive 2011/08 - 2012/12

Notch Interactive is a content marketing agency based in Zurich, Switzerland.

Role

Full Stack Developer

Responsibilities

Developing full stack solutions for clients based on a given art direction. Django, Javascript

Notable clients

Denner, Swisscom, ENSI

Notable projects

Ökostrombörse, an exchange market system for Swiss energy company AEW. It allows private plant owners (solar, natural gas etc.) to offer and sell their surplus in production to AEW through auctions issued by AEW itself.

Freelance work 2010/07 - 2011/01

Role

Full Stack Developer

Notable clients and projects

• Freelance work for award-winning Swiss online agency Hinderling Volkart.
• For Swiss credit bank BANK-now: Desktop application that enabled car dealers to calculate leasing rates and generate PDF contracts on the fly. Interest rates could get managed by BANK-now PM's through a web-based interface and were downloaded whenever the desktop app was taken online. Adobe AIR, PHP/Symfony
• 3D showcase for Swiss sportswear manufacturer ODLO that was shipped online and on DVD. Adobe AIR, Javascript

netvision_ag 2005/12 - 2010/07

netvision_ag was a full service agency based in Winterthur, Switzerland. It has been defunct since 2011.

Role

Frontend developer

Responsibilities

Developing and maintaining SPA frontends as well as casual games. ActionScript, Javascript

Notable projects

• Frontend for an online hotel reservation service that was sold to and heavily used by customers like the Swiss first-rate hotel company Grand Resort Bad Ragaz.
• Online leasing and credit application forms for BANK-now/Credit Suisse.