Jascha Brinkmann, Developer in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Jascha Brinkmann

Verified Expert  in Engineering

Full-stack Developer

Location
Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Toptal Member Since
November 24, 2021

Jascha is a full-stack developer with over 11 years of experience creating modern websites, single-page applications, progressive web apps, and fully-fledged SaaS MVPs. He mainly works in React and Node.js, but he's flexible as he focuses on his client's needs and can adapt quickly to a wide range of different technologies.

Portfolio

Codeable
JavaScript, Node.js, PHP, WordPress, MySQL, Elasticsearch, React, Redux
Digitalmente Ltd.
JavaScript, React, Elasticsearch, RabbitMQ, MongoDB, Node.js
Self-employed
HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, PHP

Experience

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

JavaScript, Node.js, PHP, React, Redux, GraphQL, MongoDB, Firebase, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud

The most amazing...

...app I've been solely responsible for from planning to execution is developing a full-stack white-label SaaS for a large US solar installer.

Work Experience

Senior Full-stack Developer

2019 - 2021
Codeable
  • Developed a SaaS MVP for a large US solar company that included a user-facing progressive web app, an admin portal for employees, and a white-label version for reselling to other solar companies.
  • Built a web app for a large US consumer credit company that allowed managing applications, profiles, and orders for both customers and employees.
  • Created a drag and drop website and landing page editor focusing on modern web standards, responsive and interactive previews, and performant and scalable server-side generation.
Technologies: JavaScript, Node.js, PHP, WordPress, MySQL, Elasticsearch, React, Redux

CTO

2016 - 2019
Digitalmente Ltd.
  • Developed an advanced email marketing automation software that handles millions of data points per month and high data input bursts.
  • Implemented a multi-channel tracking system with personalized and smart email marketing funnel capabilities for both transactional and broadcast emails.
  • Developed a WYSIWYG email editor, media library, and conditional subscriber workflow UI that includes multiple triggers, conditions, and steps.
Technologies: JavaScript, React, Elasticsearch, RabbitMQ, MongoDB, Node.js

Senior Web Design Consultant

2009 - 2016
Self-employed
  • Led the end-to-end implementation of several multi-million dollar product sales pages for various US-based clients.
  • Handled project management, wireframes, responsive web design, competitive landscape analysis, front-end and back-end development, performance optimization, and quality assurance.
  • Created the corporate identity and MVP for a multi-million German SEO software company.
Technologies: HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, PHP

SaaS MVP Development for a Big US Solar Company

Conducted end-to-end implementation from user stories to wireframes, UI, and front-end and back-end development. The project included a progressive web app for customers to check their solar production and consumption, integrating with multiple third-party REST APIs, creating a CRM for managing and analyzing customers and systems at scale, and white-labeling all functionality under a SaaS model for other solar companies.

Advanced Email Marketing Software

Developed the project from scratch as an initial sprint, handling millions of data points per month and high data input bursts. Implemented a multi-channel tracking system with personalized and smart marketing funnel capabilities for both transactional and broadcast emails. Developed a WYSIWYG email editor, media library, and conditional subscriber workflow UI.

Drag-and-drop Block-based Website and Landing Page Editor

Owned the whole project, from the UI to the front-end and back-end development. It also included an interactive media library, integrating with multiple third-party REST APIs, adhering to modern web standards, creating responsive and interactive views, performant and scalable server-side generation, implementing GraphQL API, and secure authentication ensuring both XSS and CSRF safety measures and best practices.

Languages

JavaScript, PHP, HTML5, CSS3, GraphQL

Frameworks

Redux

Libraries/APIs

Node.js, React, Stripe

Tools

Adobe Photoshop, RabbitMQ, Adobe Illustrator

Platforms

Amazon Web Services (AWS), WordPress, Firebase, Docker

Storage

MySQL, MongoDB, Google Cloud, Elasticsearch

Other

Front-end, Back-end, Full-stack, DOM

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