Christian Burtchen
Senior Frontend Engineer at SumUp
Berlin Metropolitan Area Germany
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Top SchoolChristian Burtchen is a Senior Frontend Engineer based in Berlin with 11 years of experience building user-focused web applications across fintech, health tech, and consumer startups. He currently drives frontend development at SumUp after leading teams and projects at companies like data4life, XClinical, and ResearchGate, bringing strong product-oriented engineering to regulated and fast-moving domains. Christian combines an academic background in software engineering (MSc, Distinction) with hands-on expertise in producing scalable, maintainable frontends and mentoring cross-functional teams. He has a track record of moving between early-stage and growth-stage environments, which gives him a practical knack for balancing rapid iteration with long-term code quality. An understated strength is his ability to translate complex domain requirements—especially in healthcare and payments—into intuitive UI solutions that meet regulatory and usability constraints.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Arts and Humanities, First Class Honours, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Arts and Humanities, First Class Honours at The Open UniversityMaster of Science (M.Sc.), Software Engineering, Distinction, Master of Science (M.Sc.), Software Engineering, Distinction at University of LiverpoolHumboldt-Universität zu Berlin
English, French, Italian
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (51)
react-components10
javascript10
react-native10
vue-table10
vue-datatable10
testing10
vue-select10
vite10
nuxt10
web-components10
webpack10
component-library10
vue-datepicker10
vue-component10
vue10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
Burtchen/netlify-demo
Aug 2021 - Jul 2025
Contributions:2 PRs, 4 pushes, 3 branches in 4 years
Burtchen/closestcolor
Apr 2016 - Aug 2021
Visualize your existing colors and find the closest match.
Contributions:74 commits, 69 pushes, 2 branches in 5 years 4 months
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