Florian Dreschner
Co-Founder at VOYA Games
Berlin, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolFlorian Dreschner is a Berlin-based software engineer and entrepreneur with a decade of experience building full-stack web applications and developer-facing UI components. As co-founder of VOYA Games and former front-end engineer on AWS’s Cloudscape Design System, he blends product-focused engineering with design-system craftsmanship—his contributions include theming, dashboard components and hooks used in the AWS Console Home. He has a strong track record modernizing large frontends (Vue/Nuxt, React/Next, TypeScript) and improving developer workflows through performance and architecture changes. Florian’s background spans research at KIT and CMU to production work at Beekeeper where he led redesigns, launched high-usage features, and accelerated CI/deployment by over 70%. An active open-source contributor, he focuses on UI reliability and visual behavior enhancements, bringing entrepreneurial grit and clear communication to cross-functional teams.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)Visiting Researcher, Computer Science, Visiting Researcher, Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University
German, English
Github Skills (15)
typescript10
javascript10
typescripts10
component-kit10
system-design10
carbon-design-system10
jestjs10
sys10
react10
typescript-types10
ui-components10
jtest10
jes10
scs8
sc8
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
cloudscape-design/components
Jul 2022 - Oct 2022
React components for Cloudscape Design System
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:51 reviews, 17 commits, 30 PRs in 2 months
Contributions summary:Florian contributed to the `cloudscape-design/components` repository by implementing and modifying React components within the Cloudscape Design System. Their work included adding a new hook (`useDynamicOverlap`), updating existing components (e.g., `InternalContainer`), and adding unit tests. The user also addressed bugs and enhanced the visual refresh of existing components, and created permutations for the header component. The contributions focused primarily on improving the functionality and visual behavior of the UI components.
react-componentreact-componentsdesign-systemreactscss
meerkat-events/meerkat
Aug 2024 - Apr 2026
Audience engagement tool for questions and answers
Contributions:60 releases, 2 reviews, 4 PRs in 1 year 7 months
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