Janko Hofmann
Freelance Web Engineer, Software Architect & Consultant
I can help you build accessible products that scale.
I am an experienced generalist in the field of web-based product development with over 10 years of experience in fast-paced product development teams, working for diverse companies including start-ups, agencies and large corporates.
About me
Based in Berlin, Germany I am available for freelance work either on-site or remote.
My work life so far mostly revolved about digitalization in larger German companies, be it as an internal employee (Deutsche Bahn, BMW), while working for digital agencies (Edenspiekermann, IBM iX) and since early 2022 as a freelance expert.
I have a master's degree in Media Informatics with a focus on Human-Computer Interaction.
Selected Clients
- A O K (via Aperto / IBM iX)
- B A S F (via Aperto / IBM iX)
- B M W
- Deutsche Bahn
- EDEKA (via Aperto / IBM iX)
- Münchner Verkehrsgesellschaft
- Red Bull (via Edenspiekermann)
- Subway Sandwiches (via Aperto / IBM iX)
- SAP Fioneer (via Senacor)
- sevdesk (via Colance)
- Volkswagen (via Aperto / IBM iX)
- Vitra (via Müller & Sohn Digitalmanufaktur)
Work Ethic
My experience in leading various development teams enables me to regularly bring new perspectives to projects and question established thought patterns in order to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of product delivery.
In 2008 I took my first student job as accessibility tester and since then, I have steadily expanded my knowledge in that field, not only from a developer perspective, but from a holistic multi-disciplinary view. As this is a topic that is particularly close to my heart, I am primarily interested in projects in which accessibility is a concern.
I like to share my knowledge and new insights with my project teams on a regular basis. Some of them I also publish as articles on my blog.
What I can do for you
Latest Articles
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Web Development recently got a whole lot easier (and you might not have noticed yet)A lot of things that required hacks, workaround and custom code are now supported natively in all major browsers. We take a look at them. -
The Case for Monorepos: A sane Workspace Setup (Part 2)Learn how to setup dev tooling in a monorepo, run tasks efficiently, release multiple packages and overcome common DevOps challenges -
The Case for Monorepos: Scaling Web projects without the Chaos (Part 1)Some challenges you can expect when scaling web apps from MVP to full-scale multi service apps and how monorepos can help you with that