Nico Hänggi
Co-Founder at Casey (YC F25)
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolNico Hänggi is a seasoned software engineer and founder with nine years of experience spanning backend, full-stack, and systems-level work. Based in San Francisco, he is co-founder of Casey (YC F25) and brings hands-on leadership to early-stage product development. His track record includes building scalable backend services for startups, from Kickmoji’s high-throughput TypeScript API to a NestJS and PostgreSQL-based visual CMS at Beyond Corporation GmbH, with prior backend roles at grape insurance and Caplena. He specializes in backend development, reverse engineering, and program verification, with a practical knack for shipping reliable systems at scale and implementing observability with Grafana and Prometheus. An ETH Zurich alumnus (BS and MS in Computer Science), he combines strong formal training with entrepreneurial drive, bridging Swiss roots and the US startup scene. He has a demonstrated ability to lead from idea to production, shaping products and teams in fast-moving environments.
9 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Mathematics and Physics, Mathematics and Physics at Regionales Gymnasium Laufental-ThiersteinMaster of Science - MS Computer Science, Master of Science - MS Computer Science at ETH ZürichBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at ETH Zurich
German, English, French
Github Skills (40)
epub10
pdf10
kindle9
child-process8
nodejs7
cli6
apollo6
binaries6
node-js6
nest5
nvm5
rest5
api5
npm5
javascript5
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
caplena/caplena-python
Dec 2021 - Mar 2022
Contributions:2 releases, 115 commits, 2 PRs in 4 months
python-libraryapipythonrestrest-api
nicohaenggi/SafariBooks-Downloader
Jan 2017 - Feb 2021
a SafariBooksOnline downloader that generates respective .epub books for offline and kindle reading
Contributions:25 commits, 6 PRs, 12 pushes in 4 years 1 month
downloaderpdfsafaribooks-downloaderoreillykindle
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