Professional Summary
Results-driven Senior Software Engineer with 15+ years of professional experience in developing scalable web applications and leading cross-functional teams. Proven expertise in full-stack development, on-prem and cloud architectures. Passionate about creating efficient solutions with management and product peers. Additional I like sharing my passion by mentoring developers or introducing new methodologies.
Work Experience
Lead / Staff Software Engineer
New Work SE – XING
September 2017 - present
- Leading the future strategic development of a 200+ microservices architecture in Ruby & Elixir
- Migration of an on-prem Kubernetes server infrastructure to a cloud service (AWS EKS)
- Simplified deployment processes and improved system complexity and reliability
- Lateral leadership of teams by planning anddiscussing strategies and best practices
- Interface between Management and Development teams to ensure alignment
- Providing 5 day trainings for the Elixir programming language
Freelancer
diverse
June 2004 - present
- Planned and executed various smaller software development projects
- Combination of Web development & design including consulting jobs
- Usage of existing server solutions or development of new software solutions, depending on customer request
- Utilization of technologies such as PHP, Ruby, Elixir, JavaScript, HTML/CSS, MySQL or Redis
Senior Software Engineer
New Work SE - XING
March 2014 - August 2017
- Tech Lead with focus on backend development and system architecture
- Leading a crossfunctional team in an Ruby & Elixir environment
- Focus in a discussion board & messenger platform
- Providing 5 day trainings for the Elixir programming language
Software Engineer
New Work SE - XING
March 2012 - February 2014
- Part of a cross-functional team in a Perl & Ruby environment
- Leading a crossfunctional team in an Ruby & Elixir environment
- Focus in a discussion board platform
Junior Software Engineer
XING AG
February 2010 - February 2012
- Part of a development team for a Perl monolith application
- Later tech lead for a agile Rapid Response team solving critical platform issues
Working Student / Bachelor thesis
Adobe System
June 2008 - December 2009
- Developed a graphics editor software in Actionscript and Java to improve inhouse processes (bachelor thesis)
- Created a feature for the Adobe Create Suite 5 in form of a Actionscript plugin for Adobe Device Central. A 3D accelerometer simulation tool to test mobile phone features
Education
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
FH Wedel
2005 - 2009
Relevant coursework: Data Structures, Algorithms, Database Systems, Web Development, Software Engineering, Media & Design, Law & Economics.
Certifications / Trainings
- AWS Cloud training (20h+)
- Communication Skills (15h)
- Leadership Training (15h)
- Scrum Training (4h)
- Agile Training (4h)
- Web Security Workshop (20h)
- Security-Ninja Workshop (10h)