Résumé

Engineering Team Lead and full-stack product builder translating intent into calm, incremental delivery.

Location
Berlin (hybrid, 99% remote)
Focus
Product Platforms · Full-Stack Delivery · Reliability · Security
Languages
German (native) · English (fluent)
Open To
Engineering leadership with hands-on product mandates

Executive Summary

I specialise in creating systemic clarity so teams can move fast without surprises. My work surfaces risk early, aligns stakeholders on pragmatic trade-offs, and keeps delivery incremental.

While I lead platform modernization today, I stay close to product discovery and end-to-end feature delivery: pairing with engineers, shipping UI changes, and validating outcomes in production. That continuity keeps strategy and execution connected without losing the craft of shipping software.

Current Work

Engineering Team Lead — Platform

· Berlin (remote‑first)

Translate business intent into platform roadmaps for identity, reliability, and compliance.

  • Scaled platforms: identity, access, and video systems. Reduced customer complaints by more than 80%, resulting in increased revenue per patient.
  • Full-stack delivery: hands-on work with product squads on UI, API, and data changes so platform upgrades ship alongside customer-facing value.
  • Faster CI: 33% wall-clock and 13% billable time gains keep engineers focused and budgets steady.
  • People: mentor three direct reports; grow skills in performance, observability, and pragmatic design.
  • Alignment: partnered with Security, Product, and Ops to shape platform roadmap and shared risk appetite.

Joined as Senior Software Engineer; promoted to Team Lead in July 2024.

Earlier Work

Before leading platform teams, I spent a decade building and modernizing full-stack systems across publishing, civic, and energy domains.

  • Ruby Developer (05–07/2022, Remote)
    Left during probation after company stack pivot.
  • Full‑Stack Developer (2017–2022, Berlin)
    City portal relaunch; ~50k‑POI search; SERP #1s; CRM migration, ops dashboards.
  • Backend Developer (2015–2017, Berlin)
    Editorial workflow; >$200k creator payouts; high‑traffic templates.
  • Rails Developer (2015, Berlin)
    Farm MVP; mobile‑ready APIs.
  • Developer (2011–2015, Oldenburg)
    Energy dashboards; Handball Bundesliga portal; introduced CI & git flows.

Capabilities

  1. Team mentoring & technical coaching
  2. Stakeholder alignment & roadmap facilitation
  3. Full-stack development
  4. Security & compliance readiness (ISO 27001, GDPR)
  5. Observability, CI/CD, performance tuning

Skills Matrix

Leadership & Process
System Architecture
Mentoring / Team Lead
API Design (OpenAPI)
Business Process Analysis & Optimization
Requirements Gathering
Process Modeling
Technical & Business Documentation
Legacy System Modernization
SEO
Infrastructure & DevOps
AWS
Docker
Terraform
CI/CD (GitHub Actions)
Ansible
AWS Lambda
nginx
AWS Elemental MediaConvert
AWS Cognito
ffmpeg
Security & Compliance
Security Reviews
Security Auditing
ISO/IEC 27001 (requirements, collaboration with Security / QA)
GDPR Compliance
Risk Assessment
Backend & Languages
Ruby on Rails
Ruby
TypeScript
GraphQL
Sidekiq
Databases & Storage
PostgreSQL
Redis
S3
PostGIS
Frontend & UI
React
Vue.js
Angular
Astro.js
Progressive Enhancement
Accessibility (a11y)
Testing & Quality
Test-Driven Development (TDD)
RSpec
Jest
Cypress
Selenium & Capybara
Performance Optimization
Monitoring & Observability
Datadog
Sentry.io
Observability Strategy
CDN & Edge Optimization
Cloudflare Workers
UptimeRobot

Education

B.Sc. Wirtschaftsinformatik (Business Informatics) — Jade University (2009–2012).
Thesis on modular smart-home software (OSGi). CCNA 1–4.

Service

German Air Force (2007–2009) — IT & Network Support, NATO Quick Response Force.
Asset inventory automation (project Herkules), network ops.

Does that sound like a fit? Let's talk!

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