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In me you will find an enthusiastic, passionate developer with around 13 years of professional experience in and around software development, mainly full-stack web development and consulting, but also coaching and community work. I strive to seek roles in creative, forward thinking companies with diverse teams that offer challenging work, trust and responsibility. Since 2022 I'm the principal frontend engineer and frontend chapter lead of Code Gaia.
Principal Frontend Engineer, Code Gaia
Gode Gaia GmbH, Munich / remote (since August 2022)
Main responsibilities
leading the frontend chapter
defining development processes and standards
team management responsibilities
lead complete rewrite of frontend
interviewing potential new hires
Key Technologies
Javascript/Typescript: Vue3 with Composition API
AWS Amplify
AWS Bedrock
Noteworthy aspects
AI integration (LLM as well as document scanning and categorization)
Python / Django backend
100% remote work
Senior Software Engineer, Coursedog
Coursedog Inc, New York / remote (June 2021 till June 2022)
Main responsibilities
frontend introduction and contact for newcomers
maintainance/bug fixing for existing features
development of multiple new features
introduced Docker to ease developer onboarding
lead the frontend-part of feature flags introduction
being part of the Typescript transition team
Key Technologies
Javascript/Typescript: Vue2 with Composition API
Node: Express, Fastify
Noteworthy aspects
Large codebase (~450k SLOC in total)
100% remote work
Senior Consultant, Wunderdog
Wunderdog GmbH, Helsinki / Berlin / remote (June 2018 till June 2021)
Main responsibilities
Consultant work with lots of different clients
including leadership roles, hiring and building new teams
enhancing existing teams or on my own
in companies ranging from 1000s of employees to small startups
sectors include retail, sports, travel, entertainment, HR
doing feature development for large, medium and small as well as greenfield projects
Key Technologies
Javascript/Typescript: Vue, React, Ember
Node: Express, Koa, Featherjs
Ruby: Ruby on Rails, Sinatra
AWS, GCP
Noteworthy aspects
Wide variety of projects and companies
Greenfield projects as well as existing code bases
Senior Software Engineer, HERE
HERE Global BV, Berlin (November 2017 till March 2018)
Main responsibilities
planning and implementation of a web based floor plan and indoor navigation system with touch controls and full access control system
integration of meeting room related functionality into Office 365
Key Technologies
Javascript: Vue, SVG, MapGL
Node: Express
IOT: Bluetooth controlled sensors
Azure Cloud and Microsoft Office 365 integration
Senior Software Engineer, FromAtoB
FromAtoB GmbH, Berlin (August 2016 till September 2017)
Main responsibilities
development of a single-page application in the travel sector
lead the introduction of Vue into the process
rebuilt complete website funnel and replaced old application step-by-step
while maintaining the Ruby-on-Rails based web application
implemented internal tooling in Rust
Key Technologies
Javascript/Typescript (Vuejs)
Ruby (Ruby on Rails)
Rust
Software Engineer (freelancing)
Berlin, remote (June 2015 till August 2017)
Clients (selection)
Zalando (Retail, frontend-development with React)
Camunda (BPMN.io, open-source web-based BPMN modeler and rendering toolkit, Javascript, SVG)
Blacklane (Ride service, web-based booking system, AngularJS, Node Express)
Key Technologies
Javascript/Typescript: Vue, React, AngularJS
Node: Express
Software Engineer, HERE
HERE Global BV, Berlin (November 2013 till May 2015)
Main responsibilities
implementation of a mapping and discovery web-application
map-tile loading optimization
path rendering
POI proximity search
Key Technologies
Javascript/Typescript: Vue, React, Ember
Node: Express, Koa, Featherjs
Ruby: Ruby on Rails, Sinatra
Software Engineer (freelancing)
Leipzig, Berlin, remote (October 2009 till October 2013)
Clients (selection)
Coreon (Taxonomy management, web-based editor, Javascript, Backbone, SVG, Ruby on Rails)
Wimdu (Travel web-application, live search, Javascript, Backbone, Ruby on Rails, ElasticSearch
Appzonaut / Telekom Innovation Labs (experimental UI for multi-cloud management, Javascript, Backbone, SVG, Python, Flask
Key Technologies
Javascript: Backbone, AngularJS
Ruby: Ruby on Rails, Sinatra / Padrino
Python: Flask
SVG, HTML5, CSS3
CouchDB, MongoDB