Christian Richter - Data Engineer for Cloud and Containers

Q: Where is Christian based?

Christian is based in Berlin, Germany and can operate in on-site , hybrid , and remote work models.

Q: What languages does Christian speak?

Christian speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced) .

Q: How many years of experience does Christian have?

Christian has at least 26 years of experience. During this time, Christian has worked in at least 5 different roles and for 5 different companies . The average length of individual experience is 4 years and 3 months . Note that Christian may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Q: What is Christian's latest experience?

Christian's most recent position is Freelance Data Engineer at Ingenieurbüro Christian Richter – Data, Cloud & Container .

Q: What companies has Christian worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Christian has worked for Ingenieurbüro Christian Richter – Data, Cloud & Container .

Q: Which industries is Christian most experienced in?

Christian is most experienced in industries like Information Technology and Professional Services .

Q: Which business areas is Christian most experienced in?

Christian is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology , Business Intelligence , and Product Development . Christian also has some experience in Research and Development .

Q: Which industries has Christian worked in recently?

Christian has recently worked in industries like Information Technology .

Q: Which business areas has Christian worked in recently?

Christian has recently worked in business areas like Business Intelligence and Information Technology .

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Berlin, Germany

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Experience

Jan 2010 - Present

16 years 8 months

Berlin, Germany

Freelance Data Engineer

Ingenieurbüro Christian Richter – Data, Cloud & Container

Contributed to over 20 successful projects

May 2005 - Oct 2009

4 years 6 months

Berkeley, United States

Software Developer and System Architect

MOG Inc.

Acted as the main backend software developer and system architect since the startup was founded
Responsible for designing, implementing, and deploying the hosting environment
Designed and implemented several software projects in C++

Jul 2003 - Mar 2005

1 year 9 months

Ilmenau, Germany

Research Associate

Fraunhofer IDMT

Conducted research in the field of search algorithms
Contributed to the development and implementation of algorithms

Jan 2003 - Jun 2003

6 months

San Diego, United States

Data Analyst

ID Analytics Inc.

Contributed to software for detecting identity theft
Data preparation and data analysis
Contributed to the development and implementation of algorithms

Aug 2000 - Dec 2002

2 years 5 months

Ilmenau, Germany

Research Associate

Fraunhofer IDMT

Developed test environments to evaluate algorithms
Designed and implemented GUIs to showcase algorithms at trade fairs

Jun 1999 - Jul 1999

2 months

Eckental, Germany

IT Infrastructure Specialist

JUMATECH

Provision of IT infrastructure

Industry Experience

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Experienced in Information Technology and Professional Services.

Information Technology

Professional Services

Business Area Experience

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Experienced in Information Technology, Business Intelligence, Product Development, and Research and Development.

Information Technology

Business Intelligence

Product Development

Research and Development

Summary

Designing and implementing ETL, data, and ML pipelines
GDPR-compliant data management and data processing
Designing and developing cloud-based data warehouse, data lake, and lakehouse implementations
Data modeling and analysis, data conversion and preparation
Designing and building data-driven applications on cloud-native infrastructures
Requirements analysis, business process analysis, risk analysis

Skills

Software Development: Java, Python, Sql, Ruby, Shell, Bash, Spring Boot, Maven, Gradle, Liquibase, Flyway, Perl, Flask
Data Analysis: Pandas, Numpy, Sql, Spark, Powerbi, Polars, Pyspark, Scikit Learn, Scipy, Matlab, Octave, Avro, Parquet, Pig
Databases: Postgresql, Kafka, Dynamodb, Opensearch, Hadoop, Hive, Mysql, Mariadb, Duckdb, Impala, Cassandra, Hbase, Sqlite3, Oracle, Kinesis
Container Technologies: Docker, Kubernetes, Openshift, Helm, Prometheus, Grafana, Kustomize, Kubeflow, Certmanager, Gitops, Kops
Cloud Technologies: Aws Managed Services (Athena, Ec2, S3, Emr, Dynamodb, Iam, Kinesis, Lambda, Route53, Cloudformation, Elasticache, Rds, Lakeformation, Glue, Ecs, Ecr, Etc.), Gcp, Google Cloud Platform, Openstack
Devops: Terraform, Git, Cloudformation, Gitlab, Github, Ansible, Terragrunt, Aws Cdk, Cdktf, Jenkins, Ansible, Puppet, Chef, Open Policy Agent, Bamboo
Operating Systems: Linux (Redhat, Debian, Ubuntu, Opensuse), Unix (Mac Os X, Freebsd)

Languages

German

Native

English

Advanced

Education

Oct 1998 - Sep 2004

Ilmenau University of Technology

Diploma · Theoretical Electrical Engineering · Ilmenau, Germany

Sep 1992 - Jul 1996

Georg Cantor High School, Halle (Saale)

General higher education entrance qualification · General higher education entrance qualification · Halle (Saale), Germany

Statistics

Experience

Total positions 6

Experience in Information Technology 23.5 y

Avg length 4 y 3 m

Longest experience 16 y 7 m

Global Experience

Countries worked in 2 (Germany, United States)

Primary country Germany

Expertise

Recent roles Freelance Data Engineer, Software Developer and System Architect, Research Associate

Main industries Information Technology, Professional Services

Main business areas Information Technology, Business Intelligence, Product Development

Qualifications

Profile

Created

November 2023

Last Update

October 2025

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Christian is based in Berlin, Germany and can operate in on-site, hybrid, and remote work models.

Christian speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced).

Christian has at least 26 years of experience. During this time, Christian has worked in at least 5 different roles and for 5 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 4 years and 3 months. Note that Christian may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Based on recent experience, Christian would be well-suited for roles such as: Freelance Data Engineer, Software Developer and System Architect, Research Associate.

Christian's most recent position is Freelance Data Engineer at Ingenieurbüro Christian Richter – Data, Cloud & Container.

In recent years, Christian has worked for Ingenieurbüro Christian Richter – Data, Cloud & Container.

Christian is most experienced in industries like Information Technology and Professional Services.

Christian is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology, Business Intelligence, and Product Development. Christian also has some experience in Research and Development.

Christian has recently worked in industries like Information Technology.

Christian has recently worked in business areas like Business Intelligence and Information Technology.

Christian attended Ilmenau University of Technology for Theoretical Electrical Engineering.

Christian is immediately available full-time for suitable projects.

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