Christof Hlipala - Senior Full-Stack Developer

Q: Where is Christof based?

Christof is based in Angelbachtal, Germany .

Q: What languages does Christof speak?

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

Q: How many years of experience does Christof have?

Christof has at least 15 years of experience. During this time, Christof has worked in at least 5 different roles and for 9 different companies . The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 4 months . Note that Christof may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Q: What is Christof's latest experience?

Christof's most recent position is Senior Frontend Developer at HUK24 AG .

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

In recent years, Christof has worked for HUK24 AG and DB Systel GmbH .

Q: Which industries is Christof most experienced in?

Christof is most experienced in industries like Information Technology , Transportation , and Insurance . Christof also has some experience in Energy .

Q: Which business areas is Christof most experienced in?

Christof is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology , Product Development , and Customer Service . Christof also has some experience in Business Intelligence and Supply Chain Management .

Q: Which industries has Christof worked in recently?

Christof has recently worked in industries like Information Technology and Insurance .

Q: Which business areas has Christof worked in recently?

Christof has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology .

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Angelbachtal, Germany

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Experience

Jul 2023 - Jun 2026

3 years

Coburg, Germany

Senior Frontend Developer

HUK24 AG

Designing new apps as well as enhancing and running 29 Angular apps for digital claims in an Nx monorepo
Maintaining and improving a shared component library with ~300 libraries for multiple product teams
Migrating all apps to a new design system including its component library and systematic refactoring
Developing and maintaining the CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Azure DevOps, Terraform, AWS)
Managing releases independently including branch handling, versioning, PR coordination and production deployment
Implementing and maintaining tracking (Adobe Analytics)
Ensuring accessibility according to BFSG/WCAG
Test-driven development (TDD) with Jest and Cypress
Code reviews, mentoring and setting up best practices in the team
Technologies: TypeScript, Angular 16-20, RxJS, NgRx, Nx (Monorepo), npm, HTML, (S)CSS, Storybook, Jest, Cypress, Cucumber, Husky, Node.js, Git, AWS, Azure DevOps (Repos & Pipelines), Jenkins, Terraform, TDD, BFSG, WCAG, Nexus, IntelliJ, Adobe Analytics

Jun 2020 - Jun 2023

3 years 1 month

Frankfurt, Germany

Senior Full-Stack Developer

DB Systel GmbH

Designing, developing and operating middleware to connect UIs to internal and external systems (including Salesforce)
Designing, developing and operating two Angular web UIs
Enhancing a component library for the Angular web UIs
Designing, developing and deploying multiple APIs in IBM API Connect
Setting up, configuring and operating 6 CI/CD pipelines based on GitLab CI and OpenShift
Setting up, configuring and operating a monitoring solution based on Prometheus and Grafana
Implementing various identity providers for Single Sign-On (SSO), including Keycloak
Coordinating and executing the go-live of the entire system
Maintaining a Java EE application in an AWS environment
Training internal staff on best practices
Technologies: TypeScript, Angular 8-15, Node.js, Java, Salesforce, RxJS, Keycloak, Bootstrap, PrimeNG, (S)CSS, RestEasy, Hystrix, OpenShift, AWS, Docker, Artifactory, IBM API Connect, Prometheus, Grafana, Git, GitLab, GitLab CI, Nginx, Heroku, Helm, IntelliJ

Mar 2020 - May 2020

3 months

Mannheim, Germany

Frontend Developer

Trans-O-Flex IT-Service GmbH

Designing and developing an Angular application for manual and strategic dispatch in logistics
Implementing an interactive map (Leaflet) for planning delivery stops
Setting up and configuring CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins
Technologies: JavaScript (Angular 8), Leaflet, Git, HTML, (S)CSS, Bootstrap, JSON, AJAX, REST, Visual Studio Code, IntelliJ

Feb 2019 - Sep 2020

1 year 8 months

Mannheim, Germany

Full-Stack Developer

Caterpillar Energy Solutions GmbH

Designing and developing a portal to combine all existing applications
Designing and developing an application to manage engine fleets with SAP integration
Designing and developing a CRM system with SAP integration
Single Sign-On integration with two-factor authentication
Configuring Azure infrastructure including CI/CD pipelines
Technologies: Java (Spring Boot), JavaScript (Angular 8), Microsoft Azure, Microsoft SQL Server, Git, HTML, (S)CSS, Angular Material, Material Design, JSON, AJAX, REST, Visual Studio Code, IntelliJ

Aug 2018 - Jan 2019

6 months

Frankfurt, Germany

Full-Stack Developer

HERE Technologies

Designing and developing a highly scalable portal to collect and update geodata with over 80,000 data providers
Designing and configuring AWS infrastructure including CI/CD pipeline
Technologies: JavaScript (Angular 7, Node.js), AWS S3, AWS Lambda, AWS API Gateway, AWS CloudFront, AWS Aurora (PostgreSQL), AWS CloudFormation, Jenkins, Git, Microservices, HTML, (S)CSS, Bootstrap, JSON, AJAX, REST, Visual Studio Code

Mar 2018 - Jul 2018

5 months

Fountain Valley, United States

Full Stack Developer

Freightgate Inc.

Further development of the rate management software
Further development of the quoting module
Technologies: JavaScript (ExtJS), Java EE, Hibernate, Microservices, Jersey, Tomcat, MySQL, HTML, CSS, AJAX, JSON, REST, Gradle, Eclipse, Visual Studio Code, Jira, Jenkins

Mar 2017 - Feb 2018

1 year

Darmstadt, Germany

Frontend Developer

a-tune Software AG

Design, planning, and development of several extensions to the IDBS E-Workbook Suite
Further development of various existing applications
Technologies: JavaScript, jQuery, Java EE, JavaFX, Oracle, Tomcat, HTML, CSS, AJAX, JSON, REST, Eclipse, Visual Studio Code

Feb 2016 - Mar 2017

1 year 2 months

Walldorf, Germany

Full Stack Developer

SAP SE

Design and development of new features for the cloud-based business intelligence software SAP Analytics Cloud
Collaboration on the support team and bug fixing
Performance analysis and optimization
Technologies: JavaScript, SAP UI5, Node.js, SAP HANA, Docker, CloudFoundry, Jasmine, HTML, CSS, AJAX, JSON, Git, Gerrit, Jenkins, Maven, Jira, SAP HANA Studio, WebStorm

Apr 2015 - Feb 2016

11 months

Fountain Valley, United States

Full Stack Developer

Freightgate Inc.

Planning and collaboration on a new cloud version of the rate management software
Responsible for support in the European time zone
Technologies: JavaScript, Ext JS, Java EE, Spring Boot, Spring Data, Hibernate, Jersey, Tomcat, Microservices, CloudStack, MySQL, HTML, CSS, SASS, AJAX, JSON, CVS, Jenkins, Gradle, Jira, osTicket, Eclipse, Linux

Sep 2012 - Apr 2015

2 years 8 months

Fountain Valley, United States

Full Stack Developer

Freightgate Inc.

Participated in the rollout for the largest customer
Designed, developed, deployed, supported, and trained a process for monitoring freight container contents for a client
Designed, planned, and developed several modules, including the quoting module, rate input module, flight data search, and price calculation widget
Created and customized reports according to customer requirements
Worked in the support team
Technologies: JavaScript, Ext JS, Java EE, Hibernate, Spring Boot, Spring Data, Jersey, Tomcat, MySQL, Selenium, HTML, CSS, AJAX, JSON, Virtualization, CloudStack, CVS, Git, Jira, osTicket, Ant, Maven, Eclipse, IntelliJ IDEA, Linux

Apr 2011 - Sep 2012

1 year 6 months

Mannheim, Germany

Full-Stack Developer

E-STARTS

Concept, planning and development of a user-friendly CMS system as well as adaptation to client systems
Development of hybrid smartphone apps
Technologies: JavaScript, jQuery, jQuery Mobile, PhoneGap, PHP, Symfony 2, Doctrine, Twig, Smarty, MySQL, HTML, CSS, Redmine, SVN, NetBeans, Xcode, Linux

Industry Experience

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Experienced in Information Technology, Transportation, Insurance, and Energy.

Information Technology

Transportation

Insurance

Energy

Business Area Experience

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Experienced in Information Technology, Product Development, Customer Service, and Business Intelligence.

Information Technology

Product Development

Customer Service

Business Intelligence

Summary

Senior Software Engineer with over 15 years of experience in building, modernizing and operating scalable, business-critical web platforms – including for insurers (HUK24), Deutsche Bahn, SAP, HERE Technologies and clients in energy, logistics and pharma. Specialized in large Angular architectures in Nx monorepos, component libraries and cloud-native backends on AWS, Azure and OpenShift – including reliable CI/CD pipelines and observability.

Skills

Frontend Technologies: Typescript, Angular, Rxjs, Ngrx, Storybook, Angular Material, Primeng, Jquery, Phonegap, Extjs, Sap Ui5, Leaflet
Backend Technologies: Java, Spring Boot, Spring Data, Java Ee, Hibernate, Servlets, Jsp, Jax-rs, Jersey, Resteasy, Hystrix, Node.js, Express.js, Strongloop, Php, Symfony 2, Doctrine, Twig, Smarty
Integration & Identity: Salesforce, Sap, Keycloak, Ibm Api Connect, Single Sign-on (Sso), Two-factor Authentication
Web/application Servers: Node.js, Nginx, Apache Tomcat, Apache Webserver, Sap Hcp Xs
Web Technologies: Html, (S)css, Bootstrap, Json, Ajax, Rest, Microservices
Test Frameworks: Jest, Cypress, Cucumber, Jasmine, Selenium, Husky, Puppeteer
Infrastructure: Amazon Aws (Lambda, S3, Api Gateway, Cloudfront, Eventbridge, Cloudformation, Ec2, Vpc), Terraform, Microsoft Azure, Openshift, Cloudfoundry, Cloudstack, Sap Hcp, Heroku, Docker, Helm, Virtualization
Databases: Aws Aurora, Postgresql, Mysql, Microsoft Sql Server, Oracle Db, Sap Hana
Version Control: Git, Gitlab, Azure Devops, Gerrit, Cvs, Svn
Build Tools & Ci/cd: Gitlab Ci, Jenkins, Azure Devops Pipelines, Nx, Webpack, Npm, Nexus, Artifactory, Maven, Gradle, Ant
Ides: Intellij, Webstorm, Vs Code, Eclipse, Sap Hana Studio, Sap Webide, Netbeans, Xcode
Support/documentation: Jira, Confluence, Topdesk, Redmine, Osticket
Operating Systems: Macos, Linux, Windows
Others: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint)

Languages

German

Native

English

Advanced

Polish

Advanced

Education

Oct 2009 - Jun 2013

Mannheim University of Applied Sciences

Bachelor of Science · Computer Science · Mannheim, Germany · 1.8

Statistics

Experience

Total positions 11

Experience in Information Technology 7 y

Avg length 1 y 5 m

Longest experience 3 y

Global Experience

Countries worked in 2 (Germany, United States)

Primary country Germany

Expertise

Recent roles Senior Frontend Developer, Senior Full-Stack Developer, Frontend Developer

Main industries Information Technology, Transportation, Insurance

Main business areas Information Technology, Product Development, Customer Service

Qualifications

Highest degree Bachelor

Profile

Created

May 2026

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Where is Christof based?

Christof is based in Angelbachtal, Germany.

What languages does Christof speak?

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

How many years of experience does Christof have?

Christof has at least 15 years of experience. During this time, Christof has worked in at least 5 different roles and for 9 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 4 months. Note that Christof may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

What roles would Christof be best suited for?

Based on recent experience, Christof would be well-suited for roles such as: Senior Frontend Developer, Senior Full-Stack Developer, Frontend Developer.

What is Christof's latest experience?

Christof's most recent position is Senior Frontend Developer at HUK24 AG.

What companies has Christof worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Christof has worked for HUK24 AG and DB Systel GmbH.

Which industries is Christof most experienced in?

Christof is most experienced in industries like Information Technology, Transportation, and Insurance. Christof also has some experience in Energy.

Which business areas is Christof most experienced in?

Christof is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology, Product Development, and Customer Service. Christof also has some experience in Business Intelligence and Supply Chain Management.

Which industries has Christof worked in recently?

Christof has recently worked in industries like Information Technology and Insurance.

Which business areas has Christof worked in recently?

Christof has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology.

What is Christof's education?

Christof holds a Bachelor in Computer Science from Mannheim University of Applied Sciences.

What is the availability of Christof?

Christof will be available full-time from July 2026.

What is the rate of Christof?

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