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Jacqueline K.-Senior Java/Kotlin Fullstack Cloud DevOps

Jacqueline K.
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Cologne, Germany

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Experience

Jan 2022 - Apr 2025

OTTO

Position summary
Industries
Retail
Business areas
Information Technology
  • Design, development, and monitoring of microservices
  • Migration of functions from a monolithic system to various microservices
  • Design and implementation of new microservices (backend and frontend)
  • Setup and maintenance of a CI/CD pipeline (GitHub Actions)
  • Configuration of the cloud infrastructure with AWS CDK and Terraform
  • Design and implementation of event-driven communication using AWS SNS/SQS and Apache Kafka
  • Ensuring code quality through Test Driven Development (TDD), static code analysis, and Clean Code
Jul 2021 - Dec 2021

HUK Coburg

Position summary
Industries
Insurance
Business areas
Information Technology
Quality Assurance
  • Creation of microservices to replace the existing claims reporting system
  • Migration of services to the OpenShift platform using Test Driven Development (TDD)
  • Contributed as a team member in an agile Scrum team
  • Applied Clean Code principles and continuous integration to ensure software quality
Oct 2017 - Feb 2020
Cologne, Germany

AXA

Position summary
Industries
Insurance
Business areas
Information Technology
  • Further development of the customer portal, focusing on the design and creation of Self-Contained Services
  • Maintenance and extension of the existing service architecture
  • Contributed as a team member in the Scrum team to integrate self-services
  • Ensured software quality through Behavior Driven Development (BDD) and Test Driven Development (TDD)
  • Created APIs for use by another team in app development
  • Configured the deployment process with AWS CloudFormation
  • Monitored services using ELK Stack, Grafana, and Prometheus
Jul 2016 - Sep 2017
Cologne, Germany

REWE digital

Position summary
Industries
Retail
Business areas
Information Technology
Product Development
  • Further development of the customer portal
  • Replaced a monolith with several microservices using Kotlin and Java (backend and frontend)
  • Maintenance and extension of the existing service architecture
  • Designed and implemented event-driven communication with Apache Kafka
  • Integrated public APIs from a payment service provider
  • Ensured software quality through Test Driven Development (TDD) and Domain Driven Design (DDD)
  • Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery
  • Monitored services using ELK Stack, Grafana, Prometheus, and a custom monitoring service
May 2014 - Jun 2016
Cologne, Germany

WDR mediagroup

Position summary
Industries
Media and Entertainment
Business areas
Information Technology
  • Adapted and extended the Sophora content management system (Subshell) to meet customer requirements
  • Extended a media database with a graphical web interface for managing audio, video, and images
  • Created documentation (concepts, technical documentation, user manuals, and operations manuals)

Industry experience

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Experienced in Retail, Insurance, and Media and Entertainment.

Retail
Insurance
Media and Entertainment
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Business area experience

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Experienced in Information Technology, Product Development, and Quality Assurance.

Information Technology
Product Development
Quality Assurance
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Skills

Programming Languages

  • Java (Java Ee, Java Se, Java From Version 5, Jsf 2.0, Jsp)
  • Kotlin
  • Groovy
  • Typescript/Javascript (Svelte, Vue, React, Node.Js, Jquery, Mootools, Ajax, Grunt, Bower)

Frameworks, Technologies

  • Microservices
  • Self Contained Services
  • Spring (Framework, Boot, Mvc, Data, Security, Integration)
  • Micronaut
  • Web Services (Rest, Soap, Apache Cxf, Jax-Ws)
  • Aws Cloud
  • Apache Kafka
  • Docker
  • Jetty
  • Apache Tomcat
  • Doctoolchain
  • Java Server Faces (Primefaces)
  • Apache Solr
  • Jaxb
  • Quartz
  • Velocity
  • Handlebars
  • Freemarker

Methods

  • Domain Driven Design (Ddd)
  • Behavior Driven Development (Bdd)
  • Test Driven Development (Tdd)
  • Continuous Integration (Ci)
  • Continuous Delivery (Cd)
  • Devops
  • Scrum
  • Kanban
  • Clean Code

Logging, Monitoring

  • Elk Stack
  • Grafana
  • Prometheus

Standards

  • Openapi
  • Json
  • Asciidoc
  • Markdown
  • Xml
  • Xsd
  • Xsl
  • Uml
  • Sql
  • Html
  • Css

Databases

  • Jpa
  • Hibernate
  • Mongodb
  • Dynamodb
  • Redis
  • Postgres
  • Mysql
  • Oracle
  • Couchdb
  • Jdbc

CMS

  • Sophora
  • Joomla
  • Wordpress
  • Teamsite
  • Jamstack (Jekyll)

Testing

  • Junit 4/5
  • Testng
  • Spock
  • Geb
  • Htmlunit
  • Jsfunit
  • Thucydides
  • Mockito
  • Powermock
  • Mockk
  • Pact
  • Cucumber
  • Mutation Testing (Pitest, Stryker)
  • Soapui
  • Postman
  • Insomnia

Build, Deployment

  • Github
  • Hudson/Jenkins
  • Sonarqube
  • Terraform
  • Openshift
  • Aws Cloud

Project Environment

  • Git
  • Svn
  • Intellij
  • Eclipse
  • Spring Tool Suite
  • Gradle
  • Maven
  • Jira
  • Confluence
  • Bamboo
  • Stash
  • Consul
  • Openproject
  • Visual Paradigm
  • Puppet
  • Apache Ant
  • Linux
  • Windows
  • Mac

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced

Certifications & licenses

Principles Of Reactive Architecture

Lightbend/IBM

Sophora Certified Administrator (SOCAD)

Sophora

Sophora Certified Delivery Developer (SOCDD)

Sophora

Statistics

Experience

Total positions 5
Experience in Retail 4.5 y
Avg length 1 y 10 m
Longest experience 3 y 3 m

Global experience

Countries worked in 1 (Germany)
Primary country Germany

Expertise

Main industries Retail, Insurance, Media and Entertainment
Main business areas Information Technology, Product Development, Quality Assurance

Qualifications

Certifications earned 4
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Frequently asked questions

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

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

Jacqueline has at least 10 years of experience. During this time, Jacqueline has worked and for 5 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 2 years and 11 months. Note that Jacqueline may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

In recent years, Jacqueline has worked for OTTO and HUK Coburg.

Jacqueline is most experienced in industries like Retail, Insurance, and Media and Entertainment.

Jacqueline is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology, Product Development, and Quality Assurance.

Jacqueline has recently worked in industries like Retail and Insurance.

Jacqueline has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology and Quality Assurance.

Jacqueline has 4 certificates. Among them, these include: Principles Of Reactive Architecture, Oracle Certified Professional Java SE 6 Programmer, and Sophora Certified Administrator (SOCAD).

The availability of Jacqueline needs to be confirmed.

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