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Jul 2023 - Present

Development Architect, Technical Lead "gridlytics"

HH Energienetze

Position Summary
Development Architect, Technical Lead "gridlytics" at HH Energienetze
Industries
Utilities
Business Areas
Information Technology
Product Development
  • Building a data integration platform for high, medium, and low voltage assets to contextually analyze time series with master data from SCADA control system (IEC 60870-5-104), INIS, and SAP.
  • Responsibility for the solution’s architecture and implementation, as well as serving as a sparring partner for the product owner.
  • Using Kotlin, Spring Boot, Maven, TimescaleDB, PostgreSQL, liquibase, Elements IoT, Docker, Kubernetes, Grafana, Python, jupyter, and various API gateways.
Sep 2021 - Jun 2023
Hamburg, Germany

Development Architect, Technical Lead "datalytics"

Stromnetz Hamburg

Position Summary
Development Architect, Technical Lead "datalytics" at Stromnetz Hamburg
Industries
Energy
Business Areas
Business Intelligence
Information Technology
  • Designing and building a data lake, or data analysis platform, for the eMobility backend to improve the operation of the charging station infrastructure through monitoring.
  • Supporting site planning through reporting and analysis of partner feedback for the iterative extension of the platform.
  • Using Kotlin, Java, Spring Boot, Maven, TimescaleDB, PostgreSQL, liquibase, Apache Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes AKS (Azure), Grafana and jupyter.
Sep 2021 - May 2022

Senior Software Developer

Adobe Systems Inc.

Position Summary
Senior Software Developer at Adobe Systems Inc.
Industries
Information Technology
Business Areas
Information Technology
Product Development
  • Designing and full-stack development of an internal tool for static code analysis as part of the company-wide Vulnerability Labs or shift-left initiative.
  • Integrating the analysis into pull requests of all GitHub Enterprise repositories.
  • Developing a user interface to support security researchers in pattern recognition.
  • Using Python, React with Redux, Spectrum, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, AWS SQS, Docker, Kubernetes, skaffold, semgrep, GitHub Enterprise API, Grafana and helm.
Mar 2021 - Sep 2021
Berlin, Germany

Senior Software Developer

Zalando SE

Position Summary
Senior Software Developer at Zalando SE
Industries
Fashion
Retail
Business Areas
Information Technology
Product Development
  • Designing and developing a new microservice for the Greenfield-7 project (Rotterdam) as part of the warehouse management system (zalos3).
  • Providing key metrics on process utilization for brokers.
  • Using Kotlin, Java, Spring Boot, PostgreSQL, flyway, Apache Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes (AWS), Maven, Mockito and Wiremock.
Nov 2019 - Jun 2020
Neckarsulm, Germany

Software Developer

Schwarz IT

Position Summary
Software Developer at Schwarz IT
Industries
Retail
Business Areas
Information Technology
Product Development
  • Designing and implementing a microservice for live visualization and documentation of components and dependencies in a complex Kubernetes environment (GKE).
  • Setting up monitoring for these components with Grafana dashboards using templates.
  • Using Kotlin, Spring Boot, JavaScript, AsciiDoctor, d3.js, Graphviz, Go, Grafana, Docker, Kubernetes and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
Apr 2019 - Mar 2021
Hamburg, Germany

Software Architect, Team Lead Data Analytics

Stromnetz Hamburg

Position Summary
Software Architect, Team Lead Data Analytics at Stromnetz Hamburg
Industries
Utilities
Business Areas
Business Intelligence
Information Technology
Product Development
  • Further development and refactoring of the eMobility backend for managing charging station infrastructure for electric vehicles.
  • Splitting the platform into vertical segments and introducing Apache Kafka.
  • Migrating to a central user management system based on OAuth 2.0.
  • Building a time series data analytics platform in close collaboration with the business department.
  • Using Kotlin, Java, Spring Boot, TimescaleDB, Grafana, PostgreSQL, Liquibase, Apache Kafka, Akka, SOAP, WebSockets, Apache Tomcat, Docker, Maven, Bamboo, FusionAuth, and a Kubernetes proof of concept on Azure.
Oct 2018 - Mar 2019
Hamburg, Germany

Software Developer

Shopping24

Position Summary
Software Developer at Shopping24
Industries
Retail
Business Areas
Information Technology
Product Development
  • Extending clickout tracking and developing new microservices to forecast cost-per-click values.
  • Full-stack development of a user interface for configuring Solr-specific tuning for the Shopping24 portals.
  • Introducing complex end-to-end test scenarios.
  • Using Kotlin, Java, Spring Boot, Solr, PostgreSQL, Redis, Apache Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes, Maven, Jenkins, Vue.js, Mockito, JUnit 5, and Testcontainers.
Apr 2018 - Sep 2018

CTO

Mega-Ventures

Position Summary
CTO at Mega-Ventures
Industries
Banking and Finance
Business Areas
Information Technology
Product Development
Research and Development
  • Setting up the technical infrastructure for algorithmic trading on crypto exchanges.
  • Developing algorithms for automated trade execution and real-time analysis of aggregated data streams.
  • Using Kotlin, Apache Flink, ReactiveX (RxJava), WebSockets, Jooby, Netty, Gradle, Docker, Kubernetes, and Google Cloud (GCP).
Feb 2018 - Mar 2018

Software Architect

Hermes Europe

Position Summary
Software Architect at Hermes Europe
Industries
Transportation
Business Areas
Information Technology
  • Conducting architecture reviews and advising on the migration to a microservice architecture for European Routing Services.
  • Developing a REST API with microservices to determine routing information relevant for processing and replacing a monolith.
  • Setting up a continuous deployment pipeline and providing agile coaching.
  • Using Java, Spring Boot, ActiveMQ, Gradle, Jenkins Pipelines, Docker, OpenShift (AppAgile), and ReadyAPI.
Sep 2017 - Jan 2018
Hamburg, Germany

Software Engineer / Software Architect

natcon7

Position Summary
Software Engineer / Software Architect at natcon7
Industries
Energy
Business Areas
Information Technology
Product Development
  • Architecting and developing a SCADA dashboard and monitoring system for renewable energy plant fleets.
  • Focusing on the backend stack for efficient processing of sensor data streams and aggregated delivery to clients.
  • Using Java, Spring Boot, Apache Kafka, OPC XML-DA (SOAP), PostgreSQL, Flyway, JavaFX, RMI, Docker, Gradle, Jenkins Pipelines, Ansible, and Kubernetes.
May 2017 - Sep 2017
Hamburg, Germany

Software Developer

Shopping24

Position Summary
Software Developer at Shopping24
Industries
Information Technology
Retail
Business Areas
Business Intelligence
Information Technology
Product Development
  • Further development of the central product search engine for the Shopping24 portals.
  • Customization of tools for product data import, processing and enrichment as well as for invoicing, tracking server and log data analysis.
  • Prototyping purchase probability forecasts using machine learning (logistic regression).
  • Using Java, Spring Boot, Guava, PostgreSQL, Flyway, Solr, Redis, Docker, Maven, Jenkins pipelines, Tomcat, Ansible, Grafana, Graylog, Python and scikit-learn.
Nov 2016 - Apr 2017
Hamburg, Germany

Lead Software Developer

AdTriba

Position Summary
Lead Software Developer at AdTriba
Industries
Advertising
Information Technology
Business Areas
Information Technology
Product Development
  • Building the technical infrastructure for a SaaS startup in the online marketing field.
  • Developing a low-latency tracking server handling about 25 million requests per day.
  • Setting up an ETL pipeline in Jenkins and developing and introducing a central configuration management API.
  • Extending tracking dashboards.
  • Using Java, Jooby, Netty, AWS S3, Elastic Beanstalk, CloudFormation, Lambda, DynamoDB, Redshift, RDS, Route53, Jenkins 2.0 pipelines with Groovy, Python, Zappa, Packer, Terraform, JavaScript, Vue.js and Highcharts.
Mar 2016 - Oct 2016
Hamburg, Germany

Technical Designer & Software Developer

OTTO

Position Summary
Technical Designer & Software Developer at OTTO
Industries
Retail
Business Areas
Information Technology
Product Development
  • Further development of product data supply for online marketing channels, including migration to streaming.
  • Design and development of CROS (Canonical and Redirect Optimization Software) 2.0 in close coordination with the business unit.
  • Using Java, Liferay Portal, Spring Boot, Akka Streams, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Tomcat, Jetty, Gradle, Jenkins, OpenStack, Ansible, Python and Scrapy or Scrapinghub.
Aug 2015 - Feb 2016
Hamburg, Germany

Software Developer

OTTO

Position Summary
Software Developer at OTTO
Industries
Retail
Business Areas
Information Technology
Product Development
  • Further development of the product system of the eCommerce platform "Product & Review" in a Scrum team.
  • Refactoring the architecture towards splitting into microservices.
  • Design and introduction of a customer review microservice.
  • Implementing autoscaling with Edison and Mesos.
  • Using Java, Spring Boot, MongoDB, Tomcat, Jetty, Gradle, Jenkins, Varnish, Mesos, Marathon, JavaScript and SASS.
Oct 2014 - Jul 2015

Tech Lead & Scrum Master

MarkLogic

Position Summary
Tech Lead & Scrum Master at MarkLogic
Industries
Insurance
Business Areas
Business Intelligence
Information Technology
Project Management
  • Requirement engineering, design and implementation of a management information dashboard for insurance applications of HannoverRe.
  • Import and analysis of application data based on medical risk factors of the individual insurers.
  • Leading the team as tech lead and Scrum Master.
  • Using Java, Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Thymeleaf, Apache Camel, MarkLogic Server, Highcharts, Maven and Jenkins.
Feb 2014 - Jul 2014
Hamburg, Germany

Software Developer

SinnerSchrader

Position Summary
Software Developer at SinnerSchrader
Industries
Retail
Business Areas
Information Technology
Product Development
  • Development of an e-commerce webshop for a Swiss department store chain.
  • Customization of the ordering process and integration with third-party systems (CRM, scoring, payment provider DataTrans) both synchronously (REST) and asynchronously (JMS).
  • Technologies used: Java, Hybris 5 eCommerce Platform, Scala, Jetty, Scalatra, REST, SOAP, JMS, ActiveMQ, MySQL, Maven, Jetty, Tomcat 6, and Linux.
Oct 2013 - Oct 2014
Hamburg, Germany

Software Developer

Adobe Systems

Position Summary
Software Developer at Adobe Systems
Industries
Information Technology
Business Areas
Information Technology
Product Development
  • Design and development of a web tool to control the release and deployment process for Adobe Shared Cloud components across multiple environments.
  • Integration into existing Jenkins processes and AWS provisioning.
  • Technologies used: Play! Framework, Amazon AWS (EC2, ELB, AS, CFN, EB, S3), GitHub Enterprise, Hosted Chef, Jenkins, MySQL, Maven, nginx, Linux, and Windows.
Feb 2013 - Dec 2013
Hamburg, Germany

Software Architect

OTTO

Position Summary
Software Architect at OTTO
Industries
Retail
Business Areas
Information Technology
Quality Assurance
  • Validation of the non-functional requirements for the new eCommerce platform otto.de.
  • Conducting robustness and performance tests, assessing scalability, and analyzing bottlenecks.
  • Advising functional teams on performance and architecture.
  • Technologies used: REST architecture, Groovy, Gradle, JUnit, HTMLUnit, Jenkins plugin, Git, Xceptance XLT, Python, Django, Flot, R, Graphite, Graphoo, and DigitalOcean.
Feb 2013 - Sep 2013
Hamburg, Germany

Software Developer and Consultant

Adobe Systems

Position Summary
Software Developer and Consultant at Adobe Systems
Industries
Information Technology
Business Areas
Information Technology
Product Development
  • Design and development of the internal web application "Cloud Labs" for creating and deploying Shared Cloud Workers (Java/C) in the Amazon Cloud.
  • Implementation of features for scaling and monitoring the workers.
  • Technologies used: Play! Framework, Amazon AWS (EC2, ELB, AS, CFN, EB, S3), GitHub Enterprise, Hosted Chef, Jenkins, MySQL, Maven, nginx, Linux, and Windows.
Feb 2012 - Nov 2012
Hamburg, Germany

Software Architect and Developer

Gruner+Jahr

Position Summary
Software Architect and Developer at Gruner+Jahr
Industries
Media and Entertainment
Business Areas
Information Technology
Product Development
  • Technical design and implementation of a new web content management system for the Exclusive Living publishing group.
  • Dynamic generation of forms from content type definitions using JSON Schemas.
  • Technologies used: Play! Framework, AngularJS, JavaScript, HTML5, Bootstrap, JSON Schema, MongoDB, and Mercurial.
Sep 2011 - Jan 2013
Hamburg, Germany

Software Architect

OTTO

Position Summary
Software Architect at OTTO
Industries
Retail
Business Areas
Information Technology
Product Development
  • Technical design of the core architecture for the highly scalable eCommerce platform Lhotse (otto.de).
  • Working in the Scrum team focusing on product, search, and navigation systems.
  • Using REST architecture, Spring Framework, MongoDB, Freemarker, Python, Flask, Gradle, JUnit, JMeter, Jenkins, Git, Fredhopper, Linux, and Tomcat.
May 2011 - Present

Freelance Software Architect and Developer

Niko Schmuck – Software Architektur, Entwicklung & Beratung

Position Summary
Freelance Software Architect and Developer at Niko Schmuck – Software Architektur, Entwicklung & Beratung
Industries
Information Technology
Business Areas
Information Technology
Product Development
Project Management
  • Consulting in early project phases, including choosing technologies, feasibility analysis, and helping product management build the team and introduce agile methods.
  • Acting as technical project manager, coach, and Scrum Master in agile software development teams.
  • Analyzing and designing software systems, creating system architectures, and implementing them in development.
  • Reviewing existing systems, working out improvements, and carrying out major refactorings.
  • Designing and developing software solutions using object-oriented design and domain-driven design.
  • Defining clear system boundaries when introducing and expanding microservices and self-contained systems.
  • Implementing software solutions in complex system landscapes and integrating and connecting backend systems.
  • Creating automated tests and integrating them into continuous build and deployment pipelines.
May 2011 - Aug 2011
Bremen, Germany

Developer in the Scrum team

neuland bfi

Position Summary
Developer in the Scrum team at neuland bfi
Industries
Fashion
Business Areas
Information Technology
  • Integrating PayPal as a payment method into a multi-tenant web shop for BonPrix.
  • Designing and implementing a cross-device shopping cart.
  • Introducing Sonar and Jenkins as a continuous build infrastructure.
  • Using Spring Framework, Hibernate, Velocity, Ant, Oracle, JUnit, Sonar, Jenkins, Subversion, Git, and Tomcat.
Jan 2011 - Mar 2011
Hamburg, Germany

Technical project manager, architect, developer

Hoffmann & Campe (Folge 3)

Position Summary
Technical project manager, architect, developer at Hoffmann & Campe (Folge 3)
Industries
Media and Entertainment
Business Areas
Information Technology
Project Management
  • Modernizing and refactoring a WebObjects-based CRM and address/response management tool.
  • Performing data migrations and implementing import, export, and reporting features for customer magazine subscribers.
  • Using Play! Framework, JPA, Hibernate, Oracle, MySQL, Pentaho Kettle, JavaScript, jQuery, Selenium, and Hudson.
Oct 2010 - Nov 2010
Hamburg, Germany

Technical project manager, architect, developer

G+J Exclusive Living (Folge 3)

Position Summary
Technical project manager, architect, developer at G+J Exclusive Living (Folge 3)
Industries
Media and Entertainment
Business Areas
Information Technology
Product Development
Project Management
  • Developing an easily customizable white-label B2C shopping system with back office.
  • Providing a REST-JSON API for integration with Gruner & Jahr's online offers; first use for the Beef online shop.
  • Using Play! Framework, JPA, Hibernate, JavaScript, jQuery, Selenium, and Hudson.
Jul 2010 - Sep 2010
Hamburg, Germany

Technical Project Manager, Architect, Developer

Folge 3

Position Summary
Technical Project Manager, Architect, Developer at Folge 3
Industries
Information Technology
Business Areas
Information Technology
Product Development
Project Management
  • New development of the restaurant guide eatopia.de as an extensible web application for restaurant recommendations.
  • Implemented user features for suggestions and ratings and back-office functionality for an editorial team.
  • Used Play! Framework, JPA, Hibernate, JavaScript, jQuery, Selenium, and Hudson.
Apr 2010 - Jun 2010
Hamburg, Germany

Architect, Developer

ZEIT ONLINE (Folge 3)

Position Summary
Architect, Developer at ZEIT ONLINE (Folge 3)
Industries
Media and Entertainment
Business Areas
Business Intelligence
Information Technology
  • Developed internal tools to aggregate Apache log files (zeit.de) and perform near real-time analysis with around 5 minutes delay.
  • Created dashboards to visualize results for executive management and analyzed publications using Solr.
  • Used Spring Framework, Hibernate, Solr, PostgreSQL, jFreeChart, Spring Web MVC, jQuery, flot, Maven, and Hudson.
Jan 2009 - Mar 2010
Hamburg, Germany

Architect, Developer

Adobe Systems

Position Summary
Architect, Developer at Adobe Systems
Industries
Information Technology
Business Areas
Information Technology
Product Development
  • Designed and implemented an XMP-based search index in a distributed asset processing infrastructure of the Scene7 Image Production System.
  • Extended the IPS SOAP API to leverage the metadata search index.
  • Used Java, Spring Framework, MongoDB, Solr, ActiveMQ, JMS, Gradle, TeamCity, and Perforce.
Aug 2006 - Dec 2008
Hamburg, Germany

Scrum Master and Developer

Adobe Systems

Position Summary
Scrum Master and Developer at Adobe Systems
Industries
Information Technology
Business Areas
Information Technology
Product Development
Project Management
  • Architected and developed a web-based Device Intelligence Portal to interact with OEMs regarding Flash Lite support for their mobile devices.
  • Integrated with the Flash certification portal via REST API (Grails) and exported XML data to the online Device Library for Device Central (part of Adobe Creative Suite).
  • Acted as Scrum Master in an interdisciplinary team (development, UX, QA).
  • Used Java, Spring, Hibernate, MySQL, Tomcat, initially with HTML and Spring Web MVC, and later Flex in the front end.
Jul 2005 - Aug 2006
Hamburg, Germany

Technical Project Manager

OTTO

Position Summary
Technical Project Manager at OTTO
Industries
Retail
Business Areas
Information Technology
Project Management
  • Was technically responsible for relaunching frankonia.de on the open-source eCommerce platform osecom as an alternative to Intershop Enfinity.
  • Worked with internal (Otto UK) and external service providers.
  • Implemented the checkout process using Spring Web Flow and integrated the SAP ERP for availability checks and order placement.
  • Participated in prototyping during a pilot phase and attended international eCommerce workshops of the Otto Group with responsibility for the core architecture.
  • Used Java, Spring, Spring Web Flow, Hibernate, Lucene, SAP Webservices/SOAP, MySQL, Tomcat, Apache, Subversion, and CruiseControl.
Nov 2003 - Jun 2005
Hamburg, Germany

System Developer

OTTO

Position Summary
System Developer at OTTO
Industries
Retail
Business Areas
Information Technology
  • Contributed to the company-wide eCommerce platform Pyramdi based on Intershop Enfinity MultiSite.
  • Migrated to Enfinity Suite 6 and did entity modeling and reengineering with UML.
  • Introduced SOAP web services for a Flash-based styling shop and ran performance tests.
  • Used Java, Intershop Enfinity, UML, CruiseControl, ant, XSLT, The Grinder, Jython, SOAP, EJB, Tomcat, CVS, and roundup.
Oct 2002 - Oct 2003
Hamburg, Germany

Quality Software Engineer

CoreMedia

Position Summary
Quality Software Engineer at CoreMedia
Industries
Information Technology
Business Areas
Quality Assurance
  • Developed test plans for a new workflow modeling component of the Content Application Platform (CAP).
  • Refactored the CAP multi-platform installer and introduced an XML-based state machine for installing CAP components.
  • Built and expanded the test suite for CAP core components in collaboration with R&D.
  • Introduced XSLT-based report generation for multi-platform tests and integrated it into continuous integration tools.
  • Used Java, Python, XML, XSLT, UML, Poseidon, JUnit, CruiseControl, and ant.
Mar 2001 - Sep 2002
Oslo, Norway

Software Engineer

ontopia

Position Summary
Software Engineer at ontopia
Industries
Information Technology
Business Areas
Product Development
  • Developed products for the Ontopia Knowledge Suite after ontopia spun off from empolis.
  • Implemented a Navigator SDK (JSP tag libraries) for web applications.
  • Developed the generic topic map browser "Omnigator" as a showcase for the Navigator Framework.
  • Designed and implemented an editor SDK for topic map based web applications (ISO 13250).
  • Used Java, JSP tag libraries, Tomcat, Resin, BEA WebLogic, and JUnit.
Sep 1999 - Mar 2001
Würzburg, Germany

Software Developer

empolis (formerly STEP)

Position Summary
Software Developer at empolis (formerly STEP)
Industries
Media and Entertainment
Business Areas
Information Technology
  • Worked on projects using the SigmaLink SGML/XML CMS.
  • Co-developed a SigmaLink module for the Distributed Processing Management Suite by Wiley-VCH to manage journal publications.
  • Implemented imports and exports for large content repositories (including BLV/wissen.de).
  • Led a workshop on the SigmaLink Reference Works Module for Bertelsmann Lexikon Verlag.
  • Designed and developed a web application for report overview of published catalog variants for Heinze Verlag.
  • Used Java, Python, Oracle, WebMacro, Servlets, JSWDK, and JBuilder.
Jun 1998 - Aug 1999
Bremen, Germany

Freelance Software Developer

tamito (formerly planetsound)

Position Summary
Freelance Software Developer at tamito (formerly planetsound)
Industries
Retail
Business Areas
Information Technology
Sales
  • Implemented an online shop for Sunburst Merchandising on behalf of an internet agency.
  • Implemented e-commerce features, including sales of merchandising items for Herbert Grönemeyer.
  • Used SoftCart, Perl, HTML, and JavaScript.
Jan 1997 - Jun 1998
Würzburg, Germany

Software Developer (Student Assistant)

Institute of Egyptology, University of Würzburg

Position Summary
Software Developer (Student Assistant) at Institute of Egyptology, University of Würzburg
Industries
Education
Business Areas
Information Technology
  • Development of a graphical temple navigation system (scenario) for analyzing connections between ritual scenes based on an existing TUSTEP text database.
  • Development of a tool to create and network a hierarchical map system (LinkCreator).
  • Used Java, AWT, Swing, Applets, and WebStart (JNLP).
Jun 1996 - Jun 1999
Osnabrück, Germany

Freelance Software Developer

intro music magazine

Position Summary
Freelance Software Developer at intro music magazine
Industries
Media and Entertainment
Business Areas
Information Technology
Product Development
  • Design and development of the online portal for intro music magazine.
  • Development of a web CMS to manage articles, convert them from Word files, and import them into the CMS.
  • Used PHP, Perl, MySQL, Apache, and Linux.

Industry Experience

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Experienced in Information Technology, Retail, Media and Entertainment, Utilities, Energy, and Education.

Information Technology
Retail
Media and Entertainment
Utilities
Energy
Education
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Business Area Experience

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Experienced in Information Technology, Product Development, Project Management, Business Intelligence, Quality Assurance, and Sales.

Information Technology
Product Development
Project Management
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Quality Assurance
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Summary

For over 20 years I have worked as a software developer and architect for custom software systems. I have worked in both product and project development, gaining a wide range of experience across the entire software lifecycle.

I am happy to support your team in:

  • an early project phase through consulting (e.g. technology selection and technical feasibility) and assisting product management in setting up a team and agile methods
  • as a technical project lead / coach / Scrum Master in agile software development teams
  • analysis and design, system architecture, and software development
  • reviewing existing systems and developing improvement measures, as well as carrying out major refactorings

Understanding customer requirements as the basis for developing a tailor-made solution is very important to me. Working at the interface between technology and business requirements has long been a key concern for me – IT should not be an end in itself, but should add value.

I like taking on new challenges, and I find it easy to integrate into new teams and contribute collaboratively. I also enjoy working in international teams.

Skills

Methods

  • Process Models: Agile Methods, Kanban, Xp (Extreme Programming), Tdd, Design Thinking, Scrum, User Story Mapping
  • Architecture Styles: Scs, Microservices
  • Software Modeling: Ooad, Ddd, Uml

Technologies

  • Programming Languages: Kotlin, Python, Javascript, Clojure, Groovy, Scala, Java, Bash, Php, C, Go, Ruby
  • Application Servers: Nginx, Jetty, Jboss, Glassfish, Apache Tomcat, Weblogic, Lighttpd
  • Web Frameworks: Spring Boot, Spring Web Mvc, Play! Framework, Flask, Quarkus, Grails, Django, Sinatra
  • Relational Databases: Postgresql, Oracle, Ms Sql Server, Db2, Mysql
  • Nosql Databases: Mongodb, Dynamodb, Couchdb, Marklogic
  • Search & Retrieval: Elasticsearch, Lucene, Solr
  • Integration: Apache Kafka, Jms, Activemq, Apache Servicemix, Apache Camel
  • Java Apis And Libraries: Jersey, Jax-Rs, Jpa, Hibernate, Guava, Overview Of Libraries In The Java Ecosystem
  • Testing: Junit, Jmeter, Easymock, Mockito, Kotlintest, Selenium, Jasmine
  • Frontend: Html5, Thymeleaf, Highcharts, Jquery, Freemarker, Velocity, Vue.Js, Angular, React
  • Web Standards: Xml, Html, Json, Xsl(T)
  • Development Environment: Intellij Idea, Eclipse Ide, Emacs, Vi
  • Source Code Management: Git, Enterprise Bitbucket, Github, Gitlab, Mercurial, Subversion, Cvs, Perforce
  • Build Tools: Maven, Gradle, Jenkins, Bamboo (Hosted), Chef, Puppet, Teamcity
  • Cloud Platforms: Docker, Aws, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Kubernetes, Mesos, Marathon, Digitalocean
  • Operating Systems: Linux, Unix (Solaris), Windows, Mac Os X

Skills

  • Commitment And Self-Motivation
  • Interdisciplinary Collaboration
  • Innovation Focused On Big-Picture Goals
  • Flexibility Combined With Pragmatism And Creativity
  • Strong Communication Skills
  • International Experience: 1.5 Years In Norway, Multiple Work Stays In The Usa
  • Working With Diverse Cultures
  • Willingness To Learn And Strong Interest In Continuous Development

Industry Knowledge

  • Ecommerce
  • Retail
  • Logistics
  • Commercial Off-The-Shelf Software
  • Content Management
  • Media / Internet Services
  • Energy
  • Trading
  • Online Marketing
  • Insurance

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced

Education

Oct 1992 - Jul 1999

Julius-Maximilians Universität Würzburg

Diploma in Physics · Physics · Würzburg, Germany

Oct 1989 - May 1992

Technisches Gymnasium Karlsruhe

High School Diploma · Karlsruhe, Germany

Certifications & licenses

Scrum Master Certification

Ken Schwaber

Enfinity Multisite: Business Logic Implementation + Programming

Intershop

Object Oriented Analysis & Design Using UML

Sun Microsystems

Oracle 8i Db Administration, Backup & Recovery

Oracle

Statistics

Experience

Total positions 37
Experience in Information Technology 21.5 y
Avg length 1 y 4 m
Longest experience 15 y 1 m

Global Experience

Countries worked in 2 (Germany, Norway)
Primary country Germany

Expertise

Recent roles Development Architect, Technical Lead "gridlytics", Development Architect, Technical Lead "datalytics", Senior Software Developer
Main industries Information Technology, Retail, Media and Entertainment
Main business areas Information Technology, Product Development, Project Management

Qualifications

Highest degree Master
Certifications earned 4

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Niko is based in Hamburg, Germany and can operate in on-site, hybrid, and remote work models.
Niko speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced).
Niko has at least 30 years of experience. During this time, Niko has worked in at least 25 different roles and for 27 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 10 months. Note that Niko may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.
Based on recent experience, Niko would be well-suited for roles such as: Development Architect, Technical Lead "gridlytics", Development Architect, Technical Lead "datalytics", Senior Software Developer.
Niko's most recent position is Development Architect, Technical Lead "gridlytics" at HH Energienetze.
In recent years, Niko has worked for HH Energienetze, Stromnetz Hamburg, Adobe Systems Inc., Zalando SE, Niko Schmuck – Software Architektur, and Entwicklung & Beratung.
Niko is most experienced in industries like Information Technology, Retail, and Media and Entertainment. Niko also has some experience in Utilities, Energy, and Education.
Niko is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology, Product Development, and Project Management. Niko also has some experience in Business Intelligence, Quality Assurance, and Sales.
Niko has recently worked in industries like Information Technology, Utilities, and Energy.
Niko has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology, Product Development, and Project Management.
Niko holds a Master in Physics from Julius-Maximilians Universität Würzburg.
Niko has 4 certificates. Among them, these include: Scrum Master Certification, Enfinity Multisite: Business Logic Implementation + Programming, and Object Oriented Analysis & Design Using UML.
Niko will be available full-time from August 2026.
Niko's rate depends on the specific project requirements. Please use the Meet button on the profile to schedule a meeting and discuss the details.
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Market avg: 888-1048 €
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