Torben Möller - Cloud Solution Architect and Team Lead

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Nuremberg, Germany

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Experience

Jan 2024 - Jul 2024

7 months

Solution Architect (Volunteer)

Stop The Traffik

Designed 3 architectures to determine the most cost-effective solution regarding customer requirements
Created the production and test environments from scratch
Tech Stack: AWS (Serverless, CI/CD), GitHub

Aug 2023 - Oct 2023

3 months

VP of Engineering / IT Architect

Mostly AI

Recommended 17 improvements to the software engineering process and software architecture covering DevOps, Agile architecture, and organizational best practices
Applied Domain Driven Design (DDD)
Created an OpenAPI specification to increase customer reach by 30%
Tech Stack: Kotlin, Spring Boot, Java, Java EE, TypeScript, Angular, Python, Maven, Gradle, JUnit, FastAPI, AWS, Kubernetes, OpenAPI, Postman

Jan 2022 - Apr 2023

1 year 4 months

Team Lead / Solution Architect

Dish Reservation Hospitality Digital GmbH

Increased the net promoter score by over 25 points by reducing customer pain points and technical debt
Cut latencies by 85% and increased server throughput by over 600% by optimizing business processes, reworking Apache Kafka architecture, and removing database locks
Reduced mean time to detect errors by 90% through detailed monitoring and alerting
Tech Stack: Helm, Docker, Kubernetes, Java, Spring Boot, Python, FastAPI, Datadog, Google Maps, Postman, GCP, React, TypeScript, JavaScript, SonarQube, Jenkins, Apache Maven, GitLab, MySQL, Protobuf, NPM, Hashicorp Vault

May 2020 - Oct 2021

1 year 6 months

Team Lead / Solution Architect

Financial Institution

Led a team of 13 people in developing a software product on GCP in under 6 months, achieving the fastest go-live of a cloud system for this customer
Tech Stack: Java, Spring Boot, GCP, Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, TeamCity, Nexus, REST, Hibernate, Selenium

Mar 2019 - Aug 2019

6 months

Team Lead / Software Architect

Central Bank

Proposed over 50 improvements to the software landscape by inventing and performing a SaaS review

Sep 2015 - Apr 2019

3 years 8 months

Team Lead / Software Architect

Government Agency

Architected and developed 4 data exchange solutions for government agencies, reducing cycle time by 95% and business costs by 90%
Implemented DevOps best practices into the software development process to reduce the effort for release and deployment by 85%
Tech Stack: Java, Oracle WebLogic, Oracle DB, Jenkins, Elasticsearch, TypeScript, Angular, SAML, Java EE

Industry Experience

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Experienced in Government and Administration, Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Food and Beverage, and Tourism.

Government and Administration

Information Technology

Banking and Finance

Food and Beverage

Tourism

Business Area Experience

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

Information Technology

Product Development

Operations

Quality Assurance

Skills

Solution Architecture
Aws (Serverless + Ci/Cd)
Github
Gcp
Domain Driven Design (Ddd)
Java
Spring Boot
Java Ee
Python
Fastapi
Terraform
Kubernetes
Docker
Helm
Nginx
Wsl
Harbor
Keycloak
Hashicorp Vault
Datadog
Elasticsearch
Kibana
Apache Kafka
Jenkins
Git
Sonarqube
Postman
Rest
Newman
Jira
Bitbucket
Confluence
React
Typescript
Javascript
Npm

Languages

German

Native

English

Advanced

French

Intermediate

Chinese

Elementary

Education

Oct 2012 - Jun 2014

University of Mannheim

M.Sc. in Business Informatics, Specialization in Systems Design and Development · Business Informatics · Mannheim, Germany · 1,8

Certifications & licenses

AWS Certified Database – Specialty

GCP - Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer

Quintiq Supply Chain Planning

Udacity Android Developer Nanodegree

Statistics

Experience

Total positions 6

Experience in Government and Administration 3.5 y

Avg length 1 y 3 m

Longest experience 3 y 7 m

Expertise

Recent roles Solution Architect (Volunteer), VP of Engineering / IT Architect, Team Lead / Solution Architect

Main industries Government and Administration, Information Technology, Banking and Finance

Main business areas Information Technology, Product Development, Operations

Qualifications

Highest degree Master

Certifications earned 11

Profile

Created

August 2024

Last Update

September 2025

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

Torben speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced), French (Intermediate), Chinese (Elementary).

Torben has at least 7 years of experience. During this time, Torben has worked in at least 4 different roles and for 6 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 3 months. Note that Torben may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Based on recent experience, Torben would be well-suited for roles such as: Solution Architect (Volunteer), VP of Engineering / IT Architect, Team Lead / Solution Architect.

Torben's most recent position is Solution Architect (Volunteer) at Stop The Traffik.

In recent years, Torben has worked for Stop The Traffik, Mostly AI, Dish Reservation Hospitality Digital GmbH, and Financial Institution.

Torben is most experienced in industries like Government and Administration, Information Technology, and Banking and Finance. Torben also has some experience in Food and Beverage and Tourism.

Torben is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology, Product Development, and Operations. Torben also has some experience in Quality Assurance.

Torben has recently worked in industries like Information Technology, Banking and Finance, and Food and Beverage.

Torben has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology, Product Development, and Operations.

Torben holds a Master in Business Informatics from University of Mannheim.

Torben has 11 certificates. Among them, these include: AWS Solutions Architect – Professional, AWS DevOps Engineer – Professional, and AWS Certified Security – Specialty.

Torben is immediately available full-time for suitable projects.

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