Microservices Experts in Essen

• CHG Meridian AG is a financial company focused on leasing in the areas of IT technology, logistics and medical technology and is regulated by BaFin. One part of the company is Return to Remarketing, where devices delivered to the technology center (notebooks, smartphones, tablets, etc.) are prepared for resale. The project I supported was responsible for enabling damage assessment of returned lease devices, documenting them visually in the form of pictures, enabling invoicing for the customer, and making the pictures available via the in-house customer platform. This was achieved through a combination of in-house development within the internal development department and the use of SaaS products. The second project was the transition of SaaS tendering software, purchased by the business unit, into the operations of the CHG IT department. Evaluation of security questions in relation to BaFin requirements, development of an authorization concept, implementation of single sign-on, documentation of the application in the CHG systems (CMDB, iKnow, etc.) and handover into operations.

Used technologies and methods: NIS2, DORA, agile software development, Scrum, Kanban, ServiceNow, SaaS, MS Teams, MS SharePoint, Active Directory, Entra ID, CMDB, incident management, change management, request management, service level agreement

• I carried out a software audit and architecture consulting for an existing portal software for infrastructure provisioning for a company that offers virtual reality environments.
• Role: Mentoring and consulting
• Technologies used: Java

• Independent management consultant for the energy and real estate industry
• Interim manager at a municipal energy provider for sub-metering
• Strategic corporate development for an Austrian energy service provider

• Development of the unified CARIAD E3 2.0 software platform for future mobility
• Stakeholder management
• Synchronization and alignment with solutions (UX, security, data product & mobility services, architecture, software product, integration)
• Workshop and migration management
• Conducting risk matrix analyses
• Tool use: Jira, Confluence, Codebeamer

• Gathering, analyzing, specifying, and prioritizing requirements for the 'Archive and Delete' module of the Chambers of Industry and Commerce in a Scrum team
• Capturing and specifying screen/form designs, functionality, and data types in Confluence, as well as creating user stories in Jira
• Preparing PowerPoint presentations for the 'Archive and Delete' module
• Coordinating and supporting the Chambers of Industry and Commerce in the implementation of the module
• Writing SQL scripts for an Oracle database
• Technologies used: Scrum, Confluence, Jira, MS Office, Postman, JavaScript, REST API, JSON, DBVisualizer, SQL

• Re-architected a web application that had grown over years, modularizing tightly coupled components

• Reduced response times from several seconds to <50 ms

• Removed performance bottlenecks

• Simplified architecture so internal teams can implement features on their own again

• Significantly enhanced user experience and application performance through spearheading the development of frontend components, emphasizing native JavaScript, Vue.js, and UI implementation.
• Ensured efficient data flow and content management by seamless integration of backend APIs (REST) with frontend components and successful connection to CMS Hippo elements.
• Increased sales volume on the customer page through the development and implementation of new components, leading to improved user engagement and conversion rates.
• Worked in an Agile Scrum environment.
• Utilized technologies such as JavaScript, Vue.js, Node.js, Azure DevOps, Azure Functions, Next.js, and more.

• Project Livebash (2021-12-01–2023-12-31)

• Development and design of the core system

• Code reviews

• Developer management

• CI/CD

• Client communication

• Leading epics

• Speaking at conferences

• Managing the production system

• Interviewing project developers

• Outcome: production system

• Technologies and tools: Java 11, Java 17, Kotlin, Spring Boot, TeamCity, Gradle, AWS DynamoDB, JUnit, Mockito, Docker, Docker Compose, AWS SQS, AWS EC2, AWS S3, AWS MediaLive, Ethereum, Postman

• Project Robinhood (2024-01-01–2024-05-31)

• Customization and development of product features for specific clients

• Interviews with project developers

• Technologies and tools: Java 17, Java RX, Kotlin, Spring Boot, TeamCity, Gradle, JUnit, Mockito, Docker, Docker Compose, PostgreSQL

• Projects Sway, Tickmill, Pepperstone, UCapital (2024-06-01–present)

• Customization and development of product features for specific clients

• Bug fixes

• Porting tickets from the product

• Feature development

• Technologies and tools: Java 17, Java RX, Kotlin, Spring Boot, TeamCity, Gradle, JUnit, Mockito, Docker, Docker Compose, PostgreSQL