Summary

Experienced Cloud-Native Software Engineer with strong expertise in design, architecture, testing, and maintenance of small to large-scale systems. Proven ability to self-manage, lead projects under high stress, and collaborate in productive teams. Specialized in Kubernetes, cloud platforms, and open-source ecosystems.

Experience

• Principal Software Architect, SAP (2024–Present)
  Leading development of the Open Component Model (OCM), an open standard for software artifacts and lifecycle metadata.
  Focus: Delivery at the Edge, building a unified Software Bill of Delivery (SBOD).

• Senior Software Engineer, Red Hat (2023–2024)
  Maintainer of LVM Operator and TopoLVM, optimizing for edge use cases.
  Contributor to Microshift (edge-optimized OpenShift/Kubernetes).
  Awarded OpenShift Developer Award (Q1 2024).

• SAP (2016–2023)

  • Senior Software Engineer, BTP Foundation (2022–2023)
    Extending SAP’s BTP with Kyma and the Open-Source Reconciler for enterprise-ready Kubernetes clusters.
  • Senior Technology Consultant, Enterprise Analytics (2021–2022)
    Scaled enterprise analytics using SAP HANA. Led architecture, SecOps, DevOps, compliance, and governance initiatives.
  • Software Engineer, Concur (2019–2021)
    Improved DevOps, microservices deployment, and OCR accuracy. Reduced invoice registration time by 25% and enabled carbon emission savings in enterprise travel.
  • Android Developer, Corona-Warn-App (2020)
    Tech Lead on architecture. App surpassed 25M downloads as Europe’s most used COVID-19 app.
  • Dual Student, Business Informatics (2016–2019)
    Bachelor thesis on Distributed Ledger integration with SAP HANA.

Education

• B.Sc. Business Information Technology, Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg (2016–2019)

Skills

• Top Skills: Cloud, Leadership, Software Architecture
• Languages: German (Native), English (C1), French (Elementary)
• Certifications: SAP Architecture Curriculum, Cambridge C1 English

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