Developer/DevOps/Architect/Lead

- born in England, moved to Germany when I was 5, studied in Edinburg - fluent in English
- 25 years of experience in software development, architecture and team leading, spanning from university lectures, small projects in my various jobs and big projects in my recent positions as technical lead developer/architect in various national and international projects
- worked with the various languages, libraries and tools relevant for my various jobs and projects and take pride in quickly picking up whatever is needed for the problem at hand
- highly motivated to provide and work with a positive developer experience, especially in complex, distributed environments with kubernetes or other container orchestration platforms
- advocate of clean software development with industry standards (e.g. Spring for Java, Play for Scala, Angular for Typescript, Flex for Flash) in any environment - including virtual on any windows/linux operating system
- highly interested in solving problems agile with a fast feedback cycle (including sound requirement analysis, confident compile-time checks and direct communication with all stake holders)
- deep understanding of the various tools, patterns and techniques to achieve a high productivity build chain
- strong believe that any successful software project needs a high level of commitment for understanding the problem space and software quality to make their products stand the test of success and time.
- team player and team leader - whatever it takes to build a working team spirit.
- industry experience in academia, investment finance, gaming, e-commerce/payment, avionic certification, consulting, big data, telecommunication - multi-cultural experience and awareness, allowing to integrate team members with different backgrounds.