Seasoned back-end developer and architect, Java/Kotlin/Spring Boot/Kafka/Postgres/Event-Driven/Kube

** I DON'T SPEAK GERMAN **
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I am a software architect with 25+ years of professional experience.
As a software development generalist with broad industry experience, I am best utilized in a senior engineer or Tech Lead role. I have significant experience building and launching products/applications from the ground up, and I have had primary responsibilities across the software development spectrum, including system architecture, backend, frontend, and Devops.
I’m the co-author of the book “Groovy 2 Cookbook”, published by Packt (https://goo.gl/meVB8b)
Industry conference speaker (Devoxx, Codemotion, DevConFu, various JUG in Europe)

My Expertise

Programming languages
Functional Programming, Object-Oriented Programming, and Aspect-Oriented Programming using Java, Kotlin, JavaScript, Groovy, Scala, Bash, and other languages.

Scalable technologies
Scala with the Akka Framework, various data stores, Kafka, Spring Boot, Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Docker, Kubernetes (GKE)

DEVOPS AND AUTOMATION
Software factory automation, using pipelines (Jenkins, Docker, Gradle) and system provisioning (Puppet, Ansible).

Software Development Lifecycle and Team Leadership
Startup team building. Agile and Lean development methods, process improvement, mentoring local/remote team members for career growth.