Experience

20+ years building and scaling web systems across Munich, Germany.

Technical LeadJan 2025 – Present

Semrush Deutschland · Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Director of EngineeringFeb 2024 – Mar 2026

Ryte · Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Chapter Lead Backend EngineeringNov 2017 – Jul 2024

Ryte GmbH · Munich Area, Germany

  • Biweekly 1-on-1s with team members to provide and gather feedback, and offer guidance.
  • Led technical group interviews with engineering candidates.
  • Implemented internal engineering processes together with the CTO and other tech leads.
  • Integrated subscription management system Chargebee and migrated customer data.
  • Integrated CRM Salesforce and migrated customer data.
  • Implemented modern microservices architecture replacing parts of a legacy monolith.
  • Code reviews, refactoring, and performance optimisation.
Technical Lead & Senior Software EngineerFeb 2013 – Oct 2017

Unic GmbH · Munich Area, Germany

  • Technical leadership and full development cycle of the "myAudi" project — requirements engineering, conception, implementation, and maintenance.
  • Coordinated the development team and integrated third-party interfaces into an AEM CMS-based application.
  • Led migration from CQ 5.4 to AEM 6.1 and delivered a Responsive Design Relaunch for GVB.
  • Code analysis, refactoring, and performance optimisation.
Software EngineerNov 2009 – Jan 2013

artundweise GmbH · Bremen, Germany

  • Developed a full-featured webshop: registration, user profiles, shopping cart, ordering, and full-text search.
  • Built integrations with Navision ERP and Computop PSP.
  • Developed a clustered caching mechanism based on JGroups technology for a newspaper portal.
  • Implemented components for the "Digital Marketplace" project across multiple markets.
Software EngineerJun 2006 – Sep 2009

Siemens AG · Erlangen, Germany

  • Developed the corporate HR web application "Global Data Pool".
  • Created technical specifications and designed the data model on Oracle Database.
  • Programmed HR processes including data imports and exports.
  • Built the user interface using Servlets and MVC patterns.