Site Reliability Engineer and infrastructure specialist with 5+ years of hands-on Go expertise and proven leadership experience managing cloud infrastructure teams. I excel at transforming complex, fragmented infrastructure into streamlined, maintainable systems. Deep expertise in Google Cloud, Kubernetes, Docker, and CI/CD pipelines.
Some previous Freelance Clients
Nextaim
Sep 2024 - March 2025Strategic tech partner for AI automation and digital transformation of medium-sized companies
WetterOnline
March 2025 - Feb 2026Germany's leading weather service since 1997, serving millions with forecasts, apps, and data services
Conceptboard
Jun 2025 - Jan 2026Secure, GDPR-compliant collaborative whiteboard for enterprises and public administration
AI-Enhanced Workflow
I use AI coding assistants and automation tools daily to write, review, and ship code faster — delivering more value per hour for every engagement.
Of course, you decide — AI-assisted work is always optional and only used if you're comfortable with it.
Experience
Co-Founder
PyleHound April 2025 - PresentAI for German legal professionals (§203 & BRAO compliant)
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- Building AI-Associate for lawyers - find critical information in documents within seconds
- Query documents naturally: "Show me all contract penalties in the purchase agreement" - get instant answers with source citations
- Data stays securely in Germany
CTO
beansandbytes May 2024 - Dec 2025AI consulting and implementation for enterprises
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- Helping companies without billion-dollar budgets benefit from AI developments
- Monitoring all AI field developments and evaluating their maturity
- Delivering monthly industry reports, workshops, and individual consulting
- Building internal AI knowledge and confidence for implementation
Head of Infrastructure
JustWatch Aug 2022 - Sep 2023Led infrastructure for 50M+ active users
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- Team Leadership: Led two teams (4 remote SREs + 3 on-site IT experts) for 50M users
- Core Infrastructure Management: Design, maintenance, optimization
- Strategic Provider Negotiations: Multi-million dollar Google Cloud deal
- Collaboration with Senior Leadership: CTO/VP Engineering strategic plans
- Technical Oversight: Kubernetes, Terraform, Golang
- Incident Management: Critical responses, reports to leadership
- Organizational Communication: Quarterly company presentations
Site Reliability Engineer
JustWatch Feb 2021 - Aug 2022Kubernetes operations and cloud migration
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- Kubernetes and Scylla Cluster Management: Deployment, monitoring, operation
- Data Warehouse Migration: AWS to Google Cloud
- Incident Response Optimization: Structured aftercare for continuous learning
- 20% Performance Enhancement: Multi-level caching strategy for Google Core Web Vitals
Junior Site Reliability Engineer
JustWatch Apr 2020 - Feb 2021Deployment automation and performance optimization
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- Automated Deployment: Jsonnet & ArgoCD tools
- Legacy Service Refactoring: 200% response time improvement
Golang Developer
Programmfabrik Jun 2017 - Dec 2019Backend development for digital archives (Working Student)
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- High-Performance Media Conversion Pipeline: For museums
- Scalable Backend Solutions: Image databases (JPG2000)
FileMaker App Developer
Ametek PMC China Aug 2014 - Feb 2015Internship in Taicang, China
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- Mac OSX and iOS apps: Using FileMaker
- Cross-Cultural Collaboration: German/American/Chinese stakeholders
Education
B.Sc. Computer Science
Technical University of Berlin 2015 - 2020Focus on software engineering, distributed systems, and algorithms. Strong foundation in system design and infrastructure.
Open Source Projects
s4
100% offline Shamir's secret sharing GUI for secure key splitting
Notr
Easily annotate every website in Figma-style comments
HillChart.co
Free online hillchart generator for project tracking
Talks
How to win against AdBlockers
Matomo Camp 2024
How to build Elasticsearch in 60 minutes or less
JustWatch Devlunch 2022
Moving the JustWatch webrouter from L4 to L7
JustWatch Devlunch 2022
Get in Touch
I'm always interested in discussing new opportunities and interesting projects.
I am based in Munich, Germany.
The last 5 years I mostly work fully remote, but indeed prefer seeing humans from time to time