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I'm a senior software developer based in Munich with a decade-plus track record delivering scalable backend services, robust APIs, and user-friendly frontends. I enjoy turning complex requirements into practical architectures and working closely with product teams to ship value. When I'm not coding, I mentor peers, explore new technologies, and contribute to open source. I'm passionate about building maintainable software, fostering collaboration, and delivering high-quality solutions that stand up to real-world needs.…I'm a senior software developer based in Munich with a decade-plus track record delivering scalable backend services, robust APIs, and user-friendly frontends. I enjoy turning complex requirements into practical architectures and working closely with product teams to ship value. When I'm not coding, I mentor peers, explore new technologies, and contribute to open source. I'm passionate about building maintainable software, fostering collaboration, and delivering high-quality solutions that stand up to real-world needs.

Alex Brick

Full Stack Developer, Back-End Developer, Front-End Developer, +2

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I'm a senior software developer based in Munich with a decade-plus track record delivering scalable backend services, robust APIs, and user-friendly frontends. I enjoy turning complex requirements into practical architectures and working closely with product teams to ship value. When I'm not coding, I mentor peers, explore new technologies, and contribute to open source. I'm passionate about building maintainable software, fostering collaboration, and delivering high-quality solutions that stand up to real-world needs.…I'm a senior software developer based in Munich with a decade-plus track record delivering scalable backend services, robust APIs, and user-friendly frontends. I enjoy turning complex requirements into practical architectures and working closely with product teams to ship value. When I'm not coding, I mentor peers, explore new technologies, and contribute to open source. I'm passionate about building maintainable software, fostering collaboration, and delivering high-quality solutions that stand up to real-world needs.

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I’m a senior software developer based in Munich with a decade-plus track record delivering scalable backend services, robust APIs, and user-friendly frontends. I enjoy turning complex requirements into practical architectures and working closely with product teams to ship value.

When I’m not coding, I mentor peers, explore new technologies, and contribute to open source. I’m passionate about building maintainable software, fostering collaboration, and delivering high-quality solutions that stand up to real-world needs.

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German

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Spanish; Castilian

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Work Experience

Freelance Full-Stack Software Developer at Self-employed

November 1, 2025 - Present

Develop and maintain frontends using React and Vue; Develop backend webservices based on Kotlin/Spring and TypeScript with Express and NextJS; Manage database operations using Postgres and Prisma; Requirement engineering and refinement with the customer.

Lead Software Developer at Personio SE & Co. KG

March 1, 2023 - June 1, 2025

Developed REST microservices with Kotlin and Spring Boot; Developed asynchronous workflows based on Kotlin and Kafka; Worked closely with Product to plan projects and assess feasibility and effort; Designed architectures and technical solutions, reviewed them, trained the rest of the team, and led the implementation; Developed numerous small tools to ease the operational burden on the team; Supported a legacy PHP monolith and migrated a key piece to a modern architecture.

Team Lead, Software Development at Smart Reporting

November 1, 2019 - March 1, 2023

Coordinated cross-functional team of software developers, QA engineers, and a Product Owner; Designed technical solutions to company-wide problems, such as migrating from a legacy monolith to microservices and supporting multiple authorization schemes in a single product; Performed code reviews and technical mentoring for others in the team; Trained department on technical subjects such as Java, Unicode, and HL7v2; Led technical maintenance, such as updating to newer versions of Node.js; Brought business context and background to the team to understand technical tasks; Informed Product about technical feasibility of feature requests; Met with partner companies to understand their requests and design solutions.

Senior Software Developer at Definiens AG

April 1, 2017 - November 1, 2019

Managed two scrum teams of software developers; Encouraged scrum best practices within the teams; Set vision and priorities for the software department; Organized work across software, IT, and regulatory departments; Developed microservice architecture manipulating data; Introduced modern software infrastructure, including Docker, Kubernetes, and Nginx; Worked with product owners to engineer requirements and understand user needs; Coached department on scrum and agile best practices; Participated in design reviews and merge requests across teams.

Senior Full-Stack Engineer at Porch

August 1, 2015 - February 1, 2017

Developed and maintained a single-page web frontend using Node.js and React; Implemented highly-available microservice with Scala, Dropwizard, and Kubernetes; Worked closely with designers to develop effective user interfaces; Investigated and resolved performance problems and service outages.

Software Development Engineer at Amazon

August 1, 2011 - June 1, 2015

Implemented many new projects and microservices with high availability; Maintained and smoothly decommissioned several legacy services; Acted as technical lead and performed many design reviews; Acted as scrum master to organize agile methodologies; Mentored and taught many coworkers and interns.