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Work Experience
Developer at Bank CIC, Basel
April 1, 2021 - PresentFull-stack development with Spring Boot and Vue.js. Redeveloped an application to create documents from Microsoft Word templates. Authored a detailed guide for agile development, specifically with Spring Boot. Defined best practices for continuous development and integration using Git, Maven, Jenkins, and Docker. Led the CI migration from Jenkins to OpenShift.
Developer at adesso insurances solutions, Frankfurt am Main
March 1, 2021 - August 27, 2025Full-stack development and maintenance of the "payTras" transaction system with Java EE 7, Jenkins, and Docker. Defined and improved the software architecture and components, including redevelopment of the logging framework and redefinition of related best practices.
Project Coordinator at Lablicate GmbH, Hamburg
May 1, 2020 - August 27, 2025Coordinated work on the EU Horizon project 'OLEUM', implementing an application for the storage and management of bioanalytical data focused on quality assurance of edible oils.
Team Lead at Lablicate GmbH, Hamburg
May 1, 2018 - PresentCoordinated and provided technical leadership for various teams of remote developers to implement new software modules.
Developer at Lablicate GmbH, Hamburg
December 1, 2017 - August 27, 2025Developed for the open-source platform OpenChrom, a software in the field of analytical chemistry. Developed a visually sophisticated desktop application based on Eclipse RCP for applying and visualizing bioinformatics and cheminformatics models.
Freelance Trainer in Bioinformatics at Heidelberg University, Heidelberg
December 1, 2017 - August 27, 2025Organized and delivered the seminar "Applied Bioinformatics in the Shell and in the Cloud," targeting life science students with a focus on bioinformatics.
Research Assistant at German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg
December 1, 2014 - August 27, 2025Developed a full-stack web application for managing genetic data.
Developer at Bank CIC, Basel
April 1, 2021 - PresentFull-stack development with Spring Boot and Vue.js. Redeveloped an application for creating documents from Microsoft Word templates. Authored a detailed guide for agile development, especially with Spring Boot. Defined best practices for continuous development and integration using Git, Maven, Jenkins, and Docker. Led the CI migration from Jenkins to OpenShift.
Developer at adesso insurances solutions, Frankfurt am Main
May 1, 2020 - August 27, 2025Full-stack development and maintenance of the "payTras" transaction system using Java EE 7, Jenkins, and Docker. Defined and improved the software architecture and components, including redevelopment of the logging framework and redefinition of related best practices.
Project Coordinator at Lablicate GmbH, Hamburg
May 1, 2020 - August 27, 2025Coordinated work on the EU Horizon project 'OLEUM' which implemented an application for the storage and management of bioanalytical data, aimed at developing methods for quality assurance of edible oils.
Team Lead at Lablicate GmbH, Hamburg
June 1, 2021 - August 27, 2025Coordinated and provided technical leadership for various teams of remote developers to implement new software modules for the open-source platform OpenChrom, a software from the field of analytical chemistry.
Freelance Trainer in Bioinformatics at Heidelberg University, Heidelberg
December 1, 2017 - August 27, 2025Organized and delivered the seminar "Applied Bioinformatics in the Shell and in the Cloud" targeting life science students focused on bioinformatics. Covered Unix Shell and R programming.
Research Assistant at German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg
December 1, 2014 - August 27, 2025Developed a full-stack web application for managing genetic data. Developed a graphically advanced desktop application for label-free quantification of cancer-related proteins. Implemented performance optimizations including concurrency, background processing, serialization, and stream-based techniques to optimize memory usage.
Software Developer at Bank CIC
April 1, 2021 - June 1, 2025Full-stack development with Spring Boot and Vue.js. Redesign of several core microservices.
Software Developer at Adesso Insurance Solutions
June 1, 2020 - March 1, 2021Full-stack development on Java EE 7. Defined and improved the software architecture and components.
Project Coordinator at Labricate GmbH
January 1, 2018 - May 1, 2020Team lead for a full-stack application for storage and management of bio-analytical data.
Team Lead at Labricate GmbH
January 1, 2017 - May 1, 2020Coordination and technical lead of various development projects.
Software Developer at Labricate GmbH
December 1, 2015 - December 1, 2016Development on OpenChrom, an open-source analytical-chemistry platform built on Java and Eclipse RCP.
Freelance Trainer — Bioinformatics at Heidelberg University / Freelance
January 1, 2015 - December 1, 2016Designed and delivered seminars Applied Bioinformatics in the Shell and in the Cloud for life-sciences students focused on bioinformatics.
Education
Dr. rer. nat. (PhD) at Heidelberg University
December 1, 2015 - December 1, 2017Diploma (Bioinformatics) at University of Applied Sciences Gießen
January 1, 2009 - January 1, 2012Dr. rer. nat. (PhD) at Heidelberg University
December 1, 2015 - December 1, 2017Diploma (Bioinformatics) at University of Applied Sciences, Giessen
October 1, 2009 - October 1, 2012PhD, Bioinformatics at University of Heidelberg
May 1, 2012 - May 1, 2015Diploma Thesis in Bioinformatics at German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)
January 1, 2011 - April 1, 2012Diploma in Bioinformatics at Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne
January 1, 2009 - September 1, 2010Diploma in Bioinformatics at University of Applied Sciences, Giessen
February 1, 2006 - September 1, 2010Qualifications
Red Hat OpenShift Developer II: Building and Deploying Cloud-native Applications (DO288)
January 1, 2024 - August 27, 2025Containers, Kubernetes, and Red Hat OpenShift Administration (DO285)
October 1, 2022 - August 27, 2025iSAQB Certified Professional for Software Architecture, iSQI Group
January 1, 2020 - August 27, 2025Red Hat OpenShift Developer II: Building and Deploying Cloud-native Applications (DO288)
January 1, 2024 - August 27, 2025Containers, Kubernetes, and Red Hat OpenShift Administration (DO285)
October 1, 2022 - August 27, 2025iSAQB Certified Professional for Software Architecture
January 1, 2020 - August 27, 2025Red Hat OpenShift Developer II
August 1, 2024 - April 30, 2026Red Hat Certified Professional for Software Architecture (iSAQB)
January 1, 2020 - April 30, 2026Industry Experience
Financial Services, Healthcare, Life Sciences, Software & Internet, Education
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