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Michael Brügmann

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I am a Senior Software Engineer with over 20 years of experience in mobile and backend development.

About

I am a Senior Software Engineer with over 20 years of experience in mobile and backend development. Since 2015 I have been working as a freelancer, currently for SRF in Zurich, focusing on iOS development and backend architecture on AWS.

I have delivered for banks, publishers and consumer brands in Switzerland and Germany. I am pragmatic, quality-oriented, collaborative, and comfortable with agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban).

  • 22 years' experience
  • Joined June 2026

Languages

  • GermanFluent
  • EnglishFluent
  • GermanIntermediate

Industry experience

  • Software & Internet
  • Media & Entertainment
  • Professional Services

Work experience· 6 roles

Freelance iOS Developer / Solution Architect · Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF)Aug 2021 – Present · 5 yrs 4 mos

Architecture responsibility and iOS development for relaunch and ongoing development of SRF News, Meteo and Sport apps; lead conception, architecture and setup of the Push backend infrastructure as AWS Serverless architecture.

Freelance iOS Developer · Zürcher KantonalbankApr 2020 – Jul 2021 · 1 yr 4 mos

Feature development for a new banking app; Kotlin Multiplatform, Redux, SwiftUI, OpenAPI/Swagger.

Freelance iOS Developer · Various Mandates (Freelance)Jan 2015 – Jan 2020 · 5 yrs 1 mo

Mandates including XING SE, moebel.de, Cellular GmbH, Njiuko (Freeletics), Magicline, PARSHIP ELITE, Gruner + Jahr (Ad-SDK) and Deposit Solutions (zinspilot.de); focus on Swift, Objective-C, RxSwift, MVVM(-C), Flutter, AppStore-Management, Code Migration ObjC→Swift, CI/CD.

Software Architect Mobile · I.C.N.H GmbHJan 2013 – Jan 2015 · 2 yrs 1 mo
Founder / Lead Developer · alsterrunning.deJan 2012 – Present · 14 yrs 11 mos
Software Engineer / Senior Software Engineer · CoreMedia AGJan 2004 – Jan 2013 · 9 yrs 1 mo

Education

Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Kommunikations-, Informations- und Medientechnik / Informatik · Technische Hochschule Lübeck2000 – 2004

Qualifications and awards

Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Kommunikations-, Informations- und Medientechnik / Informatik2000 – 2004
Internship – Software Engineering for Symbian OS and J2ME2003 – 2004

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