me

I am proud to be a software developer!

I love to create viable solutions for actual problems - from drafting early concepts to evolving running code in production.

I have lately spend most of my development hours on webbased frontends (mostly Vue), hybrid mobile applications (IONIC) and serverless backends (Firebase, Vercel, AWS). JavaScript and TypeScript are my prefered development languages as they allow to rapidly get out minimal viable products and to evolve them steadily. I am used to work in continuous-delivery mode (TDD, automated E2E testing, ...) and have solid working knowledge of relevant tools and technologies (Gitlab pipelines, Docker, K8s, ELK, ...).

I am curious to learn and apply new approaches and always interested to improve my skills. I devote significant time to keep up to date with the everchanging eco-system I am in. At the same time I respect that customers often need tried and true rather than cutting edge.

Beyond that I am a generalist. I have street credibility for a broad range of technical and non-technical subjects: I have worked as Solo-Developer, SCRUM Master, Product Owner, Architect, Project Manager, People Manager, IT Consultant and Researcher. My employers and clients come from various industries, cultures and include startups as well as BigCos such as IBM or Volkswagen.

I value interesting projects and satisfying work over status. I have left the corporate world to focus on startup projects and freelancing. I am happy to manage projects and teams, but are also more than happy to just contribute code.

My homebase is Berlin. You can find more information on LinkedInopen in new window and Xingopen in new window.

Feel free to contact me via sg@vs-5.de.

I am also using this site for documenting the results of my PhD project at Volkswagen AG.

Cheers Stephan