Team Lead Android and Backend
Axel Springer NMT GmbH & Co.KG
(Medien und Verlage, 1000-5000 Mitarbeiter)
Schlagwörter
Skills
With 15+ years of experience I can quickly adapt to new technological stacks. My core expertise is in building Android/Flutter mobile apps, but I am also happy to help with SpringBoot or GoLang, React/NextJs, Terraform, Hashicorp Nomad and many more. With a background in team leadership and management, I can equally well communicate with Product Owners, CxOs, Designers, Backend, and Mobile engineers.
OKR, KPI, Outcomes over Output, Coaching, Team Topologies, Agile Methodologies, Scrum, Kanban, Monitoring and Tracking, Technical team management, technical roadmap, teamwork and project management processes, hiring and interviewing candidates, Jira, Confluence, Figma, Miro
Technical:
AWS, Digital Ocean, Varnish, Redis, Terraform, Docker
Kotlin, Dart, SpringBoot, Java, Javascript, Swift, Golang, Android, iOS, Firebase, React, Redux, RxJava, Dagger, Compose, Backend for Frontend, Server-driven UI, Mobile CMS, Android SDK, Flutter
Git, HG, SVN, CVS, Mantis, Perforce, Docker, Github actions, Travis, BItrise
jUnit, Espresso, Mockito, Sonarqube, Jacoco, Cucumber, Calabash, Snyk, Renovate
- 15 years of experience with Android, Flutter, iOS and Backend development
- 7 years of successful freelance work with international clients
- 4 years of tech and team leadership, specializing in mobile
- Proven experience building multiple applications using Android/Kotlin and Flutter/Dart
- Sound backend development skills in SpringBoot/Kotlin/Terraform/AWS/Nomad
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, robust business-oriented approach
OKR, KPI, Outcomes over Output, Coaching, Team Topologies, Agile Methodologies, Scrum, Kanban, Monitoring and Tracking, Technical team management, technical roadmap, teamwork and project management processes, hiring and interviewing candidates, Jira, Confluence, Figma, Miro
Technical:
AWS, Digital Ocean, Varnish, Redis, Terraform, Docker
Kotlin, Dart, SpringBoot, Java, Javascript, Swift, Golang, Android, iOS, Firebase, React, Redux, RxJava, Dagger, Compose, Backend for Frontend, Server-driven UI, Mobile CMS, Android SDK, Flutter
Git, HG, SVN, CVS, Mantis, Perforce, Docker, Github actions, Travis, BItrise
jUnit, Espresso, Mockito, Sonarqube, Jacoco, Cucumber, Calabash, Snyk, Renovate
Projekthistorie
01/2020
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07/2023
Tech and team lead for the Android and Mobile Backend team at NMT/WeltN24Jan 2020 – May 2023
- Built and maintained server-driven UI engine on Android and Backend, enabling rapid implementation of business decisions
- Ensured great DevEx for the team by removing friction, providing clear goals and directions
- Played a pivotal role in stakeholder discussions, offering timely and informed input to address technical
edge cases and prevent adverse impact on the business - Led the team of 7 engineers, providing technical expertise and ensuring that progress of the business is not affected by technical debt
- Managed the team building a culture of open communication and clear focus on outcomes, introducing processes that work for everyone
- Hired > 10 team members, onboarded and grew engineers fostering collaboration and knowledge sharing
10/2018
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12/2019
Tech Lead / Staff Engineer
Axel Springer National Media & Tech GmbH & Co. KG
(Medien und Verlage, 1000-5000 Mitarbeiter)
- Led implementation of business critical GDPR integration meeting all security and legal requirements
- Led implementation of business logic on the backend, enabling other team members to contribute
- Provided technical leadership to a team of 4 Android engineers, providing technical overview and planning
- Supported infrastructure-as-code with Terraform and AWS
- Let a cross-teams company to enable custom web widgets integration into native apps
- Provided technical expertise in stakeholder discussions
04/2017
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10/2018
Senior Full Stack Engineer
Axel Springer National Media & Tech GmbH & Co. KG
(Medien und Verlage, 1000-5000 Mitarbeiter)
- Android application maintenance and new features implementation
- Backend implementation following server-driven UI approach using SpringBoot, Kotlin, AWS,
Terraform
- Refactoring the app to from MVP to MVVM and implementing server-driven UI client
- Business critical features: Payments, PiP Video player
- Help DevOps team supporting infrastructure
- Backend implementation following server-driven UI approach using SpringBoot, Kotlin, AWS,
Terraform
- Refactoring the app to from MVP to MVVM and implementing server-driven UI client
- Business critical features: Payments, PiP Video player
- Help DevOps team supporting infrastructure
01/2016
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04/2017
Senior Android Engineer
Axel Springer National Media & Tech GmbH & Co. KG
(Medien und Verlage, 1000-5000 Mitarbeiter)
- Android app architecture design and implementation using Kotlin, Databinding, RxKotlin
- Business critical update of legacy app with full user migration into new app
- UI Tests automation with Espresso: architecture and custom matching
- Business critical update of legacy app with full user migration into new app
- UI Tests automation with Espresso: architecture and custom matching
07/2008
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01/2016
Mobile Engineer
Mobile games development and porting for J2ME/Blackberry/Android/iOS.
Consulting and implementation of Android and Web projects.
Leading small teams of developers.
Consulting and implementation of Android and Web projects.
Leading small teams of developers.
Reisebereitschaft
Weltweit verfügbar
Available for remote and Berlin/Brandenburg area hybrid contracts.
Happy to join as a Fractional CTO/Team Leader/Engineering Manager or as Individual Contributor in the mobile space.
Hourly/daily rate and travelling is up for the discussion and agreements.
For News & Media type of product contract I am available only for companies based outside of Germany.
Happy to join as a Fractional CTO/Team Leader/Engineering Manager or as Individual Contributor in the mobile space.
Hourly/daily rate and travelling is up for the discussion and agreements.
For News & Media type of product contract I am available only for companies based outside of Germany.
