Sep 2024 – Jun 2025 · 9 mos · Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany

Jun 2021 – Sep 2024 · 3 yrs 3 mos · Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany

Sep 2020 – Jun 2021 · 9 mos · Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany

Mar 2019 – Aug 2020 · 1 yr 5 mos · Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany

• Responsible for the releases of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) for IBM Power Systems.
• Coordinated the collaboration between the SUSE and IBM development teams during the entire product lifecycle, from feature evaluation to post-release maintenance.
• Managed bug-fixing efforts which led to a 65% reduction of the team’s bug backlog in only 12 months, resulting in great improvement on customer satisfaction.
• Led the migration of SUSE’s quality assurance tests on IBM Power Systems to a new platform (IBM PowerVM) which reflects customer setups used in production.

Jul 2017 – Feb 2019 · 1 yr 7 mos · Berlin Metropolitan Area

• Manager of development team responsible for creating tools to automatically assess the quality of maps produced by HERE (with focus on Navigation features).
• Worked in collaboration with product owners of multiple teams in order to determine the optimal quality criteria to be enforced on production maps.
• Defined milestones and reprioritized ongoing tasks with the aim of helping the team bring tools into "production mode" at a faster pace, leading to a significant increase in team morale and in upper management satisfaction.
• Redefined the team’s ways of working, resulting in a reduction of map rejection rates by one order of magnitude while simultaneously raising the enforced quality levels.

Jan 2016 – Jul 2017 · 1 yr 6 mos · Berlin Metropolitan Area

• Software Engineer at the Route Guidance team responsible for the development and testing of new features using C++, Python and Ruby on Linux, as well as for the team’s Continuous Integration infrastructure (via Jenkins).
• Implemented distributed cross-platform compilation using icecc, leading to 80% reduction in project compilation time (from 70min to 14min).
• Offered multiple full-day workshops on Bash scripting which benefited more than 30 developers.
• Led testing quality efforts which reduced test flakiness by a factor of 50 and dramatically improved the team’s ability to submit new code changes.
• Assisted the team in establishing a solid end-to-end test suite, eliminating regressions which frequently affected team’s performance (and morale).
• Project Manager on the development of in-vehicle Navigation solutions which HERE provided to Audi, Volkswagen and Porsche. Main tasks consisted of:
• Triaging the received bug reports.
• Reporting on the team’s progress to upper management as well as to customer representatives.
• Negotiating scope with the customer in order to prioritize upcoming deliverables.
• Coordinating and improving performance of the team (around 20 developers).
• Maintaining the project’s backlog.
• Excellent results in performance and quality, recognized by the HERE Senior Management as a great contribution to the completion of the project within the planned deadlines.

Sep 2014 – Jan 2016 · 1 yr 4 mos · Greater Leipzig Area

• Responsible for the development and implementation of algorithms for detecting anomalous activity in computer networks using Statistical Analysis and Machine Learning techniques.
• The algorithms were implemented as a C++ library interfacing with Packetwerk's intelligence-driven packet processing tool.
• Experience as Data Scientist and Software Engineer, engaged in the entire product development lifecycle: prototyping, design, implementation, documentation and testing.

Sep 2012 – Aug 2014 · 1 yr 11 mos · Greater Leipzig Area

• Linux kernel developer responsible for implementing new features on ipoque’s network traffic manager (PRX). Assisted in the product transition from kernel space to user space in order to improve the product’s performance, stability and extensibility.
• Acquired deep knowledge of networking hardware, Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) technologies and traffic generation tools such as IXIA.

Jul 2012 – Sep 2012 · 2 mos

• Led the development of numerical methods for fluid flow around geometrically complex objects with possibly sharp edges.

Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 · 1 yr

• Developed numerical methods for multiphase fluid flow, allowing for moving immersed objects and interfaces with complex geometries. Leader and main developer on two research projects at Prof. Joseph Teran's group.

Sep 2007 – Dec 2010 · 3 yrs 3 mos

• Taught classes in Physics and Mathematics as both main and assistant lecturer.