Dec 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 3 mos · Seattle, Washington, United States

• Leading geographically distributed team of 8 engineers and 1 PM delivering mission-critical Vehicle Capability Discovery for Mercedes Me's 20M+ vehicles across global 24/7 operations
• Led phased migration from fan-out-on-read to an event-driven ETL pipeline on AWS, enabling real-time analytics and 30% higher reliability; secured executive buy-in and 2 FTE through data-driven advocacy
• Reduced cloud costs by 80% ($900k annually) through optimized observability and auto-scaling
• Streamlined 24/7 incident management and service desk operations, cutting critical issue response times from 30 to 15 minutes and raising post-interaction satisfaction from 3.5 to 4.7 globally
• Enabled a culture of ownership, high standards, and growth in a cross-functional, multicultural team; mentored engineers and supported two promotions through servant leadership and agile practices
• Innovated and delivered a vehicle connectivity service on time - making the vehicle the system’s source of truth - by partnering with global, cross-functional teams and reducing car line onboarding by 100 days

Jan 2022 – Dec 2023 · 1 yr 11 mos · Seattle, Washington, United States

• Led the Cloud Platform Engineering team (Product Owner & interim Engineering Lead for 9 mos), delivering infrastructure automation, network, and service discovery for the global M-B Intelligent Cloud. Key impacts:
• Consolidated Service Discovery globally, saving $1.4M annually & freeing 1,600+ upgrade hours/year across 200+ teams.
• Launched Cloud Provisioner service, slashing multi-hyperscaler cloud account creation time from 2 days to 30 minutes.
• Owned end-to-end product delivery lifecycle from vision and strategy to agile execution.
• Fostered effective collaboration across globally distributed teams (US, Germany, India).

Mar 2020 – Jan 2022 · 1 yr 10 mos

• Held a dual role as Full-Stack Engineer & Product Owner for the "Shadow Mode" ADAS/AD data platform, part of the Mercedes-Benz/NVIDIA collaboration. Key contributions:
• Led the concept and design of the platform, enabling safe deployment of non-production software to fleets for field data collection.
• Led a team (w/o authority) of 4 engineers while also hands-on designing and implementing critical offboard platform components.
• Defined the greenfield product vision, scope, and roadmap, ensuring alignment across Business Units and with partner NVIDIA.
• Drove strategic cross-BU collaboration (OTA, Data Collection, Config Mgmt) to optimize resource utilization within the ADAS/AD ecosystem.

Jun 2018 – Mar 2020 · 1 yr 9 mos

• Served in a dual Backend Engineer & Product Owner role within the Bosch/Daimler L4/L5 Urban Automated Driving cooperation. Key contributions:
• Developed & launched the Vehicle Control Center, HD-Map route planner, and Fleet Management Suite, supporting key AV ride-hailing pilots (San José/Stuttgart).
• Initiated cross-subsidiary & R&D collaboration, preventing ~€1M in duplicate development costs.
• Led a cross-Business Unit Scrum team without formal authority and supported technical recruitment/interviews.

Jun 2016 – Jun 2018 · 2 yrs

• Served as a Software Engineer on a Scrum team supporting the L4/L5 Urban Automated Driving international collaboration. Key contributions:
• Built critical full-stack AV systems (HD-Map routing, fleet monitoring).
• Spearheaded AV Teleoperation prototype -> led to dedicated team formation.
• Implemented CI/CD automation (weekly manual releases -> on-demand).

Oct 2015 – Jun 2016 · 8 mos

• Concept and prototyping of a server based platform integrating the connected car into the smart home.

Apr 2012 – Aug 2012 · 4 mos · Freiburg Area, Germany

Jan 2011 – Sep 2015 · 4 yrs 8 mos · Germany · Remote

• Software development for customers in the Food & Beverage and Telecommunication industry.
• Created the core library of over 50 templates for the Deutsche Telekom WebSite Creator, enabling thousands of customers to launch professional websites quickly.
• Delivered supporting micro-sites for print campaigns for key clients including San Pellegrino, Roehn Sprudel, and Denree, extending brand reach online.

Sep 2009 – May 2010 · 8 mos · Frankfurt Am Main Area, Germany