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Backend Developer πŸ‘¨β€πŸ’» | MSc in Informatics πŸŽ“ | Research in Blockchain πŸ”— & Cybersecurity πŸ›‘οΈ | Loves crafting scalable systems ⚑

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Scalable, secure, high-performance backend systems. βš‘πŸ”’
🧠 JVM-first | πŸ›‘οΈ Security-minded | πŸš€ Performance-tuned

✨ Building resilient platforms where security and speed coexist.


✨ Snapshot

πŸ‘€ Profile

I design and build JVM-first backend systems for modern web and mobile applications, treating scalability, security, and performance as first-class requirements.

North Star 🧭: reliability, security, and speed are features, not afterthoughts.

🎯 Focus Areas

  • 🧠 JVM-first backend engineering in Java and Kotlin
  • βš™οΈ CI/CD pipeline architecture and delivery automation
  • πŸ“¦ Containerized systems and infrastructure as code
  • πŸ” Secure system design, blockchain, and identity research
  • πŸ‘¨β€πŸ« Mentoring and technical knowledge-sharing

🧭 Career Snapshot

  • βš™οΈ DevOps Engineer (current)
  • 🏒 Senior Developer at Ernst and Young (EY)
  • πŸ’» Backend Developer (3.5 years)
  • πŸŽ“ MSc Researcher and Teaching Assistant

🧰 Toolbox

πŸ’» Languages
Java Kotlin Python JavaScript C

🧩 Frameworks
Spring Spring Boot Quarkus ZK

βš™οΈ DevOps and Infra
Docker Kubernetes Terraform Ansible Jenkins GitHub Actions GitLab CI AWS

πŸ“Š Data and Observability
Oracle PostgreSQL MySQL Redis Prometheus Grafana Elasticsearch

πŸ“ˆ Metrics

GitHub streak

πŸ† Engineering Impact

Metric Achievement
πŸš€ Deploy time reduction 95% faster
⬆️ System uptime 99.95% achieved
πŸ“¦ Systems built 25+ production systems
πŸ”’ Security incidents Zero critical vulnerabilities
⚑ Performance improvement 94% response-time reduction
πŸ—οΈ Provisioning automation 97% faster infrastructure setup

πŸ—ΊοΈ Focus Map

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mindmap
 root((Backend))
 JVM
 Java
 Kotlin
 Spring
 Quarkus
 Performance
 Profiling
 Tuning
 Reliability
 Security
 Blockchain
 Identity
 Cybersecurity
 DevOps
 CI/CD
 IaC
 Kubernetes
 Data
 Oracle
 PostgreSQL
 MySQL
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πŸš€ Career Journey

graph LR
 A[MSc Research - SSI and Blockchain - Teaching Assistant] --> B[Backend Developer - Java and Spring - 3.5 years]
 B --> C[Senior Developer - Ernst and Young - 2 years]
 C --> D[DevOps Engineer - CI/CD and Infrastructure]
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πŸŽ“ Research and Teaching

πŸ”¬ MSc Thesis

Blockchain-based Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI)

  • Decentralized identity management
  • Verifiable credentials implementation
  • Privacy-preserving architecture
  • Enterprise adoption recommendations

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ« Teaching Experience

  • Java: OOP and design patterns
  • C: systems programming
  • Python: scripting and algorithms
  • Linaro Connect: workshop leader
  • Mentorship: junior developers

πŸ” Core Principles

πŸ”’ Security-first -> every system is designed with security at its core
βš™οΈ Automation-driven -> if it can be automated, it should be
⚑ Performance-focused -> measurable improvements over assumptions
πŸ—οΈ Scalable design -> architecture built for growth from day one
πŸ“ˆ Observable systems -> instrumentation is mandatory, not optional
πŸ”„ Continuous improvement -> iterative engineering culture

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