Experience
Santander Auto Software / Senior Software Engineer
May 2022 - Present, Remote
SDE-2 on a Europe-wide greenfield initiative. Building a leasing system from the ground up with an international system; focusing on Frontend Engineering.
- Identified process gaps autonomously, devising and implementing software solutions to address them effectively.
- Played a key role in crafting original software patterns, laying the groundwork for scalable and efficient systems.
- Defined essential requirements for the initial go-live, ensuring a smooth and successful launch.
- Designed the interviewing process to test and onboard top engineering talent clearing the high bar of the program.
- Engineered patterns enabling seamless scalability from a small team to over 50 engineers and from a single-country MVP to supporting multiple processes across various countries.
TypescriptReactKotlinSpringBootGraphQL
Santander Germany / Frontend Engineer
Nov 2021 - May 2022, Mönchengladbach
Lead frontend engineer on the customer-facing digital financing journey for mobility.
- Led the overhaul of an existing frontend application, streamlining complex and unwieldy code into a more maintainable and efficient hook-based React application.
- Spearheaded the adoption of contemporary frontend development practices, implementing backend-side state management to replace a redux-based frontend state machine.
- Pioneered the effort to enable white labelling of the frontend application, allowing seamless customization for different prominent mobility partners.
- Collaborated closely with backend engineers, designers, and product managers to ensure alignment and successful implementation of white labelling features.
ReactReduxWeb components
Santander Germany / Dual Student
Jun 2018 - Nov 2021, Mönchengladbach
Filled the role of technical lead for a team of students. Developed internal web software with various frontend and backend technologies.
- Guided and mentored a team of student developers, fostering collaboration and maximizing productivity in our projects.
- Led the development effort to replace multiple HR applications, including the internal job postings portal and telephone directory, with a unified and streamlined solution.
- Acted as lead engineer, product owner, and platforms engineer, ensuring cohesion between technical development, product vision, and platform architecture.
- Implemented agile practices to facilitate iterative development cycles, enabling rapid deployment of new features and continuous improvement.
- Worked closely with HR stakeholders to understand requirements, gather feedback, and iterate on solutions to meet their evolving needs.
Ruby on railsVue.jsNode.jsPostgreSQL
Paragon eSports e.V. / Co-Developer of Paragon League
2013 - 2017, Remote
Developed an online eSports tournament page from scratch in Laravel with PHP that hosted over 1.000 events. Created a managed server software in PHP to enable a single administrator to manage tournaments with up to 500 participants, with real-time in-game statistics that deeply integrated with the web platform via HTTP APIs and Websockets.
https://league.paragon-esports.comPHPLaravelWebsocketsMySQL
Education
FOM University of Applied Sciences for Economics and Management / Bachelor of Science - Business Information Systems
Oct 2018 - Dec 2021, Düsseldorf
Part-time, Grade: 1.9
Certificates
Groupo Santander / BeTech & Business Program
Oct 2022 - Aug 2023, Madrid, SÃO PAULO
Participated in the international tech talent program with 90 colleagues from 20 different nations. Learned about technology trends like generative AI and no-trust banking. Created an MVP and business plan for the winning idea for an omnichannel application.