Technical Owner for High-Impact Software Products
End-to-end ownership across product development, frontend, backend, and delivery. I work with teams of all sizes—from early-stage startups to established organizations—where software drives real business value.
Technical Ownership, Product Thinking
I take full technical responsibility for software products—not just systems. This means owning architecture decisions, frontend and backend implementation, deployment, and operational stability. I work effectively under ambiguity, time pressure, and evolving product requirements.
I think in terms of user value and business outcomes, not just technical elegance. Every decision is grounded in what moves the product forward.
I collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and business stakeholders. My preference is for lean setups with clear ownership, where a small aligned team can ship meaningful features quickly.
AI-Assisted Development
AI-assisted software development is a standard part of my working mode. I use LLM-based tooling across the entire development lifecycle:
- Architecture exploration
- Implementation and refactoring
- Test automation
- Documentation
- Code review support & test generation as default, with human verification and clear quality gates
AI is a multiplier for senior judgment, not automation replacing engineering. The value comes from knowing what to build and how to evaluate outputs, not from generating code faster.
Technical Ownership
Full responsibility from concept to production—architecture, frontend, backend, and delivery.
Product Collaboration
Close work with product managers, designers, and stakeholders to ship user-facing value.
Outcome Focus
Decisions driven by user impact and business results, not technical complexity for its own sake.
Industrial Delivery-Time Optimization
Problem
Fragmented production and logistics data made delivery times opaque and hard to predict, limiting operational decision-making.
Approach
Took end-to-end technical ownership of a cloud-native system combining Spring Boot services, a Python-based prediction model, and production-grade observability. Designed a semantic data model and integrated dashboards for real-time insights.
Outcome
Delivered a production-ready prototype with clear visibility into bottlenecks and lead times, enabling data-driven optimization with a small, high-leverage team.
Product-Oriented Engagements
I focus on ownership and outcomes, not task execution. Each engagement is scoped around product value, not hours.
Good fit
- Product teams needing technical leadership
- MVP to scale, or prototype to production
- Small teams with clear ownership and fast iteration
Not a fit
- Ticket-only execution, unclear ownership
- "Add one more developer"
- Rate-only procurement
End-to-End Product Development
Taking a product from idea to production—or from MVP to scale. Full-stack implementation with a focus on shipping user-facing value.
Frontend Architecture & Implementation
Building modern, maintainable frontends with Vue, React, and TypeScript. Component systems, state management, and seamless backend integration.
Backend, APIs & Integrations
Designing and implementing robust backend systems, APIs, and third-party integrations that support product growth.
Product Delivery & Iteration
Working with product and business stakeholders to prioritize, ship, and iterate. Turning roadmaps into running software.
Experience & Credibility
Patterns of ownership and outcomes across startups, SMEs, and large enterprises.
Across product teams and regulated environments
Finance, Energy, Automotive, Industry, Telecom, Insurance
TU Darmstadt, focus on Computer Science
Foodini: early-stage product development under uncertainty, end-to-end technical ownership from concept to market
Selected Clients & Environments
Bosch · SICK AG · EnBW · Deutsche Telekom · Commerzbank · Volkswagen · DVAG
Full-Stack Product Engineering
Technologies serve product outcomes. These are the areas where I deliver the most value.
Frontend Development
Vue, React, TypeScript, modern UI architectures
Backend & APIs
Java, Spring Boot, Python, Node.js, REST, Event-Driven
Cloud-Native Systems
Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, Azure
Observability & CI/CD
Grafana, Prometheus, GitLab CI, ArgoCD
AI-Assisted Development
LLM-assisted design/review/testing workflows, refactoring support—quality-gated
Security & Auth
OAuth2/OIDC, policy enforcement, secure-by-default patterns
How I Work
Close collaboration with product and business stakeholders. Ownership of outcomes, not just tasks.
Weekly or Milestone-Based
Engagements structured around deliverables and checkpoints, not time tracking.
Outcome Focus
Success measured by product impact and user value, not hours logged.
Direct Collaboration
Working closely with product managers, designers, and business stakeholders. No layers of indirection.
First 2 Weeks
Clarify product goals, constraints, and stakeholders
Propose architecture + delivery approach
Deliver first user-facing slice with quality gates
Based in Frankfurt, Germany. Available for remote engagements across the DACH region and internationally.
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