Platform engineering
Cloud foundations, paved roads, service catalogs, governance, and operating models.
Cloud architect and engineering manager
Platform engineering for working systems.
Cloud architect and engineering manager focused on platform design, backend systems, and pragmatic delivery.
Role
Manager, Cloud Architecture & Platform Engineering
Experience
16+ years in software delivery
Depth
Software and enterprise architecture
Base
Germany ยท German / English
Developer platforms
Self-service, CI/CD, infrastructure as code, observability, and clear ownership.
Architecture
Software and enterprise architecture grounded in decisions teams can implement.
Backend systems
API-centric and event-driven systems with .NET, Aspire, Azure, and clear contracts.
Selected work
A few public-safe signals, without the customer names.
Internal Developer Platform
Product owner and lead architect for a reference platform around self-service, service catalogs, DevOps, IaC, monitoring, and developer enablement.
Cloud-native .NET systems
Architecture and team steering for backend platforms using C#, ASP.NET, .NET Aspire, Bicep, Azure Container Apps, Service Bus, API Management, and Microsoft Graph.
Architecture to delivery
Target pictures, requirements, governance, tradeoffs, and delivery paths across financial services, mobility, renewable energy, media, and IT infrastructure.
Leadership and delivery
Architecture is most valuable when it helps people decide.
Project and team leadership, facilitation, stakeholder alignment, architecture development, requirements engineering, and technical delivery without losing sight of implementation reality.
Credentials
Cloud, architecture, requirements, service management.
- Azure Solutions Architect Expert
- IREB CPRE
- iSAQB Software Architecture
- TOGAF 9 Certified
- ITIL 4 Foundation
- M.Sc. Computer Science, KIT
Working style
Less ambiguity. Less ceremony.
Clear boundaries, visible tradeoffs, and guidance teams can act on.