Leonhard
From Germany (UTC+2)
Leonhard – Golang, Java, AWS
Leonhard is a strong senior back-end engineer with deep expertise in Go, AWS, and distributed systems, complemented by hands-on leadership as VP of Engineering. He has built production-grade AI assistants, RAG pipelines, and agent-based automation workflows, demonstrating ownership from architecture to delivery. His communication is clear and structured, with a product-focused mindset and proven ability to clarify requirements and collaborate with stakeholders.
21 years of commercial experience
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Vice President of Engineering
An AWS-hosted B2B product portfolio used by thousands of enterprise users.
- Built a Go/AWS serverless crawler to index product knowledge from Jira, Confluence, GitHub, and Google Docs for RAG.
- Developed an AI copilot for enterprise intranet software using Java, Spring Boot, and AWS serverless.
- Modernized Java applications, including migration of Spring and Spring Security from version 3 to 5.
- Migrated Kubernetes-based hosting and fleet management for intranet software to Amazon ECS.
- Implemented and migrated CI/CD pipelines to GitHub Actions workflows.
- Built an AI assistant for a DNN CMS using C#/.NET, AWS serverless, and Bedrock.
- Implemented bug fixes and reliability improvements across Java-based software products.
- Built an AI-driven software maintenance system with Claude Code, including an orchestrator, sub-agents, and automated quality checks.
- Designed an MCP-based diagnostic harness combining source code, monitoring, logs, and application data for defect investigation.
- Investigated production outages and critical incidents using root-cause analysis and drove remediation and regression prevention.
- Performed architecture, design, and code reviews and owned delivery on time and at the required quality level.
- Re-established thousands of unit and end-to-end tests and introduced verified development, build, test, release, and deployment documentation.
Research Assistant / Senior Software Engineer
A transactional cloud filesystem developed in collaboration with a UC Berkeley researcher.
- Collaborated with a UC Berkeley researcher on a transactional cloud filesystem using Go, C, and AWS.
- Performed high-concurrency load testing, identified race conditions and reliability issues, and contributed fixes to the kernel/userspace interface.
- Focused on uncovering and resolving complex issues that emerged under real-world concurrency conditions.
Senior Software Engineer
A Mercedes-Benz online store featuring to-order and used cars.
- Developed back-end services and APIs for the company's digital products using Go, OpenAPI, and MongoDB.
- Focused on scalable back-end architecture and reliable software delivery.
Software Consultant & Project Manager
Web apps for different customers.
- Built web applications and combined technical delivery with project and product management.
- Supported clients in translating business requirements into software solutions.
Product Manager
Europe’s largest telecommunications provider, operating fixed-line, mobile, broadband, TV, and ICT services in 50+ countries.
- Created product concepts and technical requirements for web and IPTV products.
- Coordinated external engineering teams and delivery of web-based product initiatives.
- Translated business opportunities and product ideas into actionable development projects.
- Conducted market research, competitive analysis, and requirements engineering to guide development efforts.