Head of Development

May 2015 - March 2016

11 months

full-time

Project

Hamburg

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Overview

As Head of Development at SEOlytics, I led the transformation to microservices architecture and took professional and disciplinary leadership for internal/external software developers. Servant leadership and strategic IT alignment for scalable product development.

Transformation of an existing software system to microservice architecture, team building and restructuring, and resource planning and employee development. Lean development, pair programming, code review, and cloud computing for modern software architecture.

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Activities

Team Leadership: Professional and disciplinary leadership of internal/external software developers
Architecture Transformation: Microservices architecture, system restructuring, scalable software architecture
Product Development: Technical responsibility for product development, maintenance, and enhancement
Team Building: Team restructuring, job postings, interviews, employee development
Strategic IT: Resource planning, strategic IT alignment, internal software and tool development
Quality Assurance: Timeline and quality standards, lean development, code review

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Methodology

Servant Leadership: Team Empowerment, Shared Ownership, Collaborative Decision Making
Agile Development: SCRUM, Lean Development, Iterative Improvement
Technical Excellence: Pair Programming, Code Review, Refactoring, Quality Standards
Cloud Computing: Scalable Architecture, Modern Infrastructure, DevOps Practices