Overview
Technical skills
Timeline
Roles

Overview

Platform engineer with 9 years of software engineering experience in SaaS and fintech. Builds developer platforms and cloud-native infrastructure on AWS and Kubernetes, with strong focus on CI/CD automation and production observability. Experienced in reliability engineering practices including SLOs, incident response, and runbook-based operations support.

Technical skills

Go
Python• Senior • 9y+
Bash• 9y+
Databases
PostgreSQL
ElasticSearch• 6y+
OpenSearch• 3y+
AI/ML
Claude
Claude Code
Copilot
LLM
DevOps
containerd
Git
Amazon EC2• 9y+
CI/CD• 9y+
Docker• 9y+
Grafana• 9y+
Jenkins• 9y+
Prometheus• 9y+
AWS• 6y+
GitLab CI• 6y+
Helm• 6y+
Kubernetes• 6y+
Terraform• 6y+
Amazon EKS• 3y+
GitHub Actions• 3y+
OpenTelemetry• 3y+
SLI/SLO/SLA• 3y+
VictoriaMetrics• 3y+

Timeline

Senior Platform Engineer Senior
dimensional GmbH Full-Time
Mar 2023 to Sep 2025 2 Years 6 Months Cologne In office
Designed and operated AWS and Kubernetes platform foundations for SaaS workloads using Terraform and Helm to enable reproducible infrastructure delivery across many production services. Built an internal developer platform with Backstage and automated service templates and self-service deployment workflows across multiple repositories. Standardized Kubernetes workload patterns and implemented observability using VictoriaMetrics, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, and OpenSearch with reusable investigation views. Automated CI/CD components and platform task workflows using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and Python while improving reliability via SLO dashboards, capacity analysis, alerting, and incident troubleshooting.
Python
Terraform
Helm
OpenTelemetry
GitHub Actions
Amazon EKS
Prometheus
VictoriaMetrics
CI/CD
Jenkins
Kubernetes
AWS
Grafana
OpenSearch
SLI/SLO/SLA
Platform Engineer Middle
Thorgate Full-Time
Feb 2020 to Mar 2023 3 Years 1 Month Tallinn In office
Built AWS and Kubernetes infrastructure for fintech environments, provisioning networking, IAM, secrets, compute, and persistence patterns using Terraform and Helm. Created automated delivery workflows with GitLab CI and Jenkins, using Docker for testing, image publishing, migrations, and deployment validation. Implemented monitoring with Prometheus and Grafana and centralized logs via Elasticsearch to support troubleshooting of payment and platform services. Used Python and Terraform to automate recurring operational workflows and supported incident response using Linux and observability diagnostics.
Python
Terraformsince 2020
Helmsince 2020
Amazon EC2
Docker
Kubernetessince 2020
ElasticSearch
Jenkins
GitLab CI
Prometheus
Grafana
AWSsince 2020
Software Developer Middle
Mooncascade Full-Time
Sep 2017 to Feb 2020 2 Years 5 Months Tallinn In office
Developed backend and operational tooling using Python and PostgreSQL while supporting shared Linux application environments. Containerized services with Docker and maintained Jenkins-based CI/CD workflows across multiple repositories for automated builds, tests, and deployment checks. Built AWS-hosted environments on EC2 and RDS and added monitoring with Prometheus and Grafana for application availability and performance. Performed production issue investigations using Linux and database diagnostics and created Python/Bash automation for deployment preparation, environment validation, and log processing.
Pythonsince 2017
Bash
Amazon EC2since 2017
Dockersince 2017
Jenkinssince 2017
Prometheussince 2017
Grafanasince 2017
CI/CDsince 2017