Berlin, Germany

I build software that doesn't break.

CarleonTech is how I ship. A Berlin-based software engineer with 17+ years of hands-on experience building resilient systems — from fintech infrastructure to greenfield platforms.

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handle : @carleontech
role : Lead Software Engineer
location : Berlin, DE
exp : 17+ years
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Where I've worked

Klarna ADP Tillhub Zaffari Interact
Expertise

What I do well.

01

Architecture & Development

Scalable backends, APIs, and microservices engineered for high throughput and zero downtime. Greenfield or legacy — I deliver.

02

AI & LLM Integration

Custom AI tools, vector databases, and intelligent automation that transform data into competitive advantage.

03

Cloud & DevOps

AWS architecture, CI/CD pipelines, database optimization, and infrastructure that runs itself — reliably.

04

Leadership & Consulting

Engineering strategy, team building, hiring processes, and best practices to ship better software, faster.

0+ Years of Experience
0+ Systems Migrated
0% Downtime Target
How I Work

From problem to production.

01

Discover

I dive deep into the domain, understand the constraints, and define what success looks like.

02

Architect

I design the right solution — choosing technologies and patterns that fit, not the other way around.

03

Build

Clean, tested, production-grade code. Iterative delivery so you see progress from week one.

04

Operate

I don't just ship and leave. Monitoring, optimization, and support to keep things running.

Selected Work

Things I've shipped.

Global Fintech

Automated merchant migration at scale

Led the development of an automated migration solution, transitioning 300,000+ merchants from legacy systems — eliminating manual work and saving an estimated 150,000 hours.

JavaAWSMigration
300K+ merchants
150K hours saved
Enterprise Authorization

Zero-downtime auth service at 5K TPS

Designed and built an authorization service based on the Zanzibar Paper, achieving 5,000 transactions per second with zero downtime in production.

ZanzibarMicroservicesHigh Throughput
5K TPS
0% downtime
POS Startup

Built an entire platform from zero

First engineering hire. Architected the full Point of Sale system — from tech stack selection and data modeling to deployment pipelines and production launch.

Full StackNode.jsGreenfield
0→1 platform
Full ownership
About

Engineering with intent.

I'm a Berlin-based software engineer with deep roots in fintech, e-commerce, and enterprise systems. With over 17 years of hands-on experience building production-grade software, I bring large-scale engineering expertise — without the overhead.

I've delivered solutions for companies ranging from early-stage startups to global enterprises serving millions of users. My approach is simple: understand the problem, design the right architecture, build it well, and make sure it runs.

Location Berlin, DE
Current Role Lead Software Engineer
Experience 17+ years
Focus Fintech, SaaS, Enterprise
Philosophy Ship fast, ship right
Stack

Technologies I work with.

Java TypeScript Node.js Spring Boot React PostgreSQL Kafka AWS Docker CI/CD MongoDB LLM / AI
Contact

Let's build something.

Have a project in mind? Let's talk.

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