About me
Hi there - I’m Sebastian, I usually go by Basti. I’m a Tech Leader and Software Engineer based in the Munich Metropolitan area. Over the last 20+ years I’ve been building software - especially within highly regulated industries such as medical devices, healthcare and pharma.
I took on leadership in a billion dollar enterprise as well as startups and scale-ups with a proven track record of building and guiding high performing teams that align with business strategies. I am passionate about living the principles of servant leadership, helping individuals and teams to grow and setting them up for success.
While being a leader I’m still a hands-on engineer and I’m always looking for opportunities to build great products and services.
I’m passionate about building great products - as an engineer or in leadership roles.
Tech Stack
The stack I’m most comfortable and I was working with over the last 20+ years:
Expert-Level
Ruby, JavaScript, Git, SQL, Docker
Rails, React, Node.js
AWS S3, RDS, EC2, SQS, SNS, Lambda, Api Gateway, Route 53
Proficient
Golang, Elixir, GraphQL, Astro, Terraform, MongoDB, K8S, Keycloak, React Native
Worked with in a production context
C++, Swift, Objective-C, Tensorflow, Objective-C, Tensorflow, Java - JDK, J2EE, Groovy, PHP, Ember.js, Backbone.js / Marionette, Cordova
Projects and Engagements
DataGuard
I was leading two software engineering teams responsible for the main customer facing products of DataGuard covering pricacy and information security as a service.
My main focus areas have been improvements of agile processes within the teams, ensuring on-time delivery and establishing an environment of techincal innovation.
Florio
As Head of Technology with Florio I was responsible for the entire software life cycle as well as the infrastructure.
As line manager of all engineers in the organization and steering external contractors, on-time delivery in accordance to an ISO 13485 certified QMS was my main focus area.
Temedica
As Tech Lead and later on Engineering Manager I played a key role in scaling the product engineering organization out to four teams. In addition I was responsible for developing the delivery teams towards high performing and establish healthy agile processes in a highly regulated environment.
As line manager of 14 engineers I was overseesing on-time delivery and helped establishing an ISO 13485 certified QMS.
Arthrex
I was remotely leading a software engineering team operating in the United States. My team and I have been responsible to build, maintain, and operate a patient-reported-outcomes SaaS application for orthopedical surgeons.
As line manager of up to four engineers I was responsible for their personal development as well as on time delivery of new features for this platform and improving agile workflows.
Monks
Over the course of ten years I was building a softwar engineering department from scratch to a team of 7+ engineers. I was building a huge variety of products and applicatons for clients in the healthcare and pharmaceutical industry.