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Simon WirtzSW

Simon Wirtz

Freelance Backend Engineer, Kotlin/Java Expert

€850/day
San Francisco, US
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Simon

I am a freelance Software Engineer focused on backend development of scalable and distributed systems. I’m an expert for Kotlin and Java, containerization and product development.

I currently focus on Kubernetes, Serverless and I am excited about cloud-native software in general.
I've been working in Software for 10+ years and gathered experiences in different industries including travel, legal tech, online advertising, health and process automation. I'm also appearing in mentoring roles on various platforms and enjoy spreading my knowledge through different channels. I'm, among other things, an occasional international speaker, blogger, and contributor on StackOverflow. 👨🏼‍💻
  • German

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Fluent

Remote only
Primarily works remotely

Experience

  • Simon Wirtz
    Independent Software Engineer and Consultant - Kotlin and Java Expert
    DIGITAL AND IT
    April 2018 - Today (8 years and 2 months)
    Cologne, Germany
    I provide services around backend software development, content development, hiring scale, and general consulting. I have been working in the space for 10+ years and love learning new technologies. I'm an expert in Kotlin and Java, containerization, and product development.
  • Karat
    Senior Interview Engineer, Mentor, Content Creator
    April 2018 - Today (8 years and 2 months)
    Seattle, WA, USA
    Karat has conducted tens of thousands of technical interviews on behalf of enterprises and high-growth companies. Engineering and talent leaders who are searching for technical interview services or technical interview outsourcing partner with Karat to increase their technical interview capacity, while improving consistency, and new hire quality. After having conducted many interviews myself, I'm now mostly involved in helping to grow the community of Interview Engineers by mentoring new folks to get started on the platform. I also help test and develop new question sets that are used in Karat's various interview formats. I developed the company's first Knowledge Question set for the Kotlin programming language.
  • BRYTER
    Senior Software Engineer
    August 2019 - August 2022 (3 years)
    Berlin, Germany
    BRYTER is an enterprise no-code platform to automate decision-making knowledge. I worked with BRYTER as a Software Engineer to make their cloud-based SaaS product a success. Mainly, I was involved in enabling customers to integrate and connect their existing systems and tools with BRYTER by developing and publishing an integrations platform, thereby accelerating product adoption in general. I was involved in hiring efforts and took on leadership activities to help the company scale.

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Education

  • Bachelor's degree, Scientific Programming
    Aachen University of Applied Sciences - FH Aachen
    2014
    Bachelor's degree, Scientific Programming

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