Florian Schaeffler
@florianschaeffler
Senior Software Engineer and Cloud Architect focused on scalable, secure AWS-backed systems.
GermanyWhat I'm looking for
I am a Senior Software Engineer and Cloud Architect with 14 years of hands-on experience designing and delivering highly scalable, secure back-ends and leading migrations from on-premise/hosted environments to AWS.
I have driven architecture and technical strategy across startups and enterprises, built SaaS products, and overseen engineering teams while remaining hands-on in Node.js and TypeScript development, DevOps, and cloud infrastructure.
My track record includes systems handling up to 100,000 requests per second, multiple AWS certifications, and a dedication to quality, security, and knowledge sharing to raise team output.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
LGSenior Software Engineer
Largun Software GmbH
Jan 2022 - Present (3 years 8 months)
Design and implement highly scalable, secure Node.js/TypeScript backends and lead AWS-based architecture decisions to maximize business value and reliability.
Private Lecturer
Technical University Nuremberg
Sep 2016 - Present (9 years)
Teach scalable cloud web-application engineering (M.Eng.), developing coursework and delivering lectures on cloud architectures and best practices.
Senior Software Engineer
Schäffler Florian - IT-Services
Jun 2012 - May 2022 (9 years 11 months)
Designed, migrated and administered highly scalable AWS systems for adtech, finance, healthcare and insurance clients, achieving production-grade reliability and performance.
CTO AWS
Hi-Key Resources Pty. Limited
Nov 2015 - Oct 2019 (3 years 11 months)
Defined technical strategy and architecture for six SaaS products across multiple countries, led remote engineering teams and drove improvements in quality and processes.
Scrum Master & DevOps Lead
The Mobility House GmbH
Apr 2014 - Oct 2015 (1 year 6 months)
Led a remote Scrum team and migrated company IT infrastructure from on-premise to AWS within six months while implementing monitoring and operations processes.
Software Engineer
metalogic Software AG
Jun 2010 - Mar 2014 (3 years 9 months)
Developed desktop and enterprise software using C#, .NET, WPF and SQL, contributing to product features and maintenance.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Technical University of Nuremberg
Master of Engineering, Software Engineering
2011 - 2015
Activities and societies: Private lecturer for Scalable Web-Applications in the Cloud (M.Eng.)
Completed a Master of Engineering in Software Engineering with a focus on scalable web applications in the cloud.
Hochschule Furtwangen University
Bachelor of Science, Computer Networking
2006 - 2010
Completed a Bachelor of Science in Computer Networking.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
Postman
Sidekiq
BrowserStack
Power BI Embedded
GitHub
GitLab
Bitbucket
ESLint
Prettier
SonarQube
Docker Compose
Jenkins
Travis CI
DBeaver
Knex.js
MySQL
MongoDB
MariaDB
Mailchimp
Node.js
.NET
Yarn
Puppeteer
Kraken.io
Redis
Aerospike
Jira
YouTrack
Babel
Mocha
Chai
SinonJS
Vue.js
jQuery
Moment.js
Webpack
JavaScript
ES6
JSON
Bitly
AWS Elastic Load Balancing ...
AWS CloudTrail
Kafka
ExpressJS
Claudia
fastlane
Sequelize
Linux
LastPass
Remote Team
Server Density
Capistrano
AWS Lambda
Serverless
Azure SQL Database
Jekyll
Auth0
Wistia
NGINX
Zapier
GTmetrix
Balsamiq
AWS Elastic Beanstalk
Codeship
SQL
npm
TestFlight
AWS KMS
Xray
Availability
Location
GermanyAuthorized to work in
Website
largun.comJob categories
Skills
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