Aware
Lead Backend Developer
May 2023 — May 2025
Berlin, Germany
- Owned backend engineering for core domains (main platform, notifications, medical knowledge base, results processing).
- Shipped a configurable membership platform so pricing & packages could change without code deployments.
- Scaled the backend team from 2 → 5 engineers through hiring, mentorship, and documentation-driven onboarding.
- Baked compliance (GDPR, German healthcare) and test coverage into release gates while partnering with Product on delivery trade-offs.
Node.js · TypeScript · Express · PostgreSQL · Microservices