Hello
I'm Heiko Rothe
Cloud & Software Engineer
- E-mail me@heikorothe.com
- Phone +49 176 46526893
Hey there! I'm Heiko Rothe, an engineer specializing in cloud infrastructure and web backend development. Well-versed in numerous cloud-native technologies, such as Kubernetes, Serverless and Terraform. Knowledgable in many programming languages, including Java, TypeScript and Golang. Fable for creating solid cloud platforms and DevOps tooling to build on. Proven track record in creating and managing modern applications as well as servers. Eager to be challenged in order to grow and improve my skills.
Professional Skills
Work Experience
2022 - now
Delivery Hero
Staff Systems Engineer
Managed 50+ large-scale, globally distributed Kubernetes clusters in AWS. Built Infrastructure-as-Code serving various teams using Terraform and Terragrunt. Improved observability into infrastructure tooling. Planned modernization and unification efforts of infrastructure. Contributed to multiple Golang services.
2020 - 2022
idealo
Sr. Cloud & Software Engineer
Pivotal role in cloud migration project, building a foundation for an enterprise with hundreds of AWS accounts. Advocated for a secure cloud environment with only short living credentials and defense-in-depth as well as zero trust approaches. Created fully automated, self-service AWS account vending machine. Worked Infrastructure-as-Code first in highly complex environments. Led development for a new, state-of-the-art container platform based on Kubernetes, rolled out automatically into many AWS accounts. Worked on existing and new Spring services written in Java and Kotlin.
2016 - 2020
Flightright
Backend Developer
Developed multiple new Spring Boot microservices and improved existing ones. Introduced new tools to improve the development lifecycle. Built up infrastructure as code across multiple AWS accounts. Led efforts to introduce Kubernetes as well as other projects. Driving force during the change to agile processes.
2014 - 2017
Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg
Integrated Degree Program
Training in a wide range of business and management topics with a focus on maintaining and conceptual development of software and management systems. Implementation of multiple small to medium sized Windows and web applications.
2011 - 2014
Pewdie Productions
Online Community Manager
Responsible for creation of multiple websites with help of existing frameworks. Management of said websites and their content, as well as the servers running the sites and connected services. Supervision of the moderation team. Organized multiple events.
Education
2017 - 2019
Master of Science in Media Informatics
Beuth University of Applied Sciences
2014 - 2017
Bachelor of Science in Business Informatics
Berlin School of Economics and Law
2006 - 2014
Abitur
Barnim-Oberschule
My Interests
In my free time I like to tinker around with little projects all around the tech space. Recently I have been very interested in home automation and 3D printing. I use my projects to learn, for example by running Kubernetes at home. Sometimes I also contribute to open source projects.
- Travelling
- Tinkering with Tech
- Binging TV Shows
- Cooking
- Enjoying nature
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