Philipp Freick

Experience

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  Deutsche Telekom

  Aug 2005 - Jun 2008

  System Integration Engineer
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  EXa - online GmbH

  Oct 2013 - Jan 2019

  - Developed an iOS and Android app for a Champions League soccer club.- Acting as product manager and agile coach in a team of 8 software developers.- Functioned as an interface between client and development team.- Delivered a releasable product in just 11 weeks through effective prioritization.- Streamlined development process and increased developer satisfaction by 35%. - Development of a completely new headless content management system (CMS) for one of the largest beverage manufacturers in the world.- Use of the system by more than 800 editors to manage over 2 million articles, images and videos.- Designed and developed over ten microservices as part of a six-person cross-functional team, all written using the Play Framework in Scala.

  • Product Manager / Agile Coach

    Oct 2018 - Jan 2019

  • Software Engineer / Agile Coach

    Oct 2013 - Sept 2018
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  EXa - online GmbH

  Oct 2019 - Jul 2020

  Product Manager / Software Engineer

  - Maintenance and support of various app and web projects.- Prototyping of a mobile chat application for soccer fans.- Implementation of a portal to support the local neighborhood during the Corona pandemic.- Performed requirements analysis and expectations management for various clients.

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  Jambit GmbH

  Sept 2020 - Jan 2021

  DevOps Engineer

  - Takeover and further development of the IT infrastructure of a German premium car manufacturer from an external software service provider.- Ensuring operational readiness, including on-call duty.- Further development of the internal developer platform and support of the software development teams.- Participation in the software project with a seven-digit customer base and approximately ten participating developer teams.

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  XPOLI GmbH

  Jan 2021 - now

  Co-Founder

  - Co-founder of deep tech company XPOLI, which specializes in Big Data analytics in brick-and-mortar retail.- Significant influence on the design of IoT, cloud and IT infrastructure.- Developing various Python applications and ensuring their continuous operational readiness.- Constantly seeking and implementing new, more efficient technologies to improve development processes, such as Kubernetes, Infrastructure-as-Code, GitOps, and the Zero Trust model.- Develop recruiting process and conduct technical interviews with applicants to attract best talent.- Function as an interface between developers and the business team. Show less

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  Gridfuse

  Dec 2023 - now

  Senior DevOps Engineer