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Technical Platform & Architecture Perspective

Focus: Technical Leadership (permanent)

Martin Schneider – Technical Platform & Architecture Perspective
  • Technical leadership: architecture decisions, team coordination and engineering standards
  • Platform engineering: operability, reliability, developer experience
  • Performance optimisation: Core Web Vitals, rendering, caching
  • AWS & cloud-native: CDK, Lambda/ECS, multi-region · TypeScript/Node, React/Next

Why technical leadership?

Ownership, performance & mentoring

Ownership
End-to-end responsibility
Operability, runbooks, monitoring & alerting
Performance
Core Web Vitals improved (OTTO)
Rendering, caching, measurable optimisations
Mentoring
Team built & developed
Onboarding, coaching, reviews

What I take on in the team

What you can use me for in the team

System / architecture assessment & implementation

Analysis of existing systems and implementation of architecture decisions for new features or refactorings

Interface integrations (REST, GraphQL, Webhooks, Websockets)

Development and integration of REST/GraphQL APIs, webhooks and event-driven architectures

CI/CD & release engineering

Ownership of CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code with AWS CDK and GitHub Actions

Observability (monitoring, alerting, logging)

Implementation of monitoring, logging and alerting with CloudWatch, Datadog or similar tools

Testing, UAT, go-live & hypercare

Test automation, UAT coordination and support during go-live and hypercare phases

Documentation & knowledge sharing

Documentation, runbooks and enablement for sustainable operations in the team

Tech stack & methods

Technologies and tools I work with

TypeScriptNode.jsReactNext.jsVueNuxtPostgreSQLDockerAWSLambdaECSCDKCI/CDRESTGraphQLWebhooksWebsocketsScrumJiraConfluenceTestingUATObservability

References from the collaboration

From collaboration in delivery and platform ownership

Jaran Mellerud - Chief Executive Officer Albacore Technologies - Hashlabs

Martin played an important role at the interface between management, engineering, operations, and external stakeholders. He helped us bring structure to complex platform and operations topics, supported the development of our engineering team, and created clear decision-making materials around priorities, risks, resources, and implementation options. What stood out was his ability to translate technical platform challenges into management-relevant decisions while keeping business goals and operational stability in focus. Martin was a reliable, structured, and trusted partner throughout our collaboration.

Jaran Mellerud
Chief Executive Officer
Albacore Technologies - Hashlabs
Peter Butschan - Senior Produktmanager OTTO (GmbH & Co KG)

Ich habe mit Martin 1,5 Jahre in einem agilen cross-funktionalen Team bei OTTO zusammengearbeitet. Wir verantworten einen sehr wichtigen Teil des live-Shops und arbeiten mit einer Vielzahl live-kritischer Teams direkt zusammen. Martin war bei uns in einer Rolle mit technischer Verantwortung und Delivery-Fokus eingesetzt. Die Zusammenarbeit mit ihm empfand ich als sehr wertvoll. Er lieferte inhaltlich ab, war ein toller Sparringspartner, half an jeder Stelle, konzipierte Lösungen, setzte sie um, fixte Bugs und war immer einer der ersten, der sich meldete, wenn ein Freiwilliger gesucht wurde. Martin war ein großer Fan unseres Teams, wobei sich sein Enthusiasmus von Beginn bis zum Ende des Einsatzes durchzog. Er war immer gut erreichbar und ansprechbar. Kulturell schaffte er in schwierigen Zeiten durch seine angenehm ruhige Art eine wichtige Balance im Team. Mit großer Motivation stürzte er sich in längere Umbauten und zog diese bis zum Ende durch. Dabei konnte er z.B. sein SEO-Know-How einbringen und sprach sich ohne Betreuung mit Kollegen aus anderen Teams ab. Es war eine super Zeit, gerne wieder!

Peter Butschan
Senior Produktmanager
OTTO (GmbH & Co KG)

Core competencies

Focused expertise for your team

Web platforms & APIs
Scalable platforms, backend services and REST/GraphQL APIs — from feature development to integration.
Cloud/AWS, IaC & CI/CD
Infrastructure as code, automated deployments, multi-region setups and observability.
Performance & reliability
Performance optimisation (Core Web Vitals), caching strategies, stability and operations.

Interested in a permanent role?

Happy to introduce myself and discuss how I can support your team.