About

Hey and welcome 👋 I’m Ferdinand, 28 years old, based in Karlsruhe, Germany and am passionate about anything related to software and information technology. I love to write efficient and optimized code to automate task and solve real-world problems and I’m a big fan of open-source.

I got into tech back when starting my studies on information engineering and management at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in 2012 and sought to improve my skills and knowledge ever since. I used to work in full-stack web dev as a student employee and intern at various companies, including Inovex, ArtiMinds and the Volkswagen Group of America Electronic Research Lab (ERL). All of them were a great experience for me and helped me grow a lot. Over time, I went from basic web development into full-stack dev, DevOps, data engineering and software architecture.

In 2020, I finished my Master’s with a thesis on the subjects of Cooperative Perception and Cellular Vehicle-2-X Communication for Autonomous Driving at ITIV. After that, I first worked at Frachtwerk as a software engineer and project lead, and later at an upcoming ClimateTech startup, Orbio Earth, as a software architect, data engineer and dev team lead.

Just recently, in Feb 2023, I started my PhD on the topics of autonomous driving at the chair of Prof. Zöllner on Applied Technical-Cognitive Systems, Institute of Applied Informatics and Formal Description Methods.

I continusouly seek to improve, acquire new skills and get into new topics. I think people should never stop learning!

My topics

Full-Stack Web, Software Architecture, Data Engineering, Systems Administration, Cloud Automation

My Languages

Go (★★★★), Java (★★★), Python (★★★), JavaScript / TypeScript (★★★)


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