Ursula R.

Sabbatical with training

Berlin, Germany

Experience

Jul 2025 - Present
2 months

Sabbatical with training

Aug 2023 - Jun 2024
11 months

Tech Lead / Technical Architect

DB InfraGO

  • Completion of the integrated standard control station for track dispatching and go-live
  • Migration from on-premises to AWS cloud, including migrating virtual machines to containers and using AWS services
  • Provision of a web portal, a rich client and various web services
  • Preparation for go-live by implementing metrics, dashboards and logging adjustments
  • Improved security, encryption, securing REST endpoints
  • Availability / stability: decoupling services using queues, multi-AZ deployment, testing backup and restore and disaster recovery, performance tests
  • Tech stack: Java 17/21, Spring Boot, Docker, AWS, GitLab, REST, JavaFX, Kibana, Icinga, Micrometer, OpenAPI, JPA, Oracle, JMS, single sign-on with OAuth2 and OpenID, Jira, Confluence, IntelliJ
Feb 2022 - Jul 2023
1 year 6 months

Senior Backend Developer

DB-Netz

  • Development of the integrated standard control station for track dispatching
  • Tech stack: Java 17, Spring Boot, REST, JavaFX, OpenAPI, JPA, Oracle, JMS, single sign-on with OAuth2 and OpenID, GitLab, Jira, Confluence, IntelliJ, Docker (for developer testing)
  • Implementation, design, architecture, alignment of requirements with the business unit
  • Worked on process improvements in the context of Scrum and SAFe
May 2021 - Dec 2021
8 months
Berlin, Germany

Director Software Development

4flow AG

  • Lead developer and architect in a greenfield project: developing a new product (including transport schedules in SAP material procurement planning)
  • Tech stack: AWS, serverless, Java 11, JavaScript, Python, REST, GitLab, Jenkins, OAuth2, SAP, NoSQL, JSON
  • Supported the product owner in creating user stories
  • Contributed to the agile transformation
May 2020 - Apr 2021
1 year
Berlin, Germany

Director Product Management

4flow AG

  • Product manager and product architect for two products for strategic and tactical transport planning
  • Created business plan for a new product
  • Planned the product lifecycle for a legacy product
  • Managed the development of a prototype (MVP) for the new network visualization product (Spring Boot, JPA, OpenStreetMap, Docker, BDD, Swagger, WildFly)
  • Worked closely with UX experts on user interviews and tests
  • Contributed to the agile transformation and the 'New Work' project
Jul 2017 - May 2020
2 years 11 months
Budapest, Hungary

Lead Software Development Budapest

4flow management Kft.

  • Built a new development team in Budapest and represented it in Berlin
  • Mentoring, onboarding, building the team
  • Set up two Scrum teams, organized agile trainings and coaching, ran Scrum ceremonies until a dedicated Scrum Master was found (Summer 2019)
  • Migrated features from a Java Swing application to a web application (EJB)
  • Modularized and refactored, moved parts of the software to microservices
  • Documented technical requirements and turned them into Jira tickets
  • Technologies: EJB, CDI, JBoss / Wildfly, JPA, Docker, Spring Boot, SQL, single sign-on, Keycloak
  • Interim Product Owner
Aug 2003 - Jun 2017
13 years 11 months
Berlin, Germany

Developer / Senior Developer, Scrum-Master

4flow AG

Java backend development of a logistics planning software (client/server, later transforming parts to the web)

  • Java Swing, RMI, JDBC, Subversion, later EJB, Hibernate, Smart GWT, JavaScript, Git
  • Developed new features, modularization and refactoring
  • Technical project lead on client projects, requirements management, software design
  • Collaborated with QA team to improve processes across the software development process
  • Team leadership
  • Introduced Jira and Confluence (including migration from Bugzilla and MediaWiki)
  • Led the support team, set up a ticket system (OTRS), process improvements and documentation in the context of an ASPICE certification
  • Introduced Scrum to my team in 2016 and in the company
  • Conducted Scrum trainings
  • Ran Scrum ceremonies
  • Discussions with management about an agile transformation
Aug 2002 - Jul 2003
1 year
Berlin, Germany

Research Associate

FU Berlin

  • Introduced an e-learning system (Moodle) for teaching
  • Taught Java courses
Nov 2001 - May 2002
7 months
Berlin, Germany

Developer

4flow AG

Developed the first version (MVP) of a logistics planning software (Java, Swing, RMI, JDBC)

Jan 2000 - May 2001
1 year 5 months
Berlin, Germany

Research Associate

TU Berlin

Worked on the research project Genetic Programming for modeling and control of dynamic systems (GEPROG) using MATLAB and Simulink

Feb 1999 - Mar 2000
1 year 2 months

Java Developer (freelancer)

Development of a gallery / image management system (Java, Swing, JDBC, Adabas-D)

Sep 1998 - Feb 2000
1 year 6 months
Berlin, Germany

Lecturer

TFH Berlin

Teaching programming courses

Mar 1993 - Sep 1997
4 years 7 months
Nuremberg, Germany

Programmer

Ingenieurbüro Neugebauer

Development of production planning software for corrugated cardboard producers (parental leave from March 1995)

Summary

Experienced backend developer / architect and agile coach, strong in conceptual design, requirements definition and Scrum. Fast learner with interest in continuous improvement

  • Agile mindset, constant drive for process improvements, empathetic, experience in team development and organizational development
  • Many years of experience developing with Java, JavaEE and relational databases
  • Analytical thinking, seeing the big picture and good communication with stakeholders
  • High quality standards, experience with TDD, pair programming and review processes (code and software design)

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced
French
Intermediate

Education

Oct 1985 - Mar 1993
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Diploma in business mathematics, discrete optimization, systems analysis, marketing · Business mathematics

Certifications & licenses

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

AWS Training and Certification

PSM I

Scrum.org

PSPO I

Scrum.org

CSM

Scrum Alliance

Train the Trainer

IHK Berlin

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