Volker Ahlers

Fullstack Developer

Mannheim, Germany

Experience

May 2023 - Dec 2025
1 year 8 months
Essen, Germany

Fullstack Developer

RWE

  • Created an Angular/C# prototype as a template to adapt new projects
  • Wiki documentation
  • Built a browser-based MS Power BI prototype dashboard for dynamic display and composition of Power BI visuals from various reports, including positioning, layout, and sizing
  • Basics in C#, .NET Core, Entity Framework, Angular 16, Responsive Web Design
  • Updated C# versions, Angular updates, migrated old C# versions to minimal hosting
  • Used PrimeNG and Angular Material
  • Analysis, effort estimation, planning, architecture, clean code, implementation, testing, documentation, user experience (UX) design
  • Azure DevOps and Docker
  • jQuery, PHP, MySQL, MSSQL, embedded Power BI in Angular with state handling using Signals
  • Video streaming in Angular
  • Embedded Power BI in React with state handling using Signals

Skills: C#, Angular 15/16, MS SQL Server, Entity Framework, PrimeNG, Angular Material, .NET Core, PHP 8, MySQL, Azure, SQL, React, Signals

Mar 2022 - Oct 2022
8 months
Ulm, Germany

Front-End Head and Software Architect

Mercedes Benz Tech Innovation

  • Developed a new internal automotive portal with Angular 13, RxJS, DevExtreme, unit testing, .NET Core, HTML, CSS, Bootstrap
  • Analysis, effort estimation, planning, architecture, clean code, implementation, testing, documentation, user experience (UX) design

Skills: Angular 13, DevExtreme, HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, RxJS, clean code, .NET Core, AngularJS

Tools used: Visual Studio 2019

Aug 2021 - Jul 2022
1 year

Frontend Head and PO

Gourmet-Portal GmbH

  • Relaunched the Restaurant Rankings portal
  • Supported the TYPO3 developer (HTML, CSS, JavaScript)
  • Restructured TYPO3 elements
  • Project Owner: synchronized and communicated with stakeholders (owners, designers, TYPO3 developer)

Skills: HTML, SCSS, jQuery, responsive web design, TYPO3 templates

Tools used: Zeplin, Visual Studio Code, Git

Aug 2021 - Nov 2021
4 months
Germany

App Frontend Developer Angular

Generali

  • Developed, extended, maintained, and debugged a financial services app
  • Technologies: Angular 12, TypeScript, JavaScript, JSON, HTML, SCSS, REST APIs, NgRx
  • Scrum: agile process, process optimization, defining user stories, prioritization, estimation, sprint planning
  • Testing with Spectator and Storybook
  • Created test scenarios and Storybook scenarios
  • Used Ionic Framework and GitHub

Skills: Angular 12, SCSS, HTML, Zeplin, Karma, Jasmine, Spectator, Storybook, Ionic, TypeScript, REST, NgRx

Tools used: IntelliJ, Zeplin, GitHub

Apr 2021 - Jul 2021
4 months
Hanover, Germany

Angular-DevExtreme and Frontend Expert

Hannover Rück

  • Developed, extended, maintained, and debugged a web application for sanctions control in insurance
  • Technologies: Angular 12, TypeScript, JavaScript, JSON, HTML, SCSS, REST APIs
  • Used Kanban and Git

Skills: DevExtreme, Scrum, Angular, responsive design, Git, HTML, CSS, Sass, TypeScript, Node.js, REST

Tools used: Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft Visual Studio Code, Git

Jan 2020 - Dec 2020
1 year
Hanover, Germany

Software Engineer, Frontend Developer, C# Developer, Agile Scrum Coach

Hannover Rück

  • Fullstack focus on frontend development with C#, .NET, Razor, and DevExtreme
  • Frontend: Angular 9, responsive design, jQuery, JavaScript, JSON, HTML, CSS, Less, TypeScript, Node.js
  • Introduced and coached Scrum and DevOps
  • Implemented a Selenium test system with C# and NUnit
  • Refined test cases and acceptance criteria, acceptance tests, regression tests, and integration tests
  • Debugging, performance measurement, version control with Git and TFS
  • Documentation and test data creation via Azure Wiki

Skills: DevExtreme, Scrum, Angular, Razor, Selenium test system, C#, .NET, Azure DevOps, NUnit, Node.js, HTML, CSS, Less, TypeScript, Scrum Master

Tools used: Microsoft Visual Studio

Sep 2019 - Dec 2020
4 months
Zürich, Switzerland

Developer

Nevartos AG

  • Further developed a redesign of an online gallery
  • Implemented with .NET and Bootstrap 4
  • Used and adapted cropper.js

Skills: HTML5, CSS, .NET, C#, Sass, image rendering, responsive web design, Bootstrap 4, cropper.js, Git, IntelliJ

Tools used: Microsoft Visual Studio, IntelliJ

Aug 2019 - Aug 2019
1 month
Heidelberg, Germany

UX Consultant

German Cancer Research Center Heidelberg

  • UX design, UX architecture, analysis, and consulting
  • Mediated between different viewpoints on requirements
  • Created a mockup for user-friendly operation of a scientific database query interface (patient and diagnosis data for doctors)

Skills: UX design, UX mockups, UX architecture

Tools used: Balsamiq

Jan 2019 - Apr 2019
4 months
Bremen, Germany

Frontend Developer

hmmh multimediahaus AG

  • Frontend development for various projects
  • Technologies: HTML, CSS, Less, ECMAScript 6, vanilla JavaScript
  • Kanban, Scrum, requirement engineering, specification creation, estimation, client support
  • Used Hybris and JSP

Skills: HTML, CSS, Less, ECMAScript 6, vanilla JS, Kanban, Scrum, requirement engineering, specification creation, client support, Hybris, JSP

Tools used: JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA

Mar 2017 - Oct 2018
1 year 8 months
Magdeburg, Germany

Frontend on .NET, C#

Regiocom

  • Built a registration and management tool for a German authority
  • Web frontends with C# .NET and frontend logic with jQuery, JavaScript tests with Jasmine
  • Used Kendo and Scrum
  • Version control with Git/SVN

Skills: HTML, CSS, jQuery, C#, .NET, Jasmine (testing), Kendo, Scrum, .NET view models, Jira

Tools used: Microsoft Visual Studio, WebStorm

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced
Spanish
Intermediate

Education

Oct 2004 - Jun 2007

Heidelberg University of Applied Sciences

Diploma in Computer Science (FH), Faculty Award · Computer Science, focus on Media Informatics · Heidelberg, Germany

Certifications & licenses

Certified Scrum Master

Exin DevOps Professional Certificate

Professional Scrum Master I