Platform engineer & M.Sc. CS student at Universität des Saarlandes. Working student on the platform team at ZopaAI, Saarbrücken — Kubernetes, cloud infra, backend. Homelab enthusiast, embedded tinkerer, and Head of IT at Campus Innovation Group.
I build and maintain the connective tissue between code and production — the pipelines, the clusters, the knobs engineers forget exist until they break. Most of my time goes into Kubernetes, cloud infrastructure, and the small developer-facing tools that make a platform feel cohesive.
I grew up in the Saarland, started university early while still in school through the Frühstudium programme at the Environmental Campus Birkenfeld (additive manufacturing), and stuck around in the region for a B.Sc. in Data Science & AI and now an M.Sc. in Computer Science.
Outside of work I run a modest homelab on Proxmox, build things with ESP32s and Arduinos, and help run the IT side of Campus Innovation Group e.V. — a non-profit student consultancy bridging Saarland University and local companies.
| pid | state | tstart | command · role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2408 | RUNNING | 2024-08 → now | zopaai/platform-eng — ZopaAI · Saarbrücken Platform engineering across cloud infra, Kubernetes and DevOps. Backend & tooling supporting AI platform operations. |
| 2011 | EXITED·0 | 2020-11 → 2024-07 | softwareag/setup-provisioning — Software AG · Saarbrücken Nearly four years alongside studies, contributing to enterprise infrastructure setup and provisioning pipelines. |
| 2007 | EXITED·0 | 2020-07 → 2020-10 | softwareag/intern — Software AG · Saarbrücken Software development and hands-on time with enterprise infrastructure & provisioning tooling. |
| 2402 | VOLUNTEER | 2024-02 → now | cig.e.V/head-of-it — Campus Innovation Group e.V. Leading IT & internal tooling for a non-profit student consultancy connecting students with companies. |
| M.Sc | ENROLLED | 2024 → present | Computer Science — Universität des Saarlandes |
| B.Sc | COMPLETED | 2020 → 2024 | Data Science & Artificial Intelligence — Universität des Saarlandes |
| Frü | COMPLETED | 2018 → 2020 | Frühstudium · Additive Manufacturing — Environmental Campus Birkenfeld Early-study programme while still at Gymnasium. Final grade 1.0. |
| Abi | COMPLETED | 2020 | Abitur — Johannes-Kepler-Gymnasium Lebach LK Mathematik & Englisch · MINT-Zweig. |
╔═══════════════════════════════╗ ║ node-01 · proxmox VE ║ ╠═══════════════════════════════╣ ║ cpu ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓░░░░░░░░░ 31 % ║ ║ mem ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓░░░░░░ 58 % ║ ║ net ▓▓▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░ 12 Mb ║ ╠═══════════════════════════════╣ ║ ● lxc/nginx up 42d ║ ║ ● lxc/grafana up 42d ║ ║ ● vm/k8s-control up 9d ║ ║ ● vm/k8s-worker-1 up 9d ║ ║ ● vm/k8s-worker-2 up 9d ║ ║ ● vm/home-assist up 118d ║ ╚═══════════════════════════════╝
I like infrastructure I can touch. The homelab is where I test ideas before I take them to work — small k3s/talos clusters, ESP32 sensors feeding Grafana, a Home Assistant that occasionally turns the wrong light on.