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Niklas Heer

About Me

Engineering Manager · Platform Engineering · Tradebyte

Hi, I am Niklas. 👋

I'm an Engineering Manager at Tradebyte (Zalando Group), leading a team of 10 building our Internal Developer Platform. We make life easier for engineering teams by providing the tools and infrastructure they need to ship great software.

I care about ownership, honesty, and building things that actually help people. When I'm not wrangling AWS costs or leadership challenges, you'll find me reading, listening to podcasts, or tinkering with side projects.

🛠️ Skills

Go Python PHP JS/TS Elixir Svelte SQL CSS Bash Docker AWS Kubernetes GitLab-CI GitHub-CI Earthly ArgoCD Vault

🌍 Languages

🇩🇪 German Native
🇬🇧 English Fluent

💼 Work Experience

Tradebyte Software GmbH

2015 - Present (10 years)
Engineering Manager Platform Engineering Jun 2024 - Present
Acting Head of Engineering Product & Tech Platform Oct 2023 - Jun 2024
Senior Team Lead Central Platform Services Mar 2022 - Oct 2023
Team Lead Central Platform Services Nov 2019 - Mar 2022
DevOps and Quality Engineer Aug 2018 - Nov 2019
Software Developer Jul 2017 - Aug 2018
IT Specialist for Application Development Sep 2015 - Jul 2017

Web Frontend Developer

Bertsch Innovation GmbH

Nov 2013 - Aug 2015 · Working Student

Web Frontend Developer

Sellaround GmbH

Jan 2012 - Nov 2013 · Working Student

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