Platform Engineer0→11→1M
Building infrastructure from scratch. Scaling systems to millions. Helping startups bootstrap and enterprises scale.
Available for part-time consulting (up to 20 hours/week)
About Me
I'm a Platform Engineer and Site Reliability Engineer with over a decade in cloud infrastructure. As the first SRE at Trade Republic, I helped grow the platform from 20,000 to more than a million customers—scaling Kubernetes clusters from tens of containers to thousands and the engineering organisation right alongside them.
I work across the entire infrastructure lifecycle. Kubernetes and AWS are at the core, joined by Terraform, Helm, and deep observability. I have run observability stacks handling tens of millions of active series and terabytes of logs a day, optimised ultra-low-latency trading systems, built in-house IAM and SLO tooling, and led SRE teams supporting hundreds of engineers.
Since 2024 I've worked as an independent consultant with startups and scaleups—available part-time alongside my main role. Whether you're standing up your first production environment or taming the complexity that comes with rapid growth, I bring the experience and focus to help you succeed.
Ideal Client Profile
- →Early-stage startups needing infrastructure expertise without a full-time hire
- →Mid-market SaaS companies scaling their platform infrastructure
- →Enterprise teams requiring part-time SRE/Platform support
- →Teams transitioning from manual processes to automated, scalable infrastructure
From Zero to One, One to a Million
Specialized expertise across the entire infrastructure lifecycle
Building from Scratch
I help startups and new projects bootstrap their infrastructure from the ground up. From initial architecture design to first deployments, I'm your go-to for building solid foundations.
- →Infrastructure architecture & design
- →CI/CD pipeline setup
- →Cloud platform selection & migration
- →DevOps best practices implementation
Scaling to Millions
When your infrastructure needs to handle growth, I help you scale efficiently. From observability to automation, I ensure your systems can handle the load.
- →Observability & monitoring systems
- →Performance optimization & scaling
- →Automation & tooling development
- →Process improvement & SRE practices
Services & Expertise
Comprehensive platform engineering services tailored to your needs
Infrastructure Architecture
Designing robust, scalable infrastructure from the ground up or optimizing existing systems.
Cloud Platform Expertise
AWS, GCP, Azure - helping you choose and implement the right cloud strategy.
CI/CD & DevOps
Building automated pipelines and implementing DevOps best practices for faster, safer deployments.
Observability & Monitoring
Setting up comprehensive monitoring, logging, and alerting systems to keep your infrastructure healthy.
Scaling & Performance
Optimizing systems for growth, handling traffic spikes, and ensuring reliability at scale.
Automation & Tooling
Building custom tools and automation to streamline operations and reduce toil.
Selected Projects
Real-world infrastructure challenges solved across the 0→1 and 1→1M spectrum
Langdock Platform Infrastructure
Built customer-management Terraform modules for AWS and GCP from an existing Azure deployment, added a Helm chart to run the Langdock stack on Kubernetes, and integrated Datadog-based observability—preparing the platform to scale from tens to hundreds of managed customer stacks.
Key Outcomes:
- ✓Customer-management Terraform modules for AWS and GCP from an Azure base
- ✓Helm chart to deploy the full stack on Kubernetes
- ✓Datadog observability built into the Terraform and Helm systems
- ✓Infrastructure prepared to scale from tens to hundreds of customer stacks
Technology Stack:
Langfuse Infrastructure
Designed and implemented a public Helm chart and public Terraform repositories for deploying the Langfuse LLM engineering platform across AWS, GCP, and Azure.
Key Outcomes:
- ✓Public Helm chart launched for easy Langfuse deployment
- ✓Public Terraform repositories supporting AWS, GCP, and Azure
- ✓Multi-cloud deployment that increased accessibility for users
Technology Stack:
E-Commerce Scaleup — Fractional CTO
Led the platform engineering domain for an e-commerce scaleup as fractional CTO—owning the roadmap, consulting on architecture and design, prioritising high-impact work, and overhauling incident response and delivery.
Key Outcomes:
- ✓Reduced MTTR from 3 hours to 15 minutes with standard, SLO-based alerting
- ✓Cut average ticket lead time from 2.5 months to 2 weeks
- ✓Hired a technical manager for a 4-person team supporting ~50 engineers
Technology Stack:
Kubernetes Cluster Management API
Architected and built a Kubernetes Cluster Management API from scratch for an early-stage startup—Go backend, React frontend, and a Keycloak authentication stack with full tenant isolation and role management via RBAC.
Key Outcomes:
- ✓Cluster Management API designed and built end to end
- ✓Keycloak authentication with full tenant isolation
- ✓Role-based access control across tenants
Technology Stack:
In-house IAM & Observability (Fintech)
Built an in-house, tamper-proof Identity and Access Management solution with compliance monitoring and reporting, a Kubernetes Ingress-based authentication service, and a centralized SLO monitoring tool with standardized, executive-level metric reporting.
Key Outcomes:
- ✓Tamper-proof IAM with built-in compliance monitoring
- ✓Kubernetes Ingress authentication service for internal tools
- ✓Centralized SLO monitoring with standardized executive reporting
Technology Stack:
Let's Work Together
Ready to build or scale your infrastructure? Let's discuss how I can help.
Available for part-time consulting projects (up to 20 hours/week)