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Falko Burghausen

About

CTO // Cloud Architect // SW Engineering

Over the past 15 years, I have built up extensive experience in a wide variety of roles as Software Engineer and Technical Leader with several years as CTO in a Swiss Healthtech Startup. A progressive and sustainable approach that continuously incorporates technological, economic, ecological and social aspects into the work process is a common thread running through his working and living style. In doing so, I have worked intensively on a wide range of topics related to software development and architecture, cloud computing, product development, leadership, recruiting and culture. This knowledge is the foundation to help Tech Startups and IT Professionals realize technologically, economically, environmentally and socially scalable business ideas without repeating old known missteps.

Skills

AWS

Amazon CloudFront

Amazon EC2

Amazon VPC

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Application Security

CSS

Cloud Consulting

Continuous Delivery

Early-stage Startups

Engineering Leadership

HTML + HTML5

IT Infrastructure

IT Infrastructure Operations

Kubernetes

Lean Engineering

Lean Startup

Python

React.js

Software Engineering Practices

Startup Development

Open for

cofounder

fulltime

parttime

mentoring

shadowing

Work Experience

OnlineDoctor AG

2019-05 - 2023-04

Workplace
CTO
Location

Remote

Employement type

fulltime

❯ Being involved in strategic planning and technical execution in a strongly regulated health market in the management team ❯ Laying the foundation for a scalable, reliable and secure health platform ❯ Building a new service-oriented architecture within the critical context of patient/health data ❯ Implementation of a fully automated cloud infrastructure on AWS, using infrastructure-as-code techniques like Terraform and CI/CD ❯ Setup of a hasslefree deployment infra that is used daily by the engineering teams with automated testing and deployment ❯ Establishing a remote-first culture where people want to work, have a space of psychological safety and are proud of what they contribute to ❯ Building up a team of software engineers, infrastructure engineers, product owner and UX designers ❯ Recruiting and onboarding of new team members in a fully remote setup ❯ Introduced a product-led mindset based on lean principles and focused on outcomes

Crealogix AG

2019-01 - 2019-05

Workplace
Engineering Lead
Location

Zürich

Employement type

fulltime

❯ Focus on establishing a modern and attractive engineering culture based on agile principles ❯ Participation and consulting for introducing high-scalable and SaaS-capable technologies, tools and processes (Spring Boot, Docker, Kubernetes) ❯ High automation of processes (CI/CD, testing) ❯ Enable teams to live the DevOps culture by providing and introducing the necessary tools for automation, data collection and monitoring ❯ Line management (~20 people) ❯ Hiring and onboarding ❯ Introduce meaningful metrics in daily business for engineering teams to enable data-driven decisions ❯ Ensure an MVP-mindset by keeping lean engineering principles for several development teams

Crealogix AG

2018-08 - 2018-12

Workplace
Team Lead
Location

Zürich

Employement type

fulltime

❯ Teamlead for a core software engineering team in a Java/SpringBoot/Oracle tech stack ❯ Improvement of software engineering processes, culture and practices toward an agile mindset ❯ Line management (~10 people) ❯ Member of an agile transition team with the responsibility to establish a lean, MVP-driven culture in the engineering teams ❯ Set up of end-to-end responsible, self-organized teams with appropriate infrastructure, tools and processes ❯ Participation in architecture topics for shifting from a project-based company towards a product house

siroop AG

2016-10 - 2018-06

Workplace
Engineering Manager
Location

Zürich

Employement type

fulltime

❯ Tech lead in a cross-functional delivery team with focus on Java, Python and Camunda-based services ❯ Cloud-first infrastructure approach with AWS and Terraform for all microservices ❯ Helping to establish a DevOps culture with high automation by sustainable CI/CD ❯ Line management for a team of engineers, testers and business analysts (~8 people) ❯ Hiring and onboarding of new software engineers ❯ Coaching and giving feedback to direct reports ❯ Handling of HR-related topics

ICE

2010-09 - 2016-09

Workplace
Senior Software Engineer/Lead Developer
Location

Zürich

Employement type

fulltime

❯ Technical lead for web applications and projects in cross-functional teams ❯ Elaboration of software architecture for (microservice) applications and API's ❯ Coordination of international, external and internal developers and testers ❯ Quality and security assurance, code reviews ❯ Development of principles (continuous integration and deployment, XP, lean development) ❯ Implementation of DevOps principles ❯ Setup of repository servers for tools like Maven, Bower, Composer or NPM ❯ Subject matter expert for PHP framework integration ❯ Internal trainings (software patterns and principles, testing) ❯ Implementation of portable development setups with Vagrant ❯ Software and API documentations ❯ Web application development, both for internal usage and external customers ❯ Realtime data feed implementations with C/C++

Coliquio

2009-05 - 2010-08

Workplace
Software Engineer
Location

Konstanz

Employement type

fulltime

❯ DevOps setup (version control system, deployment pipeline, environments) ❯ Testing environment setup ❯ Elaboration of software engineering principles (SCRUM, XP, TDD) ❯ Development of the Coliquio web application/platform (Full Stack) ❯ Design implementations ❯ Project lead, architecture and development of a client platform (SaaS) ❯ Database design development

nexgeneerz.io

2022-11 - 2024-12

Workplace
Cloud Architect/Software Engineer/CTO-as-a-Service
Location

Remote

Employement type

cofounder

❯ I help startups build the technological and cultural foundation for their software engineering team ❯ Planning and implementing cloud solutions for startups with a focus on a cloud-native and scalable business model according to state-of-the-art security standards ❯ Planning and implementation of a scalable CI/CD environment with a high level of automation for efficient and cost-effective growth ❯ Consulting on product and tech team planning for founders who themselves do not have a technology background ❯ Advice for the roles needed depending on the phase of the business ❯ Implementation and execution of a recruiting strategy that meets current market needs and conditions

Academic Experience

HTWG Konstanz -

 

2005.12 - 2009.08

Bachelor of Science, BSc in Computer Science