Senior Backend Engineer
Java | Spring Boot | Kubernetes | Distributed Systems
I am a Senior Backend Engineer with 18 years of experience building and operating enterprise-grade backend systems, primarily in financial and banking environments.
My focus is on designing scalable microservice architectures, running reliably in Kubernetes/OpenShift environments, with strong emphasis on performance, stability, and long-term maintainability.
I value clean architecture, pragmatic engineering decisions, and production-grade quality over hype.
- Java / Spring Boot
- Microservices & Distributed Systems
- Event-Driven Architecture (Kafka)
- Kubernetes / OpenShift
- REST APIs
- Oracle (data modeling & performance tuning)
- CI/CD & automation
- Production performance optimization
- Building systems that survive real production load
- Reducing operational complexity
- Clear service boundaries and maintainable code
- Observability and measurable performance
- Engineering over buzzwords
Working in a complex banking environment in Switzerland, focusing on backend services and distributed architectures.
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/dimitriherzog