Hi, I'm Patrick!
Senior Software Engineer @ DeepL
Senior software engineer with 9+ years of experience building and scaling backend systems, combined with 2+ years of engineering management. I bridge deep hands-on engineering in C#, Kotlin, and Go with a strong understanding of team dynamics, system design trade-offs, and cross-functional alignment.
What I Bring
AI / ML
Integrating LLM research into production editing tools serving 500k+ daily users at DeepL. Custom quality metrics, model evaluation, and end-to-end productionisation.
Backend Engineering
Building scalable systems in C#, Kotlin, and Go. Operated ~60 microservices on Kubernetes/AWS with Kafka, gRPC, and PostgreSQL.
Data Engineering
End-to-end data pipelines, ETL design, and feature engineering. Built data analysis tools and validation pipelines for spectroscopy-based ML systems.
Product Ownership
Evolved a platform API into an API-as-a-Product with developer experience strategy, DX conversion funnel, and monetisation at Ryte.
Engineering Management
Led teams of up to 8 engineers at DeepL. Hiring, mentoring, performance development, and guiding teams through reorgs and strategic shifts.