Fabian Faraz Farid
Curriculum Vitae · Senior Engineer & Cloud Security Officer
Profile
Senior engineer and fractional CTO with 10+ years of shipping production software across 11 companies — from a game studio founded at 13 to cloud security for Germany’s power grid infrastructure. Comfortable owning the full stack: product, architecture, code, and the conversation with stakeholders.
Seeking roles as CTO, Solutions Engineer, Project Manager / Project Lead, or Senior Fullstack Developer — 100% remote, based in Germany, available worldwide.
Experience
Software Developer · Soptim AG
Sep 2024 — Present- Built the download manager application from the ground up, including library selection and UI/UX design
- Owned cloud security posture on AWS as a member of the internal security team: compliance, threat modelling, infrastructure hardening
- Built a secure large-file upload and download pipeline with end-to-end AWS integration
Software Engineer · Guider
Sep 2022 — Sep 2024- Built headless CMS integrations on Contentful and Strapi
- Automated email marketing flows reaching tens of thousands monthly
- Shipped audio versions of written content end to end
Senior Software Engineer · Demtek GmbH
Mar 2024 — May 2024- Delivered for Mercedes-Benz, Continental AG, and NEW
- Built applications for 50hertz’s energy management systems
- Engineered process automation for Ingenium’s business workflows
Software Engineer · adesso SE
Oct 2021 — Mar 2024- Shipped a company-wide time-tracking platform that replaced spreadsheet chaos
- Built a smart-city parking management system deployed across multiple districts
- Full-stack delivery on MEAN stack and Spring Boot
Fractional CTO — Multi-Brand Portfolio · Kirrvn · Avec Amxur · All Hers Official · The Driving Teacher
Nov 2021 — Dec 2023- Architected and launched full Shopify ecosystems for the three e-commerce brands
- Digitised The Driving Teacher end to end — website, local SEO, and paid acquisition
- Ran paid acquisition across Google, Meta, and TikTok above benchmark ROAS
Lead Software Engineer · Heinrich-Heine-Universität
Jul 2020 — Oct 2020- Built a real-time contact tracing system in Spring Boot
- Implemented health status tracking with emergency-service access layers
- Synchronised every entrance point over a real-time network
Lead Software Engineer · Comet Cine Center
Apr 2020 — Jul 2020- Designed the domain model connecting films, halls, and screenings
- Handled booking workflows across simultaneous screening rooms
- Built secure multi-role authentication and staff tooling
CEO & Founder · Nova Game Studios
May 2015 — May 2019- Shipped “Two Men Dungeon”, a local co-op action game with thousands of downloads
- Architected the entire game in Unity and C#, optimised for performance
- Designed and animated every character in Blender
Projects
DocuChat — Context-native document AI · docuchat.farazfarid.com/
CodeBuddy — Your AI-powered daily coding companion · codebuddy.farazfarid.com/
LXDraw — Collaborative whiteboard, in real time · lxdraw.farazfarid.com/
Skills
React · Next.js · TypeScript · JavaScript · Tailwind CSS · Three.js · Angular · Node.js · Java · Spring Boot · MongoDB · MySQL · AWS · OpenAI · Python · Unity · Shopify · Docker · Figma · Electron · +26 more
Languages
- German — native
- English — fluent
- Arabic — conversational
References available on request.