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Fabian Faraz Farid.

Software Engineer · AWS Cloud Security Officer

Mönchengladbach, Germany[email protected]www.farazfarid.comlinkedin.com/in/fabianfaridgithub.com/farazfarid

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Profile

Software engineer and technical lead from Mönchengladbach, Germany, with ten years of hands-on experience across full-stack engineering, AWS cloud security, AI integration and client delivery. Open to senior full-stack, tech lead and solutions engineering roles.

Experience

Sep 2024 – Present

Software Developer · Soptim AG

Led development of mission-critical energy management software running across Germany’s power grid infrastructure, and served as designated AWS Cloud Security Officer.

  • 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

Sep 2022 – Sep 2024

Software Engineer · Guider

Engineered content delivery infrastructure for a fast-growing knowledge platform, enabling editorial teams to publish at scale.

  • 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

Mar 2024 – May 2024

Senior Software Engineer · Demtek GmbH

Contracted to deliver high-stakes Vue.js applications for Germany’s industrial elite. Joined mid-sprint and shipped production code with effectively zero ramp-up.

  • Delivered for Mercedes-Benz, Continental AG, and NEW
  • Built applications for 50hertz’s energy management systems
  • Engineered process automation for Ingenium’s business workflows

Oct 2021 – Mar 2024

Software Engineer · adesso SE

Joined one of Germany’s leading IT consultancies and became a go-to full-stack developer, taking on technical lead responsibilities within eighteen months.

  • 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

Nov 2021 – Dec 2023

Fractional CTO, Multi-Brand Portfolio · Kirrvn · Avec Amxur · All Hers Official · The Driving Teacher

Ran technology and growth as fractional CTO/CIO across four independent SME brands at once, each in a different vertical: Kirrvn (home apparel & décor), Avec Amxur (jewelry), All Hers Official (cosmetics, Egypt), and The Driving Teacher (driving school). Sole technical advisor to each founder, from infrastructure to acquisition.

  • 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

Jul 2020 – Oct 2020

Lead Software Engineer · Heinrich-Heine-Universität

Contracted at the height of COVID-19 to deliver pandemic response infrastructure for one of Germany’s largest research universities. Requirements to production in under six weeks.

  • 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

Apr 2020 – Jul 2020

Lead Software Engineer · Comet Cine Center

Sole architect and developer of a full cinema management platform built on Domain-Driven Design, taken from whiteboard to production.

  • Designed the domain model connecting films, halls, and screenings
  • Handled booking workflows across simultaneous screening rooms
  • Built secure multi-role authentication and staff tooling

May 2015 – May 2019

CEO & Founder · Nova Game Studios

Founded at thirteen years old. Led a team of developers and artists to design, build, and ship a commercial game. The origin of everything that followed.

  • 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

Selected projects

DocuChatContext-native document AICodeBuddyYour AI-powered daily coding companionLXDrawCollaborative whiteboard, in real time

Skills

React · Next.js · TypeScript · JavaScript · Tailwind CSS · Angular · Vue.js · Electron · Java · Spring Boot · Node.js · MongoDB · MySQL · AWS · Docker · OpenAI · Python · Three.js · Unity · Figma · Shopify

Languages

German (Native) · English (Fluent) · Arabic (Conversational)