Professional Experience

Software engineering, cloud architecture, and technical leadership

Current Role
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Fachgruppenleiter Softwareentwicklung
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GTÜ Gesellschaft für Technische Überwachung mbH · Stuttgart · Since September 2026

I lead a software development group with technical and disciplinary responsibility. My focus is on clear priorities, reliable delivery, sustainable engineering standards, and the continued development of the organization.

Key areas of responsibility include:

  • Leading and developing the software engineering group
  • Prioritizing the roadmap with product management and translating requirements into realistic plans
  • Establishing standards for code quality, architecture compliance, and sustainable software development
  • Managing dependencies, risks, and trade-offs across development work
  • Strengthening agile collaboration and an engineering culture built on quality and continuous improvement

Previous Roles
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Senior Software Engineer & Team Lead
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Medialesson GmbH · Pforzheim · July 2022 – August 2026

  • Led a six-person engineering team with responsibility for delivery, capacity planning, performance, and people development
  • Coordinated requirements, priorities, dependencies, and trade-offs with product management and stakeholders
  • Defined architecture standards for cloud and microservice systems
  • Scaled CI/CD, code reviews, and test automation to improve release speed and reduce production defects
  • Contributed to recruiting, onboarding, team structure, and engineering practices

Software Engineer & Team Lead
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Medialesson GmbH · Pforzheim · October 2021 – June 2022

Built a development team, established delivery structures, supported the migration from desktop to cross-platform applications, and designed IoT and telemetry architectures.

Software Engineer
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Medialesson GmbH · Pforzheim · May 2018 – September 2021

Developed scalable .NET and Azure services, helped standardize DevOps practices, and contributed to reusable architecture and deployment patterns across projects.

Software Engineer
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STP Informationstechnologie AG · Karlsruhe · October 2016 – April 2018

Developed a WPF-based enterprise system for law firms, with a focus on stability and performance.

Education
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Bachelor of Science in Applied Computer Science
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DHBW Karlsruhe · 2013 – 2016

Technical Focus
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Platforms: .NET, C#, Microsoft Azure, Docker, Azure DevOps

Architecture: Cloud-native systems, microservices, event-driven architecture, IoT and edge systems

Delivery: CI/CD, automated testing, code reviews, Scrum, Kanban, technical strategy

For technical articles and implementation details, visit the software engineering blog. For a shorter personal profile, see About Marius Schröder.