Alexander Birk
Practice Lead Platform & Technology
Langenargen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolAlexander Birk is a seasoned platform and technology leader with nearly three decades of experience helping organizations "build better software faster," currently shaping platform strategy and cloud transformation for 200+ developers at SEITENBAU. He combines deep hands-on expertise in Kubernetes, GitOps, and cloud-native platform engineering with organizational design, coaching, and facilitation to align technical systems and people for sustainable delivery. His work spans building internal developer platforms (including a TypeScript CLI and cdk8s-driven GitOps workflows), large-scale cloud transformation for public-sector digitalization, and event-driven architectures for high-throughput e‑commerce. A lifelong generalist turned systems thinker, he emphasizes cross-team collaboration, lean practices, and leadership development as levers for technical change. He also brings accredited coaching skills and a track record of running company-wide learning journeys that make platform adoption practical, not just technical. Based in Langenargen, Germany, Alexander blends pragmatic engineering with strategic facilitation to turn complex modernization initiatives into measurable outcomes.
12 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
Secondary Education and Teaching, Physics, Secondary Education and Teaching, Physics at University of KonstanzComputer Science, Computer Science at FernUniversität in HagenTrained Co-Active Coach, Business Coaching, Trained Co-Active Coach, Business Coaching at Co-Active Training Institute
English, German
Github Skills (9)
chef-solo8
continuous-integration6
minimum6
docker4
dashboard4
cd4
continuous-delivery4
runner3
golang2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
pingworks/dash
Jul 2013 - Jan 2017
Contributions:45 commits, 29 pushes in 3 years 6 months
continuousdockercontinuous-deliverydashboard
pingworks/chef-dash
Jan 2015 - Sep 2019
Contributions:10 pushes, 2 tags in 4 years 8 months
cookbookchefdash
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