Summary
Alexander Blüm is a Senior Software Engineer based in Berlin with 11 years of hands-on experience building reactive, event-driven backends and full-stack systems. He specializes in Vert.x, Kafka, event sourcing, and Neo4j for connected-data problems, and is a strong advocate of DDD, hexagonal and clean architectures applied in test-driven teams. His background spans IoT and messaging to large-scale citizen-facing services, blending deep systems thinking with pragmatic frontend cohesion. Known for embracing observable behavior and high cohesion across stacks, he brings both rigorous engineering discipline and a continuous curiosity for new patterns and tools.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
MSc, High Performance Computing and Cybernetics, MSc, High Performance Computing and Cybernetics at The University of Reading
Oberstufenzentrum für Informations- und Medizintechnik Berlin-Neukölln
Sophie-Scholl-Oberschule, Gesamtschule, Berlin
Master's degree, Electrical, Electronic and Communications Engineering Technology/Technician, Diploma, Master's degree, Electrical, Electronic and Communications Engineering Technology/Technician, Diploma at Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin
Polish, German, English