Summary
Benjamin Schirmer is a Senior Software Engineer and Technical Lead based in the Stuttgart region with 15 years of hands-on experience building full-stack systems, cloud infrastructure, mobile apps and CI/CD pipelines. He currently leads software efforts at Bosch Thermotechnik and has held CTO and freelance roles, blending startup agility with enterprise-grade delivery. His background spans backend, frontend, databases and search (Elasticsearch), and he has a track record shipping mobile apps and payment integrations for consumer platforms. Trained as a systems engineer, he combines deep engineering craft—rooted in early work at Google and long freelance experience—with practical leadership that bridges product, ops and dev teams. An agility-minded technologist, he often owns both architecture and implementation details, favoring pragmatic, end-to-end solutions.
15 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Engineering - MEng Systems Engineering, Master of Engineering - MEng Systems Engineering at Albstadt-Sigmaringen University
English, German