Erik Wölfel
Technical Lead & Software Developer at OTTO
Hamburg, Germany
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Top SchoolErik Wölfel is a Technical Lead and Software Developer based in Hamburg with eight years of hands-on experience building backend and full-stack systems using Java, Kotlin, Python and JavaScript. He progressed from apprenticeship at Deutsche Telekom through roles at InternetQ and AKRA to senior and technical lead positions at OTTO, demonstrating steady growth in responsibility and delivery. Erik blends technical depth with business understanding thanks to dual studies in business administration and IT-focused economics, enabling him to translate product requirements into pragmatic engineering solutions. He is comfortable leading teams while remaining a contributor on the code-level, favoring robust, maintainable systems rather than quick fixes. Colleagues would note his mix of practical engineering and organizational insight—useful for bridging product, architecture and delivery.
9 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
IT-Betriebswirt (VWA), Computer Science, Ecocomics, 1,5, IT-Betriebswirt (VWA), Computer Science, Ecocomics, 1,5 at Verwaltungs- und WirtschaftsakademieBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Business Administration, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Business Administration at Hessische Berufsakademie
English
Github Skills (62)
microservice-framework10
health10
jvm10
spring10
java10
otto10
spring-boot10
microservices10
mongodb10
togglz10
feature-flags9
logging8
kotlin8
slf4j8
event-sourcing8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
ewoelfel/caretool
Nov 2017 - Dec 2020
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 1 month
ewoelfel/edison-microservice
Feb 2024 - Feb 2026
Collection of independent libraries on top of Spring Boot to provide a faster setup of jvm microservices
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years
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