Frederik Petersen
Backend Engineer at Gorilla - Energy Margin Intelligence
Rotenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany
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Top SchoolFrederik Petersen is a Backend Engineer with 10 years of experience designing and operating resilient, high-throughput backend systems for B2B SaaS and security-focused products. He blends hands-on Python development (FastAPI, asyncio), cloud architecture (AWS, migrations) and data-driven performance optimization with team leadership experience from tech lead to engineering manager roles. Frederik has built and led teams that handle millions of real-time events per day and has driven cloud governance, vulnerability management and internal tooling at scale. An active contributor to open-source serverless Python tooling (notably improvements to the well-known Zappa project), he focuses on modular, testable code and reliable CI/CD operations. Based in Rotenburg, Germany, he’s motivated by creating software that makes users more efficient and less stressed, and by tackling challenges that require building something that didn’t exist before.
10 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Applied Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Applied Computer Science at Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University (DHBW)Verona Area High SchoolMaster of Science (MSc), Computer Science, Master of Science (MSc), Computer Science at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)Abitur, Math, English, Abitur, Math, English at Gymnasium Sylt
German, English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (15)
aws-lambda10
serverless10
python10
testing10
pytest9
django8
flask8
flask-ask8
api-gateway8
aws7
java6
stream6
multiprocessing6
apache-kafka6
offset6
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
Miserlou/Zappa
Feb 2017 - Apr 2017
Serverless Python
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:5 commits, 2 PRs, 7 comments in 2 months
Contributions summary:Frederik primarily contributed to the Zappa project by modifying core Python code and tests to improve functionality and maintainability. They addressed issues related to package dependencies and initialization, adding fallbacks and ensuring correct behavior during the build process. The user also refactored code by moving methods to utility modules and creating associated tests, demonstrating a focus on modularity and code quality.
api-gatewaypythonpyramidserverless-applicationsdjango
abusix/xarf
Feb 2018 - Dec 2022
Contributions:17 releases, 5 reviews, 179 commits in 4 years 11 months
mime-typesreportingextendedreporting-formatabuse
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