Holger Balow-schott
Senior Software Architect at Bundesdruckerei GmbH
Berlin, Germany
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Top SchoolHolger Balow-schott is a Senior Software Architect based in Berlin with over a decade of experience designing resilient, enterprise-grade systems. He currently shapes architecture at Bundesdruckerei, after serving as CTO at BITGRIP and a long tenure as Expert Software Architect at T-Systems Multimedia Solutions, demonstrating fluency in both strategic leadership and hands-on engineering. His background from mechanical engineering to software architecture gives him a systems-thinking approach to complex technical problems and an emphasis on maintainable, well-governed designs. Colleagues know him for prioritizing long-term quality—echoing his favorite maxim about the true cost of poor architecture—while enabling teams to deliver pragmatic solutions. He blends project management experience with deep technical authorship to translate regulatory and operational constraints into robust software landscapes. Holger is particularly adept at bridging legacy enterprise requirements with modern architectural practices to reduce risk and accelerate delivery.
10 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
Diplom-Ingenieur, Mechanical Engineering, Diplom-Ingenieur, Mechanical Engineering at Beuth Hochschule für Technik Berlin (ehemals Technische Fachhochschule Berlin)
Github Skills (38)
parser10
eve10
ready-api10
java9
hazelcast9
api9
mongodb9
jpa9
soapui9
tyrus8
code-coverage8
arcgis-js-api8
soap-client8
websocket8
soap8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
hschott/sample-websocket-server
Dec 2018 - Jul 2024
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 7 months
bitgrip/ficum
Dec 2015 - Dec 2021
Dynamic Filters for JPA, MongoDB and Hazelcast
Contributions:53 commits, 5 PRs, 152 pushes in 6 years
queryevefiltersaggregationhazelcast
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