Jan Steffen
Senior Cloud Engineer Kubernetes at Schwarz Digits
Hesse, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolJan Steffen is a Senior Cloud Engineer specializing in Kubernetes with 11 years of experience building and leading cloud-native platforms for regulated industries. He has progressed from hands-on software engineering to technical leadership roles—most recently as Senior Cloud Engineer at Schwarz Digits after leading architecture at BWI and cloud teams at finleap connect. Jan’s strengths lie in designing secure, scalable Kubernetes platforms for financial services and government-grade environments, pairing deep operational know-how with architecture-level thinking. Based in Hesse, Germany, he holds an MS in Computer Science and is known for turning complex compliance and security requirements into pragmatic, automated platform solutions.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at Technische Hochschule MittelhessenMaster of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at Hamburg University of Applied Sciences
German, English
Github Skills (188)
operation10
controller10
python10
home-assistant-integration10
http10
authentication10
spotify-api10
spotify10
dns-record10
charts10
dotnet10
helm10
pipeline10
golang10
retrofit10
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
jastBytes/sprint
Dec 2023 - Aug 2025
go library with lots of useful helpers having zero dependencies
Contributions:2 releases, 2 PRs, 17 pushes in 1 year 8 months
finleap-connect/monoskope
Sep 2021 - Nov 2022
AuthN & AuthZ for Kubernetes multi-cluster, multi-cloud environments.
Contributions:2 releases, 150 reviews, 1166 commits in 1 year 1 month
authzkubernetesmulti-clustermonoskopeoperation
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