Matthias Grawinkel is a Principal Cloud Architect based in Berlin with 16 years of experience designing storage and data infrastructure that turns raw data into actionable decisions. He’s progressed from research roles and freelance consulting to senior engineering positions and leadership at companies like Quobyte, Othoz, DRIVR and HiveMQ, where he now shapes cloud architecture strategy. With a PhD in Computer Science and deep hands-on experience across distributed storage and cloud platforms, he blends academic rigor with pragmatic production engineering. Known for bridging low-level storage systems and higher-level cloud services, he focuses on reliability, scalability and operational simplicity—often solving the hard systems problems others push downstream.
15 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
M.Sc. Computer Science, M.Sc. Computer Science at Paderborn University
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Science at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
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Matthias Grawinkel - Principal Cloud Architect at HiveMQ