Summary
Michael Cramer is a pragmatic Senior Entwickler with 14 years of experience designing and modernizing Java-based backend systems, currently driving engineering at 4Soft from Munich. He has led large-scale technology migrations and architectural evolution at CHECK24—upgrading stacks to Java 17/Spring Boot, introducing RabbitMQ and Elasticsearch improvements, and preparing a move toward microservices while balancing technical debt and processes. Known as a hands-on mentor and code reviewer, he combines deep Unix/ops experience with system-level understanding of databases, messaging and observability to act as the go-to technical authority across teams. His background spans from low-level integrations and legacy modernization to building configurable calculation kernels and enterprise middleware, reflecting an uncommon blend of development, administration and support skills. Colleagues value his ability to translate product needs into robust technical roadmaps and to enforce pragmatic coding and delivery standards.
14 years of coding experience