Michael Kurze
Staff Engineer at planlos.in
Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Kurze is a Staff Engineer based in Cologne with 15 years of hands-on experience designing and implementing full-stack and microservices architectures across fintech, media, and energy domains. He combines strong Java and Python expertise with modern front-end frameworks (Vue.js, React) and a background in data engineering and stream mining from RWTH Aachen, where he completed a top-grade MS in Computer Science. Michael has progressed from web and platform development to software architect and tech lead roles, building self-contained fintech microservices and advising on production systems for a Netflix series. He operates both as a pragmatic individual contributor and a technical leader, running a long-lived side project (planlos.in) that reflects his product-minded engineering. Known for blending research-born anytime learning techniques with practical RESTful systems, he brings a rare mix of academic rigor and production focus to complex distributed systems.
15 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MS) (Dipl. Inform.), Computer Science, 1.0/1.0, Master of Science (MS) (Dipl. Inform.), Computer Science, 1.0/1.0 at Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen
Github Skills (118)
tooling10
javascript10
reactive10
typescript10
dev-server10
hmr10
vite10
frontend10
react10
deno9
high-performance9
rust9
displays9
menu9
clustering9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
LaxarJS/webpack-jasmine-html-runner-plugin
Jul 2016 - Nov 2018
Combine webpack with interactive browser testing
Contributions:29 commits, 1 PR, 25 pushes in 2 years 5 months
webpack-pluginbrowsertestinghtml-webpack-plugincombine
x1B/shop-demo
Apr 2015 - Jun 2017
Contributions:70 pushes, 14 branches in 2 years 2 months
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