Nikunj Parmar
Senior Back End Developer | Kotlin, Kubernetes
Salary / Daily rate
Berlin, Germany
Freelance, open to permanent contract
Can come onsite
Skills
Languages
About me
Intro
Back End Developer at Mercedes-Benz with 15+ years in Java/Kotlin and cloud-native architectures. Expert in Kubernetes, microservices, and DevOps with proven experience at top tech companies like ImmoScout24 and Siemens. Specialized in scalable backend solutions, service mesh technologies, and modern development practices.
Work experience
Back End Developer
Mercedes-Benz Tech InnovationFreelance
Mar 2024 - Present
2 years 8 months
Berlin, Germany · Remote
Backend development, Kotlin, Kubernetes, Helm, GitHub, Code Review, Pair Programming, DevOps
Travel
Career Break
Jan 2024 - Mar 2024
3 months
Vaso, Gujarat, India
Full Stack Engineer
BVV Versicherungsverein des Bankgewerbes a.G.Freelance
Mar 2021 - Dec 2023
2 years 10 months
Berlin, Germany
Kubernetes, DevOps, baremetal, Helm, kotlin, PostgreSQL, Kafka, spring boot, terraform, metal-LB, Istio, Service Mesh, cert-manager, TDD, BDD, DDD, ArgoCD, gitlab, Angular JS, Typescript, RabbitMQ, Rancher, Rancher-Fleet, Keycloak, IAM, Authentication, Authorization, OAuth
Back End Developer
ImmoScout24Freelance
Sep 2020 - Jul 2021
11 months
Berlin, Germany
Tech-satck: Node.js, AWS, Lamdas, Serverless
Fullstack Developer
SiemensFreelance
Feb 2019 - Jul 2020
1 year 6 months
Berlin, Germany
Tech-stack: Java, MongoDB, RabbitMQ, Microservices , Kubernetes, AWS, PostgreSQL, React, JavaScript, Redux, Web-socket, SpringBoot, Kong API Gateway
Freelancer: Senior Java Software Developer
mobile.de GmbH
Sep 2018 - Dec 2018
4 months
Dreilinden
Tech-stack: Java, Scala, Akka, Akka-http, Big data, Mongodb, Apache Kafka, Microservices , Kubernetes, Hadoop - Event mapping between services - MongoDB data migration - Daily domain business
Freelancer Fullstack Java developer
A.T.U Auto-Teile-Unger Handels GmbH & Co. KG
Feb 2018 - Aug 2018
7 months
Berlin, Germany
Tech-stack: Kubernetes, Java, Akka, Akka-Streams, Microservices - Daily domain business - Legacy software migration to new tech stack using event driven Architecture - POC based on different solutions - Software architect decision for stable backbone future system
Freelancer Fullstack Software Developer
pentacor GmbH
May 2016 - Dec 2017
1 year 8 months
Greater Chemnitz Area
Tech-stack: Kubernetes, Docker, Elastic search, Java8, micro-services, API, security, Java-rx, Javascript
Freelancer - software developer
Postcon Deutschland
May 2016 - May 2017
1 year 1 month
Thale, Germany
- Mavenizing an existing java enterprise application - Job description in Jenkins and creating CI pipelines - Architecture and software design refinement Tech-stack: java8, maven, git, micro-services, grafana, elastic-search, logstash, API-design
Senior Software Developer
mobile.de GmbH
Jan 2016 - May 2016
5 months
Dreilinden
Software Engineer
MeteoGroup
Jun 2013 - Dec 2015
2 years 7 months
Berlin Metropolitan Area
Tech-stack: Java, AWS, RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ, Caching, Bigdata Software Entwicklung und Pflege in Java .
Software Entwickler
ehotel AG - online reservations
Nov 2011 - May 2013
1 year 7 months
Berlin Metropolitan Area
Software Entwicklung und Pflegen in Java.
Software Consultant
TheBakery
Nov 2010 - Dec 2011
1 year 2 months
Berlin Metropolitan Area
Software Entwicklung.
Software entwickler
Synchronica
Jan 2007 - Jan 2010
3 years 1 month
Berlin Metropolitan Area
Software Entwicklung
Education
University of Kassel
Masters
2003 - 2007
4 years 1 month
The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
Bachelors
1996 - 2000
4 years 1 month