Stefan Hage

Senior Full Stack Software Engineer

Salary / Daily rate

30900 Wedemark, Germany

Freelance, open to permanent contract

Remote only

Skills

NodePythonAWS

Languages

English

About me

Intro

Senior Full Stack Engineer with 9+ years delivering scalable solutions from legacy monoliths to AI-powered microservices. Expert in modern tech stacks (Node.js, Python, React, AWS) with proven results: 50% faster deployments, 99.8% payment success rates, and 60% defect reduction. Ready to architect robust, high-performance applications that drive your business forward.

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Work experience

Full Stack Engineer

sennder

Mar 2022 - Aug 2025

3 years 6 months

Thale, Germany

● Orchestrated the migration of a legacy Laravel monolith to a scalable microservices ecosystem using the Strangler pattern, rewriting core services in Node.js and Python frameworks (NestJS, FastAPI) behind AWS API Gateway, implementing Saga based distributed transaction management. ● Developed modular backend features such as API rate limiting, pagination, and custom error handling middleware in FastAPI, ensuring robustness and scalability under increasing request loads. ● Designed and implemented asynchronous background task queues using Celery with Redis and RabbitMQ to handle notifications, document processing, and external service integrations. ● Integrated AI-powered features into internal tools using LangChain, orchestrating LLM workflows for document parsing, semantic search, and contextual chatbots that reduced manual support requests. ● Built LLM-driven microservices on FastAPI with OpenAI APIs and vector search, delivering real-time semantic insights across shipment and routing data. ● Modernized frontend infrastructure using Next.js, TypeScript, Tan-Stack Query, Redux Toolkit, and Tailwind CSS, with Storybook for isolated component development and SSR, SSG, and ISR for optimal performance and SEO. ● Developed cross-platform mobile apps in React Native with TypeScript, implementing biometric authentication (Touch ID / Face ID) and push notifications for iOS and Android. ● Implemented CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions, Docker and AWS CodePipeline to automate build, test, and deployment processes, enabling zero downtime releases and reducing release lead time by 50%. ● Configured pre-commit hooks using black, flake8, and isort to enforce Python code formatting, linting, and import order; integrated SonarCloud with CI/CD pipelines to maintain quality gates and catch potential issues early.

Senior Software Engineer

Civica

Feb 2020 - Jan 2022

2 years

Hoyland, Barnsley S74, UK

● Designed and delivered a healthcare billing and claims management module supporting automated billing, claim submission, eligibility verification, and payment posting for healthcare providers, using Node.js, Python, and React. ● Integrated HL7 v2 and FHIR UK Core APIs with Mirth Connect and custom Python adapters to enable real-time, GDPR-compliant data exchange between Electronic Health Records (EHR), payers, and NHS Digital services. ● Architected and deployed scalable serverless platforms for SaaS-based B2B and B2C applications using AWS Lambda, API Gateway, AWS AppSync, and DynamoDB, integrating AWS IAM for secure access control, while ensuring high availability and seamless auto-scaling. ● Designed and managed scalable infrastructure with AWS CDK and CloudFormation, streamlining deployments faster and more reliable across different environments. ● Optimised system performance and cost efficiency by reducing cold start latency, implementing asynchronous workflows with SQS & SNS, and introducing caching strategies with Redis and DynamoDB Accelerator (DAX). ● Demonstrated strong problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills, effectively working with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable solutions, streamline workflows, and drive project success in fast-paced environments.

Full Stack Developer

LINAGORA

Jun 2017 - Dec 2019

2 years 7 months

69340 Francheville, France

● Architected and built a digital products delivery platform within Linagora’s open-source ecosystem using Python (Django), React, and MongoDB, enabling dynamic product catalogs and real time inventory management. ● Developed scalable RESTful and GraphQL APIs in Node.js (Express) and Python (Flask), handling 100K+ daily requests with sub 200ms average response times and robust error handling. ● Integrated Stripe and PayPal payment gateways with automated invoicing and refund workflows, achieving a 99.8% transaction success rate and reducing manual payment support by 35%. ● Designed a secure digital asset delivery pipeline on AWS S3 and CloudFront with expiring signed URLs, ensuring instant, reliable downloads and preventing unauthorized access. ● Developed a Python based license key generation and management microservice with RESTful APIs and AWS SES notifications for renewals, cutting support ticket volume by 45%. ● Optimized search and analytics capabilities by integrating Elasticsearch with MongoDB, implementing efficient indexing, qury tuning, and real-time data synchronization for faster and more accurate search results. ● Spearheaded frontend performance optimization using Webpack and React - implementing code splitting, lazy loading, tree shaking, and critical CSS to cut page load times by 40% and achieve 90+ Lighthouse scores. ● Established TDD/BDD workflows with Jest, Pytest, and Cucumber, integrating tests into GitHub Actions and Jenkins pipelines to maintain 80%+ coverage and reduce production defects by 60%. ● Collaborated with DevOps to containerize services in Docker and orchestrate deployments on AWS ECS/EKS, automating rollouts and rollbacks to cut provisioning time by 70% and boost uptime.

Junior Frontend Developer

Souzou

Apr 2015 - Jan 2017

1 year 10 months

Japana, Georgia

● Developed responsive, mobile first layouts using HTML5, CSS3 (Sass), and Bootstrap, ensuring consistent rendering across modern browsers and devices. ● Translated Sketch and Photoshop designs into interactive UIs with JavaScript, jQuery, and AngularJS, enhancing user engagement and visual fidelity. ● Integrated REST APIs via AJAX to populate dynamic content, reducing full page reloads and improving page load times by 30%. ● Participated in Agile ceremonies, tracked tasks in JIRA, performed unit testing with Jasmine, and managed source control workflows using Git. ● Collaborated with designers and backend developers to refine user flows and API contracts, contributing to faster delivery of new features and smoother handoff between design and development teams.


Education

Tokyo University of Science

Bachelor's degree

2011 - 2015

4 years

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