Hello, I’m Tim, Backend Developer & DevOps Enthusiast.
Based in Germany.
20+
Years
of Experience
100+
Successful
Projects
1M+
Lines
of Code
About Me.
My name is Tim Rutte, and I live in Geilenkirchen, Germany, with my family of nine and our beloved dog, Buddy. With over 20 years of professional experience in software development, I have honed my expertise in building robust, cloud-native applications using Golang and PHP.
Throughout my career, I have gained extensive hands-on experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS), enabling me to design, deploy, and optimize scalable, high-performance systems. I am also deeply immersed in the principles of DevOps, leveraging automation and continuous delivery to streamline workflows and enhance system reliability.
As a strong advocate for agile methodologies, I excel in leading and collaborating within Scrum and Kanban environments. These frameworks allow me to focus on delivering value incrementally while fostering a culture of transparency and continuous improvement.
Staying at the cutting edge of technological advancements is not just a professional commitment for me—it's a passion. I am deeply invested in promoting quality, automation, and developer productivity, always seeking innovative ways to empower teams and improve outcomes.
Beyond my technical endeavors, I am a dedicated family man who values balance, creativity, and growth both personally and professionally.
Resume
Experience
Senior Software Engineer
Team Internet AGStaff Software Engineer
Kape Technologies PLC (ExpressVPN)IT-Consultant aka "Gun to Hire"
Self-employed FreelancerManaging Partner
Corodo GmbHSenior Web Developer
Spark 5 GmbHWeb Developer
TuneUp Software GmbHSoftware Developer
HUP AGManaging Partner
Rutte/Körfer GbR (side business)Education
IT Specialist for Application Development
School for Business and Administration, AachenBusiness Informatics
University of CologneA-levels (German Abitur)
Carolus Magnus Gymnasium, Übach-PalenbergSkills
Golang
PHP
AWS
Terraform
Docker
Gitlab CI
GitHub Act.
Datadog
Grafana
MySQL
MS SQL
PostgreSQL
Just in case you want to know some details...
Go (Golang), PHP, Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Dart, HTML 5, CSS, Bash, Batch, Java, Perl, TypoScript, VB, VBA, Uniface, XBase++
MySQL, MariaDB, AuroraDB, Microsoft SQL Server, Firebird, PostgreSQL, Microsoft Access, MongoDB, Redis, Memcache
Git, GitLab, Github, Bitbucket, SVN, Jira, Confluence, Compass, OpsGenie, Postman, OpenAPI (Swagger), Scrum, Kanban, OKR, Slack, Lucidchart, Okta, Google Workspace, Office 365
Zend Framework, Laminas, Laravel, Phalcon, Apigility, CodeIgniter, Symfony, Doctrine, Eloquent, Smarty, Twig, PHPUnit, Codeception, Bootstrap, Gin, Gorm, React, Vue, Angular, ExtJS, Sass, Less, Composer
Grafana, CloudWatch, Kibana, Logstash, Prometheus, Sentry, Datadog
CI/CD, Cloud-native approaches, GitHub Actions, Gitlab, Gitlab CI, Linting, SonarCloud, Secret Management, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), AWS (ECS, EC2, EKS, RDS, S3, Athena, Glue, SQS, SNS, EventBridge, ECR, API Gateway, IAM, ...), nginx, Apache, Linux, Microsoft IIS, Zend Server, Docker, Docker compose, Vagrant, Kubernetes
Software Design, Architectural Planning, Microservices, Clean Code, TDD, Pair Programming, Design Patterns, OOP, MVC, REST, gRPC, GraphQL, Multi Tenancy, SaaS, SOA
OWASP Top 10, Wireshark, Pentesting, WAF, 1Password, Cloudflare
Agile mindset, team-minded, innovation thinking & highly motivated
Certifications
2008
Publications
Get In Touch
Nothing is as simple as a first contact!
If you would like to work with me or just want to get in touch, I’d love to hear from you!