Sören Straßmann

Freelance developer · Remscheid

Sören Straßmann

I build web applications in Angular and Spring Boot and run the Linux servers they live on.

Portrait of Sören Straßmann
Availability
on request
Location
Remscheid, Germany · remote
Languages
German, English

01 / Services

What I build and run for you

  • Consulting

    Technology choices, code reviews and usability: a second look at architecture and interface before decisions get expensive.

    • Architecture
    • UX
  • Web applications

    From the Angular frontend through the Spring Boot backend to the PostgreSQL database. One person for every layer.

    • Angular
    • TypeScript
    • Spring Boot
    • PostgreSQL
  • Operations

    Test, stage and production systems on Linux, automated with Jenkins, with TLS, backups and updates. That is how coachingspace.net has run since 2020.

    • Linux
    • nginx
    • Jenkins
    • TLS
  • Self-hosting

    Forgejo for Git and Seafile for files on your own server, for teams that would rather not keep code and data with the big providers.

    • Forgejo
    • Seafile
    • Backups
  • Monitoring

    Metrics with Prometheus and Grafana, logs with Graylog. See problems before anyone reports them.

    • Prometheus
    • Grafana
    • Graylog
  • Integrations

    REST APIs and webhooks to services such as HubSpot, Tickettailor, Whereby or FriendlyCaptcha.

    • REST
    • Webhooks
  • Online marketing

    Newsletters planned and sent, landing pages built to turn visitors into enquiries.

    • Newsletter
    • Landing pages
  • Tracking and analytics

    Google Tag Manager set up cleanly, Google Analytics read properly, and Search Console to see how people find your pages. Measure what a campaign actually brings in.

    • GTM
    • Google Analytics
    • Search Console
  • AI consulting and setup

    I show you where AI actually saves your team time and set it up: with Claude, or with Mistral, the open-source model from France.

    • Claude
    • Mistral
    • Open Source
  • Digital sovereignty

    No software from Microsoft or US corporations. Everything I use is open source or comes from vendors based in Germany.

    • Open Source
    • Made in Germany

02 / Work

Selected projects

More work

  • Forgejo and SeafileGit and file hosting on own serversongoing
  • Jitsi and TURNVideo conferencing infrastructure for coachingspace.net2020
  • Monitoring stackPrometheus, Grafana and Graylog for test, stage and productionsince 2020
  • Master’s thesisUsability of Microsoft Dynamics NAV on mobile devices2017
  • ERP-Systeme anpassenBook on customising ERP systems, with Hesseler and Rösel2015
  • Bachelor’s thesisSharePoint client for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 20132013

03 / Background

From industrial clerk to full-stack developer

Business informatics graduate (M.Sc., FH Dortmund) with commercial training. My first question is how a piece of software should earn or save money; then I build it to keep running for years.

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Languages
German native
English fluent (C1)

Experience

  1. 2020 – today

    Developer and managing director

    Coachingspace GmbH

    • Frontend in Angular and TypeScript
    • Backend in Java/Spring Boot
    • PostgreSQL, APIs and webhooks
    • 2D and 3D with fabric.js and Babylon.js
    • Servers, Jenkins, Jitsi, TURN, monitoring
  2. 2020

    Developer

    Institute for School Development and Higher Education Didactics

    • CRM/ERP system for contacts and invoicing
    • IT landscape with domains, mail servers and websites
  3. 2017 – 2020

    Service operation manager

    Foundation for University Admission

    • Second-level support and error analysis of Java applications
    • Test systems, log analysis with Splunk
    • Confluence, Jira, OTRS; ITIL processes
  4. 2014 – 2016

    Developer (alongside studies)

    tegos GmbH

    • Power BI, PowerShell for Azure deployments
    • Microsoft Dynamics NAV, C/AL

Education

  1. 2013 – 2017

    Master of Science, Business Informatics

    FH Dortmund · grade 1.5 · exchange semester in Kaunas

  2. 2010 – 2013

    Bachelor of Science, Business Informatics

    FH Dortmund · grade 1.5

  3. 2007 – 2010

    Industrial clerk (IHK)

    AVL Schrick GmbH

Publication and certificate

  1. 2016

    Microsoft MB6-890

    Dynamics AX Development Introduction

  2. 2015

    Book “ERP-Systeme anpassen”

    Hesseler, Rösel, Straßmann · Books on Demand

Tools

Frontend
  • Angular
  • TypeScript
  • HTML
  • SCSS
  • fabric.js
  • Babylon.js
Backend
  • Java
  • Spring Boot
  • REST
Data
  • PostgreSQL
  • SQL
Operations
  • Linux
  • nginx
  • Jenkins
  • Jitsi
  • TURN
  • Forgejo
  • Seafile
Monitoring
  • Prometheus
  • Grafana
  • Graylog
Marketing
  • Google Tag Manager
  • Google Analytics
  • Search Console
  • Newsletter

04 / Contact

Let’s talk about your project.

You have a project, need Git and file hosting on your own servers, or are looking for support for your team? Write to me, I answer personally.