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Paul Schmeing

Software Engineer, System Architect & Language Designer

Professional Experience

March 2024 - Now

Elli a Brand of VW, Berlin - Software Engineer

  • Scaling a Charging Station Management System (CSMS) to support >80k units.
  • Designed security critical infrastructure components, including SML-parsing and Certificate Revocation Processes.
  • Proposed architectural refactors for security handlers, introducing binary serialization to reduce memory footprint by up to 85% at scale.
January 2023 - February 2024

DB Systel GmbH - Berlin - Software Engineer

  • Developed a custom Jenkins Pipeline Testing Framework, implementing stack-based scope management and sandboxing to ensure safe execution of CI/CD logic.
  • Modernized a multi-instance CMS platform (based on CoreMedia) managing ~170 production web presences.

Education

August 2020 - January 2023

DB Systel GmbH, Frankfurt am Main - IT Specialist for Application Development (Apprenticeship)

  • Linux and Windows server administration
  • DevOps, project management and agile methods
  • Software development in cloud environments

Projects

Active (Work in progress)

Otter - System Programming Language

  • LLVM-based language focusing on high-performance and memory safety without GC; implementing symbolic execution and formal verification techniques.
GitHub
Active (Work in progress)

AETF - IaC meta-framework

  • Meta-framework including a version manager and optional syntax
GitHub
Active (Work in progress)

Distroless Generator - Dockerfile Generator

  • Client side Distroless Dockerfile generation.
GitHub

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