Victor Springer

Senior Backend Engineer (Go, Distributed Systems)

Berlin, Germany

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Summary

Senior Backend Engineer with over 10 years building distributed systems, backend APIs, and high-traffic service platforms. Strong expertise in Go, microservices, Kubernetes, and AWS, delivering scalable backend systems used by millions of users in e-commerce and media streaming platforms.

Skills

Go
Distributed Systems
API Architecture
Kubernetes
AWS
GraphQL

Education

  • Bachelor of Information Systems - UNIRIO (Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro), 2014 - 2018

Courses & Certificates

  • Leadership: Practical Leadership Skills - Udemy, May 2024
  • Kubernetes for the Absolute Beginners - Hands-on (Endorsed by Cloud Native Computing Foundation) - Udemy, June 2024

Languages

  • English (Fluent)
  • German (A2)

Awards

  • 1st place, IronBit (Internal Hackathon) - americanas s.a., 2018
  • 1st place, AWS GameDay - americanas s.a., 2017

Professional Experience

Axel Springer National Media & Tech GmbH & Co. KG

August 2025 - Present

Senior Full-Stack Engineer

  • Built and extended Go microservices powering live streaming platforms used by BILD and WELT TV.
  • Supported streaming pipelines averaging ~20k concurrent HLS sessions and peaking at ~50k during major live events.
  • Developed scheduling systems and operator tooling used in broadcast and OTT workflows.
  • Implemented stream protection and CDN authentication using Terraform and GitOps.
  • Contributed across 10+ services improving reliability, CI pipelines, and operational tooling.
GoKubernetesTerraformAWSAkamaiHLS

Fono.Tech

November 2024 - July 2025

Senior Full-Stack Engineer (Contract)

  • Designed backend and mobile architecture for ROXOFF, an immersive audio streaming platform.
  • Implemented streaming, real-time tracking, and in-app purchase infrastructure.
  • Built scalable cloud infrastructure supporting the public launch of the platform.
FlutterPHPFirebaseGCPTerraform

Weavii

June 2023 - March 2024

Senior Full-Stack Engineer (Founding Engineer)

  • Designed and implemented backend architecture for a professional networking platform.
  • Built GraphQL backend in Go integrating Neo4j and Redis.
  • Developed frontend with TypeScript and Next.js.
  • Deployed infrastructure on AWS using Docker and Terraform.
GoGraphQLNeo4jRedisAWS

OneFootball

February 2023 - July 2023

Senior Backend Engineer

  • Designed video streaming delivery architecture using Bitmovin.
  • Built APIs supporting video ingestion and live match highlight clips.
  • Implemented DRM and geo-restriction mechanisms for streaming protection.
GoKubernetesAWSBitmovinAkamai

home24 SE

January 2019 - July 2022

Senior Backend Engineer

  • Migrated legacy PHP monolith to Go-based microservices architecture serving web and mobile clients at scale.
  • Built Go-based GraphQL APIs serving backend data to web and mobile clients.
  • Developed authentication service based on OAuth 2.0.
  • Mentored junior engineers and apprentices.
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americanas s.a.

August 2016 - December 2018

Backend Engineer

  • Developed backend systems supporting one of LATAM's largest e-commerce platforms.
  • Improved mobile conversion rate by 10 percent through catalog architecture improvements.
  • Reduced page load time by 30 percent through backend performance optimization.
  • Contributed to Black Friday infrastructure supporting record traffic.
GoNode.jsElasticsearchAWSMachine Learning

LD1

January 2015 - July 2016

Junior Full-Stack Developer

  • Developed backend services for a clinical engineering SaaS platform.
  • Built Java-based APIs and integrations using Hibernate and SOAP.
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