Employed in the Lab for Information Technology Systems under Prof. Andreas Claßen:

• Maintain several learning platforms and custom programming tools developed within the lab, including a platform independently designed and engineered as part of my bachelor's thesis project.
• Support the organization and delivery of course modules by preparing and reviewing lab work materials for: Fundamentals of Computer Science and Introduction to Programming, Development for Operations, IT Infrastructure, Linux: Concepts and Application, Fault-Tolerant Systems, Concepts of Modern Programming Languages, Efficient IT Operations, and Virtualization and Cloud Computing.

Employed as tutor for the course modules 'Fundamentals of Computer Science and Introduction to Programming' and 'Algorithms and Data Structures':

• Conduct one-on-one assessments of weekly lab assignments, verifying students' understanding of course material.
• Evaluate submitted work required for exam admission, ensuring students meet qualification criteria.

Lead Developer of a Large-Scale Multiplayer Gaming Network with 200,000+ members and consisting of 20 Rust and Garry's Mod servers across Europe and the US hosting thousands of concurrent players.

Responsibilities:

• Began as primary contributor, authoring the entirety of the core systems
• Now lead a small team of developers and junior developers, overseeing technical direction and feature planning
• Maintain GitHub repositories and custom Discord bots for automation and community integration
• Support community management and administrate infrastructure management across multiple dedicated servers

Highlights:

• Rebuilt the community's oldest Garry's Mod project into a new custom gamemode, optimizing data and networking performance and establishing it as the leading server in its category across Europe
• Planned, developed, and launched two full-scale projects from concept through release to a live playerbase
• Implemented workflows with branch strategies and testing environments, modernizing team development practices
• Created integrations between game servers and Discord communities, enabling automation and streamlined interaction
• Migrated multiple datasets and associated game code to new dedicated servers

Responsibilities:

• Wrote and maintained Lua scripts for Garry's Mod, fixing bugs and contributing new gameplay features
• Prepared and deployed Rust servers ahead of official updates, ensuring custom mods compiled and functioned correctly
• Supported the release of Garry's Mod projects through ongoing testing, debugging, and iteration
• Collaborated with developers and community members to deliver stable gameplay experiences