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Klaus M.

Vetted Crafter

Principal Software Engineer – New Features & Performance

🇩🇪Germany·14 years experience
Available in 1 monthContractFull-time

I build features that scale — and optimise them so they stay fast.

About

I have spent 14 years building product features at scale — from automotive telemetry systems at Bosch to high-traffic SaaS at Allianz. Performance has always been part of my DNA: I profile before I optimise, measure before I change, and I never guess. Cursor helps me iterate on optimisation ideas faster — trying different caching strategies, query patterns, and indexing approaches without getting bogged down in boilerplate.

My sweet spot is feature development with a performance lens: new user flows, API endpoints, and data-heavy UIs that need to stay responsive under load. I have optimised PostgreSQL queries that were taking 8 seconds down to 80ms, reduced React bundle sizes by 60%, and designed caching layers that cut API latency by 70%. I use Redis, CDN, and database indexing as first-class tools.

I work with TypeScript, Node.js, React, and PostgreSQL. I care about observability: metrics, tracing, and dashboards that tell you when something is slow before users complain.

AI Expertise

New FeaturesPerformance
TypeScriptNode.jsReactPostgreSQLRedisDockerCursor

Notable Projects

Dashboard Performance Overhaul

Optimised a slow analytics dashboard: identified N+1 queries, added Redis caching for aggregations, implemented virtualised tables for 100K+ rows. Used Cursor to refactor React components for lazy loading.

ReactPostgreSQLRedisTypeScriptCursor

Dashboard load time reduced from 12s to 1.2s; supported 5x user concurrency without degradation.

API Latency Optimisation

Reduced P99 API latency from 2.4s to 180ms for a B2B product. Added query indexing, connection pooling, and response caching. Profiled with Chrome DevTools and built a Grafana dashboard for ongoing monitoring.

Node.jsPostgreSQLRedisGrafanaDocker

P99 latency 180ms; zero timeout errors in 6 months; customer satisfaction with API improved 28%.

Real-Time Feature with WebSockets

Built a real-time collaboration feature with WebSockets. Optimised message batching, connection management, and state sync. Used Cursor for test coverage of edge cases.

Node.jsWebSocketsRedisReactTypeScript

Supports 200 concurrent connections per instance; message delivery P99 under 50ms.

Work Experience

Principal Software Engineer

Allianz Technology

2020 – Present

Lead feature development and performance for internal platforms serving 15 business units. Own the performance budget and optimisation roadmap. Use AI tools to accelerate profiling and refactoring.

Senior Software Engineer

Bosch

2014 – 2020

Built high-throughput data systems for automotive telemetry. Optimised ETL pipelines and introduced real-time dashboards. Led performance improvements across 3 engineering teams.

Education & Certifications

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Dipl.-Ing. Computer Science

Technical University of Munich · 2011

🏆 Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)🏆 Google Professional Cloud Developer

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