Dominik Bauer
I design and build cloud-native solutions on AWS — from scalable architectures to modern full-stack applications. 9+ years of enterprise experience in the automotive industry.
// Expertise
Skills & Technologies
Technologies and tools I work with to build cloud-native solutions and modern applications.
AWS
With 7+ years of hands-on experience, I design and operate scalable and secure cloud solutions across the AWS ecosystem.
IaC & DevOps
Automating infrastructure provisioning and deployment pipelines to ensure consistent and repeatable deployments.
Languages
The languages I use when building backend services, APIs, and cloud-native applications.
Web & Frontend
Modern frameworks and tools that I use to build clean and responsive frontend applications.
Databases
Relational and NoSQL databases I work with for scalable and
// Career
Experience
My professional journey in cloud engineering and software development.
AWS Solutions Architect & Fullstack Software Developer
Freelancer
Cloud-native architectures, automated data pipelines, and full-stack development for various clients. Focus areas: AWS (Lambda, ECS, EventBridge), IaC with SST & Terraform, reporting dashboards, and modern web applications with Next.js.
Software Developer
BMW Group — Automated Driving In-Plant (AFW)
Defining new KPIs for product management, as well as planning and developing a reporting dashboard. Implementing automated data pipelines and Grafana dashboards, as well as a new database to centrally store the KPIs.
Cloud Architect & Software Developer
BMW Group — Digital Vehicle File (DVF)
Planning and implementation of more than ten major use cases for a cloud-native data platform for vehicle-related data. Communication with stakeholders and partner systems, designing architectures, and supporting the implementing of solutions while leading a team of ten international developers.
Software Engineer
BMW Group — Sales Assistant 3 (SA3)
Design and implementation of Dealer-Configurator-Templates for over 30 European markets (excluding Germany). Transformation of the manual reporting for market-specific KPIs with an automated data pipeline to the Cloud Data Hub.
Trainee IT Specialist
BMW Group
Vocational training as IT specialist (Informatikkaufmann) combining business administration with software development. Foundation in enterprise IT systems and project management.
// Certifications
Certificates
Professional certifications that validate my expertise in cloud and database technologies.
AWS Solutions Architect Professional
Advanced knowledge of designing distributed systems and architectures on AWS. Expertise in complex, multi-account AWS environments, cost optimization strategies, and migration planning for enterprise workloads.
MongoDB Application Optimization (DA640)
Mastery in ensuring MongoDB applications are optimized and high performing. Improved a test application from 20 second response time down to 20 milliseconds through iterative optimization.
DevOps with MongoDB Atlas (OF500)
Skills to use the Atlas API to fully automate tasks in the database lifecycle and integrate MongoDB Atlas with other enterprise systems.
// Contact
Get in touch
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