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Dominik Bauer

AWS Solutions Architect & Full-Stack Developer

With almost 9 years of experience in the automotive industry and 10+ years total in software development, I design, build and operate modern full-stack applications. I hereby focus especially on event driven and serverless architectures.

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Currently: Freelancer, since Aug 2025
Focus: AWS · Serverless & DevOps
Background: BMW Group, 2016 – 2025

Years: 10+
Certs: 9
Building on AWS: 7+

Currently: Freelancer, since Aug 2025
Focus: AWS · Serverless & DevOps
Background: BMW Group, 2016 – 2025

Years: 10+
Certs: 9
Building on AWS: 7+

Expertise

Technologies and tools I use daily to build and operate different applications.

AWS(8 skills)
With 7+ years of experience, working with AWS, I design and operate scalable and secure cloud solutions across the AWS ecosystem.
- AWS Lambda
- DynamoDB
- Amazon SNS / SQS
- API Gateway
- CloudFront
- EventBridge
- S3
- CloudWatch
IaC & DevOps(4 skills)
Tools to enable CI / CD, stable operations and repeatable deployments.
- Terraform
- AWS CDK
- Docker
- GitHub Actions
Languages(3 skills)
The common programming languages that I use to build backend services, APIs and applications.
- Python
- TypeScript
- Java
Web & Frontend(2 skills)
Frontend frameworks I use to build responsive and clean user interfaces.
- Next.js
- Tailwind CSS
Databases(3 skills)
The databases I am most proficient with when it comes to provide scalable solutions for data storage.
- DynamoDB
- MongoDB
- PostgreSQL
Delivery & Collaboration(5 skills)
Some more tools and frameworks about the how I work on a daily basis.
- Agile
- Jira
- Confluence
- GitHub
- draw.io

Experience

Some more information about my professionel journey.

Aug 2025 – Present
AWS Solutions Architect & Full-Stack Software Developer
Freelancer
Working on client projects, doing courses and certifications and building other projects based on AWS (more about them below).
AWS Lambda · Amazon S3 · Amazon DynamoDB · Amazon CloudFront · Amazon CloudWatch · Python · TypeScript · AWS CDK
Jan 2025 – Jul 2025
Software Developer
BMW Group · Automated Driving In-Plant (AFW)
Built a new and fully automated data pipeline via AWS Lambda that provides critical KPIs via a Grafana Dashboard to the project management. Set the foundation for a new central metrics API via Java Quarkus.
Python · Java · Docker · AWS Lambda · Amazon EventBridge · PostgreSQL · Grafana
Jan 2022 – Dec 2024
Cloud Architect & Sub Product Owner
BMW Group · Digital Vehicle File (DVF)
Planned and delivered several high-tier use-cases for the Digital Vehicle File (DVF) as Cloud Architect & technical Sub Product Owner leading a Team of 10 Developers. Identified data quality issues in a database with over 500M data records and planned and integrated migrations to correct it.
Python · TypeScript · Java · MongoDB · AWS Lambda · Amazon S3 · Amazon ECS · Amazon SQS / SNS · AWS CDK
Feb 2019 – Dec 2021
Software Developer
BMW Group · Sales Assistant 3 (SA3)
Transformed the manual monthly reporting into a fully automated solution that provides daily data to the markets via BMWs Cloud Data Hub. Supported an internal task force to ensure the launch of a new vehicle series. Built the used car templates for the first market in the context of SA3. Maintained the contract related templates for +30 European markets.
Python · Amazon S3 · AWS Glue · Terraform · Oracle
Sep 2016 – Feb 2019
Trainee IT Specialist
BMW Group
Supported several Departments, increasing their efficiency by building automated solutions for daily tasks, such as a project management tool to track tasks automatically, remind people via Email about Deadlines and build Gantt charts to visualize progress and current status.
Excel VBA · SharePoint · Python