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Ing. Felix Kranich

Profile

Full-stack software engineer with 3 years of experience in backend and frontend development. Strong focus on building scalable, cloud-native applications with Kotlin, Angular, and Kubernetes. Fluent in English, working in an international team environment. Background in bilingual engineering education (German/English).

Education

2025–Present
Heriot-Watt University
MSc Computer Science
  • Performance-based admission
2015–2020
HTL Pinkafeld
Higher Federal Technical College of Computer Sciences
  • Bilingual education: German and English
  • Emphasis on software engineering, network technology, and systems administration
  • Graduated with diploma thesis and final project in software development
  • EQF/NQF 5 – ISCED 55 – Full-time technical college (Higher VET)

Work Experience

July 2022–Today
Prewave
Intermediate Software Engineer
Apr. 2024–Today

As an Intermediate Software Engineer at a leading Supply Chain B2B SaaS startup, I've spent my time driving innovation and enhancing our platform's capabilities. My work spans a wide range of critical projects, including:

  • Technologies: Kotlin (Spring Boot), TypeScript (Angular), Kubernetes, GitHub Actions
  • Language of work: English
  • Full-stack development of internal tools and customer-facing features
  • Collaborated in cross-functional agile teams
  • Played a key role in the microservice migration initiative, contributing to the modernization of our architecture and improving scalability
  • Enhanced our platform's API capabilities and established a developer portal, facilitating better integration for our API customers
  • Contributed to core mapping functionalities, improving geospatial data visualization for our clients
  • Worked on multiple high-profile client integrations for external data providers, demonstrating adaptability to diverse client needs
Junior Software Engineer
July 2022–Apr. 2024
July 2019–July 2019
x.news information technology
Software Engineer

During my internship at x.news, I gained valuable experience in both backend and frontend development, contributing to significant projects and technology transitions:

  • Utilized Java, Spring framework, and Hibernate to develop and maintain robust server-side applications.
  • Worked extensively with Knockout.js to build dynamic and responsive user interfaces.
  • Played a key role in the company's frontend technology transition, assisting in the migration from Knockout.js to Vue.js.

Certifications and Titles

2025
IBM DevOps and Software Engineering
2025
“Ingenieur” (Ing.) – Austrian Engineering Title
Based on HTL + 3 years industry experience
EQF 6
2021
Cisco CCNA R&S: Introduction to Networks
Letter of Merit and Certificate awarded (score over 75%)
2021
Cisco CCNA R&S: Routing and Switching Essentials
2021
Cisco CCNA R&S: Scaling Networks
2021
SAP GUI & Navigation
2021
SAP Introduction
2021
SAP-Basis – Berechtigungsverwaltung (klassisch, Profilgenerator)
2021
SAP-Basis – Mandantenkonzept, Organisationsbegriffe

Technical Skills

Languages
Kotlin, Java, TypeScript, JavaScript, SQL, Haskell
Frameworks
Spring Boot, Angular, Node.js
DevOps
Docker, Kubernetes, ArgoCD, GitHub Actions
Databases
PostgreSQL, MongoDB
Tools
Git, IntelliJ, VSCode, Jira, Confluence

Languages

German
Native
English
Fluent

Interests

I enjoy exploring programming paradigms and technologies in my free time, particularly functional programming with Haskell. I often use side projects to deepen my understanding of systems design, compilers, and developer tooling. Beyond tech, I’m curious about linguistics, geography, and creative expression through digital media.