Denis Heid

Denis Heid has a diverse work experience in the field of software engineering. Denis currently holds the position of Senior Backend Engineer at Meshcapade since September 2022. In this role, they are responsible for building core backend applications and APIs for the digidoppel.com platform using Python, Go, and AWS. Denis collaborates closely with ML Engineers to ensure R&D projects are production-ready and is involved in porting the digidoppel cloud service to an on-premises solution. Denis also extends the infrastructure setup for backend services and APIs using Terraform and AWS, and dabbles in DevOps by writing Jenkins pipelines for product deployments. Additionally, they write and extends widgets for digidoppel.com using React.

Prior to their current role, Denis worked at IBM as a Software Engineer from September 2019 to December 2020. Denis'sprimary responsibility was DevOps for the IBM Db2 Analytics Accelerator, where they implemented continuous integration and continuous delivery. Denis built multi-stage build and test pipelines for core services using Jenkins and developed a crucial overview website for the testing pipeline from scratch. This website provided essential information to the product owner and team leads, enabling informed decision-making regarding the software's state.

Before joining IBM, Denis served as a Research Assistant at Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen from an undisclosed start date to July 2019.

Overall, Denis Heid showcases a strong background in backend development, infrastructure setup, DevOps, and research assistance.

Denis Heid pursued their education at the University of Tübingen, where they completed a Bachelor of Science degree in Medieninformatik from 2013 to 2017. Denis continued their academic journey at the same institution, enrolling in the Master's program in Medieninformatik from 2017 to 2019.