Barbara Scherlein

Barbara Scherlein is a Principal Engineer at SoundCloud, specializing in backend and data engineering within the Content Authorization team since May 2017. Expertise includes designing, building, and maintaining high-scale backend microservices primarily using Scala and Ruby with MySql. Prior experience includes positions as a Scala Backend Engineer at SoundCloud and an intern focused on Scala backend development at SAP Innovation Center. Academic background features a Master of Science in Mathematics and a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics with a minor in Computer Science, both from The Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg, along with teaching and research roles at various institutions.