Tobias Deekens

At Brandwatch, we build great web-based software for comprehensive social network data monitoring and analysis.

Working as a front end developer within a cross-functional team developing Single Page Applications. Furthermore focussing on frontend architecture, tooling and testing to increase developer experience.

Investigating Ericsson's adoption of Agile Software Development within their organizational structure in regards to communication flow and blockages by the empowerment of cross-functional teams.

Scandio GmbH is a medium sized web-consultancy firm. Working as a PHP and JavaScript developer mainly extending and maintaining Scandio's Open Source portfolio in scandiojs, lmvc and lmvc-modules. Also engaged in daily development working with Drupal and Solr.

Continuation of work after finishing bachelor thesis. Evolving the previously designed prototype developing a data administration application. Gaining more experience with modern web development using HTML5/CSS3, JavaScript and related frameworks (Backbone.js, martionette.js and jQuery). Also partly worked on daily development of other products.

Combined experience in working at zweitwerk while performing research and writing on an integrated bachelor thesis. The thesis entailed a systematic comparison of NoSQL (BigTable, Dynamo and MongoDB) and SQL (MySQL and Oracle) databases while performing benchmarks and developing an backend angostic proof-of-concept prototype of a product database for their media asset management system.

Working on project Cadena in designing and implementing a Software as a Service supporting elderly care services build upon Adobe Flex®, ActionScript, Flash Media Server and PHP (Zend backed). The application's features included video conferences between care service and a retiree and administration of clinical records. My duties included implementation and testing of a PHP-based backend as well as working on every part of the front end.