Resume Software Developer with focus on web applications, always inspired by mobile first.

Highly
interested in test- and behaviour-driven development and automation. Strong background in Web
Applications, Artificial Intelligence, Argumentation Frameworks and Software Engineering. Inspired
by Scrum and Agile Development methodologies.

PERSONAL INFORMATION Sebastian Zillessen

Seefeldstrasse 147, 8008 Zurich, CH +41 (0) 79 567 2919
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WORK EXPERIENCE

02/2017 – today Fullstack Software Developer in a Dev-Ops Team Zühlke Engineering, Zürich
• Enterprise Application development in an agile environment (Scrum/SAFe)
• Customer enterprise projects (telecommunication area) based on Java, Spring (Boot) and Angular(JS)
08/2016 – 12/2016 Java Software Developer BlackRock, London
• Enterprise Java Application (financial services) with fat-clients on the Aladdin stack
• Visualization of large financial datasets via interactive Angular Application
09/2015 – 07/2016 Ruby on Rails Software Developer (part-time) MHM-HR, Stuttgart
09/2012 – 08/2013 • eRecruiting Software developed in Ruby on Rails
• Quality improvement of an existing code base
• Social media integration in application processes (XING, Facebook, LinkedIn)
01/2013 – 07/2015 Co-founder & Head of Development Pfeffermind (Games) GmbH, Berlin
• Scrum Master and CTO: team size up to 6 developers
• Full-stack development of smartphone games and educational web applications with Ruby on Rails,
Cordova, AngularJS, Java (Android) and Objective C (iOS)
• Deployment using Capistrano, Heroku, Google Play / Apple App Store, Amazon AWS
06/2010 – 09/2010 Junior Software Developer (Internship) reqorder GmbH, Berlin
• RESTful API integration (Ruby on Rails)
• Client specific customizations of SaaS product
05/2009 – 09/2009 Software Developer (part-time) Stulz GmbH, Grafenhausen
• Requirements analysis & development of process control software for sewage plants (ILTIS)

EDUCATION

09/2015 – 09/2016 M.Sc. Web Intelligence (with distinction) King’s College London, UK
• Artificial Intelligence, Agents & Multi-Agent Systems, Database Technology, Pattern Recognition, Biological
Inspired Methods, Software Engineering of Web Applications
• Master Thesis: Small Data Analyst: Supporting clinicians with analysis of patient by using statistical models
and argumentation theory
10/2010 – 12/2013 B.Sc. Software Engineering (with distinction) University Stuttgart, Germany
• Software development process, Artificial Intelligence, Project management, Basic computer science
• Bachelor Thesis: HDR Image Fusion with Joint Estimation of the Response Curve
09/2006 – 07/2009 Abitur (University Entrance Level, with honours) Waldshut, Germany
• Specialisation in computer science and information technology
09/2003 – 07/2006 German School Porto (high school) Porto, Portugal

TECHNOLOGY SKILLS

Professional use Java, AngularJS, HTML5 (CSS3, Javascript, HTML, JQuery, AJAX), Ruby on Rails, Bootstrap, Cordova / Phonegap,
LaTex, SQL; Postgres, MySQL, Cassandra; heroku, AWS, Linux, Mac OS, Apple App Store, Google Play Store; Test
& Behaviour Driven Development, Scrum, OOA, OOD; Selenium, PhantomJS, Jira, Gitlab (CI), Jenkins, IntelliJ,
Eclipse, RubyMine, vim, atom, Consumer Driven Contracts, cloudfoundry
Good knowledge Android Development, ObjectiveC (iOS), Ada95, C#; Requirements Engineering; Windows, Unix Hosting,
RaspberryPi, Worpress, NodeJS
Basis knowledge Apache Solr, R scripts, Matlab, Docker, PHP, C, Python, Capistrano
 PERSONAL SKILLS

Languages German (mother tongue), English (fluent in spoken and written), Portuguese (basic communication), French
(limited communication)
Additional skills • Leader skills gained as CTO, scrum master and in workshops (e.g. Employee management as CTO, solving
team conflicts, delegation of tasks; Vice project leader at MISDOWL managing a team of 8 developers
working mostly from home; King’s Leadership & Professional Skills Award.)
• Organisation skills gained as co-founder, team-leader in various projects at university and pupils’
representative (e.g. Organising a 3-day congress for pupils, > 500 participants, including workshops, spare
time activities, talks; Being in charge of communications; Secretary of the IEEE Student Branch: setup of
meetings, organisation of events and keeping track of deadlines.)
• Teamwork skills gained as entrepreneur, volunteer in various occasions and scholarships (e.g.
Teambuilding workshops during the Herausforderung Unternehmertum scholarship; Dealing with lethal
situations as paramedic or firefighter requires a good and well-organised teamwork.)

FURTHER INFORMATION

Honours, Awards, Scholarships • Certified Scrum Master, May 2018

• Leading SAFe Certificate, December 2017
• King’s Leadership and Professional Skills Award, 2015
• Scholarship of the German Government, 2011-2013
• „Herausforderung Unternehmertum“ scholarship, 2011
• Plansecur-Foundation Award, 2009
• Ferry-Porsche Award for an excellent degree in mathematics and physics, 2009
• Youth researches awards, 2007/2009
Additional Interests • Horseback riding
• Classical Standard and Latin Dancing
• Squash
• Boardgames