Steve Taggeselle

We have been building software for over 15 years, more than 12 of them freelance. In that time we have supported companies and public authorities in planning, developing and operating demanding software projects — both within existing teams and as independently delivered solutions.

Our focus is on cloud-native services and running containers on Kubernetes — from concept and proof of concept through development into operation, including CI/CD, secret management, monitoring and test automation. As an iSAQB-certified software architect (CPSA-A) we bring structure and proven methods to design, architecture and documentation — most recently in the public sector and the automotive industry, throughout in agile teams (Scrum).

Awarded the DASMA Future Prize for a master's thesis in the field of cloud computing.

  • Java
  • Spring Boot
  • Quarkus
  • TypeScript
  • Node.js
  • Kubernetes
  • Docker
  • Kafka
  • Cloud-native
  • Microservices
  • Event-Driven
  • CI/CD
  • GitOps
  • Terraform
  • Azure
  • Google Cloud
  • OAuth2/OIDC
  • Domain-Driven Design
  • iSAQB CPSA-A

Software architecture (iSAQB)

  • CPSA – Advanced Level (CPSA-A)iSAQB · 2022
  • Module WEBSEC – Web SecurityiSAQB · 2025
  • Module AGILA – Agile Software ArchitectureiSAQB · 2021
  • Module ARCEVAL/AWERT – Architecture EvaluationiSAQB · 2020
  • Module FLEX – Flexible ArchitecturesiSAQB · 2017
  • CPSA – Foundation Level (CPSA-F)iSAQB · 2017

Operations & DevOps

  • CKAD – Certified Kubernetes Application DeveloperCNCF / Linux Foundation · 2022
  • Docker Administration and Operations2015

Ways of working

  • Availability on request
  • Remote, Germany-wide — project languages German and English
  • Agile (Scrum/Kanban)
  • Professional indemnity insurance in place
Own development · Industry/Production

Fluxo — material & goods-flow control

A long-lived custom solution for a recycling operation with a complex separation process, run entirely in the Azure cloud: capturing production, warehouse and booking data, controlling the separation process and dashboards — solely responsible from concept to operation. The desktop client (WPF) is currently being migrated to a web interface.

Result: In production for over 10 years, with ongoing process optimisation.

  • .NET
  • SignalR
  • WPF → Web
  • SQL Server
  • Azure

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Public sector

European Social-Security Data Exchange (EESSI)

A large public-authority project connecting to a European data-exchange network: modernising existing components into Quarkus services on a Kubernetes cluster (Rancher), with an AS4 adapter including signature verification, Kafka messaging and GitOps operations.

Result: Traceable data migration and standards-compliant, signature-secured communication in production K8s operation.

  • Quarkus
  • Kafka
  • Kubernetes (Rancher)
  • Flux/Tekton
  • AS4
  • Vault
Automotive/Mobility

Car-sharing platform

A greenfield platform for a mobility provider, in close collaboration with iOS and Android teams: serverless middleware orchestrating external services across a multi-cloud landscape (GCP, GKE, Azure B2C), designed event- and domain-driven.

Result: Scalable, maintainable middleware as the backbone of the app landscape.

  • GCP
  • Kubernetes (GKE)
  • Azure B2C
  • Terraform
  • Serverless
  • DDD
Automotive

Telematics/fleet-management migration

Migrating existing telematics services from JEE/WebSphere into a new cloud environment: rebuilt as Spring Boot services on Kubernetes, defining the target architecture and automated deployments (Azure DevOps).

Result: A cloud-native target architecture instead of a WebSphere monolith, with automated deployments.

  • Spring Boot
  • Docker/Kubernetes
  • Azure DevOps
  • Azure ARM
  • Pact
Automotive

Identity & API services

Highly dynamic REST services around identity and user data: providing and validating generic JSON objects and secure sign-in via single sign-on (OAuth2/OpenID Connect, PingFederate).

Result: Flexible, secure API services with standardised authentication.

  • Spring
  • OAuth2/OIDC
  • PingFederate
  • Docker
  • REST

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