Bernd Strehl

Bernd Strehl

Product Engineer

Product-minded Full Stack Software Engineer

About

I don't just ship tickets, I take ownership of holistic solutions that align technical execution with business goals. I'm deeply invested in Developer Experience, continuously improving internal tooling and workflows to boost team velocity and code quality. I thrive in complex problem spaces and am trusted to deliver high-impact solutions quickly and clearly across technical and non-technical teams.

Currently, I'm a Senior Product Engineer at VOIDS, working on complex product engineering challenges with modern full-stack technologies. I focus on rebuilding critical systems, improving developer experience, and leading high-impact projects that balance speed with maintainability.

Experience

10/2024 — PRESENT
~ 1 year

Senior Product Engineer • VOIDS

Rebuilt our most complex module under a tight deadline to close and retain key customers. Led foundational work to transform our stack for Developer Experience — introducing full type safety and adopting a full-stack framework that significantly accelerated development. Regularly lead projects in high-complexity domains, balancing speed, maintainability, and product impact.

Next.jsTypeScriptReactNode.jsAWSPostgreSQLDrizzleTailwindVercel
12/2022 — 09/2024
~ 2 years

Senior Software Engineer, Backend • topi

Planning, leading and implementing projects in the Go backend. Supporting operations and finance with automations and tooling saving over 50% time. Designing and developing the core of the billing system.

GoTerraformGCP
01/2022 — 11/2022
~ 1 year

Senior Cloud Developer • Hoppe Marine GmbH

Architected, built, rolled-out and maintained serverless microservices and data pipelines running on AWS using AWS Lambda, SNS, SQS, S3 and DynamoDB.

AWSPythonAWS LambdaServerless FrameworkTerraform
02/2019 — 12/2021
~ 3 years

Software Engineer • elbstack GmbH

Created applications in front- and backend for different customers. Supported customer teams with software development.

For elbstack's product Tixl:

Designed and implemented a prototype for a highly scalable DAG-based crypto network with full privacy for the subsidiary Tixl of elbstack. Integrated our products with Ethereum, ERC20 and BTC. Developed and tested smart contracts with Solidity.

TypeScriptNode.jsReactAWSSolidity
2010 — 2018
~ 8 years

Various Student Jobs • Freelance & Part-time

Started programming journey during school and university years, working on various projects while learning web development fundamentals and building practical experience.

HTMLCSSPHPNode.js

Education

2016 - 2018

University of Hamburg

Master of Science - Information Systems

2013 - 2016

University of Kiel

Bachelor of Science - Information Systems

Skills

TypeScript
Node.js
Next.js
SQL
Serverless
React
PostgreSQL
Drizzle
Tailwind
Vercel
Go
Python

Projects

PizzaOfTheWeek.com

Weekly changing pizza topping inspiration and dough calculator.

OpenAIVercel AI SDKTypeScriptNext.jsTailwindVercel KVVercel Blob Storage

Beer Stock

A simple app to keep track of your homebrew bottles left in your stash.

TypeScriptNext.jsshadcn/uiTailwindVercel KVClerk Auth