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Hi, I'm Victor Löwen.
AI Full Stack Engineer.

Senior Software Engineer & Team Lead with 13+ years of experience building enterprise applications — from custom ERP systems to modern SaaS platforms, now with AI at the center of my daily workflow.

13+ Years Experience
Team Lead & Mentor
Full Stack Mindset
AI-Assisted Engineering
About Me

Passionate about Building Solutions

I'm a 37-year-old Senior Full Stack Developer with a passion for turning complex business problems into elegant software solutions. Since 2013, I've successfully worked across the entire stack — from frontend to backend, API integration, databases, and DevOps.

In some companies, I was the sole developer carrying full responsibility, while in others I grew into a mentor and team lead. I've delivered multiple projects independently and as a senior member of development teams.

Today AI is a fixed part of how I work: I code daily with Claude Code (mostly Opus), build AI chatbots for simple Q&A and ad-hoc report generation, and experiment with local LLMs such as Qwen via Ollama — the latter as a playground, not in production.

Location

Bad Oeynhausen, DE

Degree

B.Sc. Computer Science

Languages

German, English

Interests

Piano, Travel, Tech

VL

Victor Löwen

AI Full Stack Engineer

13+
Years Experience
5
Companies
3+
Years Team Lead
15+
Technologies

Preferred Stack

Angular GOlang Postgres Azure TailwindCSS Claude Code
Career

My Professional Journey

Over a decade of building software solutions across diverse industries — from custom ERP systems to enterprise SaaS platforms.

Current

Apr 2023 – Present

Senior Software Engineer – Team Lead

NHD GmbH

Leading a team of four frontend developers and coordinating closely with the backend team. Currently migrating a monolithic legacy system to a modern microservice architecture. The software is offered as SaaS and serves as an add-on for SAP to simplify external workforce management.

Angular Go Postgres Microservices REST API Docker DevOps
Team Leadership Mentoring Organisation

Senior Software Engineer

ICON Technologies Limited

Developed an external tool for the production environment to enable a paperless workflow. Managed both production and warehouse areas, built ERP system interfaces, and was responsible for all systems, servers, and their operations. Supported by a junior colleague and an external partner.

PHP Laravel php8.2 jQuery CentOS Bash
Team Leading PWA App Server Admin Solution Architect

2020 – 2023

2017 – 2020

Software Engineer

Berg Trailers

Built a small ERP system from scratch using a LAMP stack per the employer's preference. Worked on this system for three years, and it is still in use today with minimal external support.

PHP php7 jQuery MySQL Bootstrap Docker
Full Stack MVC Pattern

IT Developer

Publicis Pixelpark

Worked on the Siemens AG website using Java and Adobe Experience Manager. Gained valuable experience with Scrum and teamwork in an agile team of eight interdisciplinary colleagues, with a focus on backend development and API integrations.

Java AEM JDBC JavaScript Jira Confluence
Scrum Teamwork Agile

2016 – 2017

2013 – 2016

IT Application Developer

Meisterbetten GmbH

Built a custom ERP system with Java, Swing, and AWT, replacing the company's Excel-based processes. Also created delivery optimization tools using the Google API to solve distribution challenges for the sales team.

Java JDBC Swing/AWT Google API REST API
Self Management Time Management
Tech Stack

Technologies & Expertise

A versatile toolkit built over 13+ years of hands-on development across diverse projects and industries.

Backend

Java / Spring Boot Experience
PHP / Laravel Expert
Go Professional
node/express Experience

Frontend

Angular 17+ Expert
React Experience
TypeScript / Vanilla JS Expert
HTML5 / CSS3 / SCSS Expert

Styling & UI

TailwindCSS Professional
Bootstrap 5 Expert
SCSS Experience
Responsive Design Expert

Databases

PostgreSQL Expert
MariaDB Professional
MongoDB Experience

DevOps & Infra

Docker / CI/CD Professional
Linux / Bash Professional
Proxmox / pfSense Professional
Vercel Professional

Methods & Tools

Scrum / Kanban Expert
Git / VS Code Expert
Jira / Confluence Expert
OOP / MVC / REST Expert

Cloud

Azure Professional
Vercel Professional
Hetzner Cloud Professional

Documentation

Confluence Expert
Swagger / OpenAPI Professional
Markdown / Wiki Expert

Test Suite

JUnit Professional
Vitest Professional
Playwright Experience

AI & LLM

Claude Code (Opus) Daily Driver
AI Chatbots / RAG Professional
Prompt Engineering Professional
Ollama / Qwen (local) Experience
AI Engineering

Working with AI, Every Day

AI isn't a side experiment for me — it's part of how I write, review and ship software, and increasingly part of what I build.

Daily Coding with Claude Code

I use Claude Code as my everyday development environment — mostly the Opus models — for feature work, refactorings, code review and exploring unfamiliar codebases. It has become a natural part of my workflow rather than an occasional helper.

Claude Code Opus Agentic Coding Code Review

AI Chatbots & Ad-hoc Reports

I build AI chatbots that answer simple, recurring questions and generate reports on demand — like Holger, a RAG assistant at NHD that creates ad-hoc dashboards and reports with real insights — turning manual data pulls into a short conversation instead of a ticket.

Chatbots Ad-hoc Reporting LLM APIs Prompt Engineering

Local LLMs — Exploring

On the side I run local models such as Qwen with Ollama to explore self-hosted inference, data privacy and offline use cases. Currently a playground — not yet running in production.

Ollama Qwen Self-Hosted Experimental
Portfolio

Selected Projects

From marketplaces and enterprise platforms to AI assistants and tailored ERPs — and the tools and games I build on the side.

Professional Work

Celebrize logo

Design & Implementation · celebrize.de

Celebrize — Event Marketplace

A two-sided marketplace connecting people planning weddings and private celebrations with DJs, photographers, caterers, locations and more — starting in the OWL region. Providers get profiles, requests, a calendar and invoicing; celebrants get step-by-step planning, real-time availability, direct booking and verified reviews. Includes Carla, an AI agent that helps providers with their profile, services and pricing.

Marketplace UI/UX Design AI Agent Booking & Payments
Just Next logo JUST NEXT

Design · just-next.com

In Progress

Just Next — City Events Platform

One feed for everything happening in your city — concerts, markets, sports and meetups — alongside events from your communities, favourite organizers and friends. Users subscribe to cities, join invite-only communities, follow organizer channels, RSVP and get notified before events start; venues, clubs and artists publish straight to their subscribers. Mobile apps are in soft launch, with the web app and organizer dashboard on the way.

Platform Design iOS & Android Organizer Dashboard Communities
AES/32 logo

NHD GmbH · nhd-software.com

AES/32 — Industrial Operations Platform

A modular SaaS execution layer between ERP/CMMS and the field: real-time control over contractor labor, time management, invoicing, sourcing, scaffolding and analytics for oil & gas, chemicals and energy sites. I lead the frontend team migrating the legacy monolith to microservices.

Angular Go Postgres Microservices SAP Integration
ERM

NHD GmbH · AES/32 Module

Equipment Rental Module

Manages the complete lifecycle of rented equipment — from request and multi-level approval through active tracking and maintenance to return and invoicing — with real-time visibility across every project instead of spreadsheets.

Angular Go Postgres Approval Workflows
Holger

NHD GmbH · Internal AI Assistant

Holger — RAG Chatbot for Insights

A retrieval-augmented chatbot that answers questions about operational data and generates ad-hoc dashboards and reports on demand — turning manual data pulls into a short conversation that surfaces genuinely useful insights.

RAG LLM Ad-hoc Dashboards Reporting
Wiki

NHD GmbH · Internal Knowledge Base

AI-Powered Wiki Search

An internal wiki for NHD Software with AI-driven search: instead of a list of links, users get a concise answer that summarizes multiple relevant articles for their query.

AI Search Summarization Knowledge Base Documentation
Paperless

ICON Technologies · icondirect.com / icondirect.ca

Going Paperless — Production & Warehouse

A PWA that replaced paper job sheets on the shop floor of an RV-parts manufacturer (thermoforming & rotational molding). Covers production and warehouse workflows with interfaces to the ERP system — including servers and operations.

PHP Laravel PWA ERP Interfaces
ERP

Berg Trailers · bergtrailers.net

Tailored ERP — Replacing Excel

A small ERP built from scratch for a Canadian grain- and box-trailer manufacturer, replacing a patchwork of Excel files with one shared system tailored to how the company works. Still in use today with minimal external support.

PHP MySQL jQuery Built from Scratch
Routing

Meisterbetten GmbH · meisterbetten.de

Delivery Route Optimizer

A Travelling Salesman solver for a boxspring-bed manufacturer that delivers and assembles on site: given 7–8 destination cities, it finds the visiting order with the shortest distance or fastest travel time using real road data from the Google API.

Java Google Maps API TSP Algorithm Logistics
Sizing

Clariant · Germany · Internal Tool

Pipe & Box Sizing Tool

An internal engineering tool for the specialty chemicals company Clariant that determines the right pipes and boxes from a set of very complex lookup tables — turning a slow, error-prone manual lookup into a quick, reliable calculation.

Internal Tooling Engineering Calculations Complex Data Tables

Websites

Websites I designed, built and launched — mostly on WordPress — including earlier projects that are no longer online.

Germany · E-Commerce

Boxspring Bed Shops

Offline

Developed and launched a series of online shops selling boxspring beds in Germany, built on WordPress and other CMS platforms.

spenger-bettenstudio.de stenio-designbetten.de wenloe-design.de linea.com
WordPress CMS Online Shop

Manitoba, Canada · Real Estate

SmartEstates

Offline

A platform for selling houses in Manitoba, connecting property sellers with buyers online.

smartestates.com
Real Estate Platform Property Listings

Side Projects — Tools & Browser Games

Things I build on the side — a real-time multiplayer game, an AI writing tool, a small app for my kids’ school and casual games playable on desktop and mobile.

polyomino.io banner: real-time multiplayer polyomino puzzles

polyomino.io

Polyomino — Real-Time Multiplayer Puzzles

“Tetris gives you shapes — polyomino.io lets you build your own.” A free browser game where players collect food to grow their piece square by square, then dock it onto a shared live arena. Four modes — Tetromino (free-for-all), Pentomino (co-op picture filling), Domino (race to bridge the walls) and Triomino — plus private rooms with PIN codes, Respawn and Hardcore rules, and no account needed: just a nickname.

Real-Time Multiplayer Game Design Mouse & Touch Private Rooms
Play now →
FADE IN:

screenplay.loewenmedia.com

Screenplay — AI-Assisted Screenwriting

Write your own screenplay in proper Hollywood format. The AI helps with correct English and screenplay formatting — scene headings, action, dialogue and transitions — and guides you all the way to a complete script.

AI Writing Assistant Hollywood Format Language Correction
Start writing →
Obstkalender app icon

obstkalender.loewenmedia.com

Obstkalender — Fruit Rota for a Primary School

A small volunteer app for my kids’ school: parents sign up to cut fruit for the class, two per school day. Access is protected by a code from the parents’ letter, admins can block school-free days, and each week’s plan can be shared as an image straight to messaging apps. Installable on the phone.

Angular PWA Web Share API Volunteer Project
Open app →

Architecture & Patterns

From monoliths to microservices — choosing the right architecture for the right problem.

Monolith
Classic Architecture
Micro
Services
REST
API Design
MVC
Pattern
OOP
Paradigm
SaaS
Cloud Native
Education

Academic Background

Bachelor of Science

Computer Science (Informatik)

Hochschule Bielefeld (University of Applied Sciences)

2010 – 2014 Final Grade: 2.4
Let's Connect

Interested in Working Together?

Whether you have a project in mind, a team to build, or just want to talk tech — I'd love to hear from you.