Irmela Göhl Software Engineering Leader

Skills

Code
  • Ruby / Rails
  • Elixir / Phoenix
  • Javascript / React / TypeScript
  • GraphQL
  • Python
  • CSS / SASS
  • RSpec
Infrastructure/Tooling
  • Git / GitHub / GitLab
  • GitLab CI/CD
  • Docker
  • New Relic
  • Grafana
  • Splunk
  • Heroku
Databases
  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL
  • Elasticsearch
  • Redis
  • MongoDB
Social skills
  • Mentoring and teaching
  • One-on-ones
  • Empathic, people first
  • Team player
  • Pragmatic mindset

Work

samedi GmbH
Okt 2023 - Present
Tech Lead
Ruby, Rails, Go, Postgres, HL7, FHIR, ShapeUp
  • Managing a team of three engineers, providing leadership and guidance
  • Fostering professional development by empowering and mentoring team members
  • Coordinating collaboration among the cross-functional team, consisting of engineering, design, product, and quality assurance, to meet project deadlines
  • Assisting team in decision-making processes and ensuring comprehensive documentation
  • Developing well-tested features for a greenfield project and our 15 year old codebase
  • Established a streamlined QA and release strategy, transitioning towards automated, small and frequent deployments
  • Improved our operational efficiency by aligning our processes more closely with ShapeUp principles
  • Hosting knowledge-sharing sessions to enhance team competencies
Shopify Commerce Germany GmbH
Sept 2020 - Jun 2023
Senior Software Engineer
Ruby, Rails, GraphQL, Javascript, React, MySQL, Grafana, Splunk
  • Implemented well-tested features for a Shopify app with Rails, GraphQL and React
  • Identified tech debt issues within our intricate codebase, collaborated across the team to constantly improve the codebase
  • Addressed performance issues, ensuring optimal system functionality
  • Mentored team members through PR reviews and pair programming, levelling up Ruby and Rails skills across the team
  • Led a large-scale project, scoping down requirements and enabling the team to deliver it on time
  • Collaborated closely with the Trifecta team (Dev Manager, PM & UX) in weekly planning meetings, providing valuable technical insights and support
LieferFactory GmbH
Dec 2017 - Sept 2020
Team Lead Software Engineering
Ruby, Rails, Elixir, Phoenix, Javascript, React, Postgres, SASS
  • Led a team of 5-7 people, doing regular one-on-ones and help to create and establish a career ladder
  • Helped developers on my team to grow in their career
  • Led the hiring process for my team
  • Identified and fixed performance issues
  • Improved performance monitoring tooling by utilizing kibana, pg_stat_statements and postgres internal statistics
  • Implemented well tested features
  • Initiated refactorings like extracting logic into form objects and query objects
  • Contributed to open source projects
wundertax GmbH
Jan 2017 - Nov 2017
Software Developer
Ruby, Rails, Postgres, SASS
  • Implemented new features for a monolithic Rails 5 app
  • Worked on a major refactoring improving the data model
  • Contributed to an agile & lean culture
CB.e Clausaecker | Bingel
April 2013 - Dec 2016
Web Developer
Ruby, Rails, PHP, Drupal, Symfony, SASS, Docker, MySQL
  • Developed a course booking system with Rails
  • Worked on a complex Symfony2 application
  • Developed the IGA Berlin 2017 Website (Team Lead)
  • Introduced Behat Testing & Behavior-Driven Development

Education

Hochschule der Medien, Stuttgart
2008 - 2012
Bachelor of Engineering, Audiovisual Media