Bastian Eicher

Karlsruhe, Germany · bastian@eicher.net

I am a software engineer with a passion for building simple and elegant solutions.
My current focus is on containerization, deployment automation and cloud solutions.

Skills

Software Engineering

  • C#, .NET
  • Java, Kotlin
  • TypeScript
  • Python
  • Go
  • gRPC and RESTful APIs

DevOps

  • Kubernetes operations, Helm and ArgoCD
  • Observability with OpenTelemetry, Prometheus and Loki
  • Infrastructure-as-Code with Terraform
  • Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure and AWS
  • Continuous Integration systems (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps)

Technical Coordination

  • Evangelist of development best practices
  • Aligning systems design and interfaces across teams
  • Technical presentations and in-house trainings

Languages

  • English native
  • German native
  • French basics

Projects

Zero Install

Decentralized cross-platform package manager

Allows software developers to publish programs directly from their own web-sites.
Supports features such as shared libraries, automatic updates and digital signatures.

Website


TypedRest

Libraries for type-safe fluent-style REST clients

Java, .NET and TypeScript libraries for consuming RESTful APIs based on patterns.
Instead of manually applying knowledge about patterns like collections, tell the library an endpoint is a collection and get a collection-like interface in return.

Website


OmegaEngine

General-purpose 3D graphics engine for .NET

Light-weight, modular and gameplay-agnostic. Written in C# using DirectX 9 via SlimDX.

Website


NanoByte

Small software, big impact

Collection of small open-source tools and libraries.

Website

Experience

Staff Engineer

DeepL SE
February 2026 - current

Engineering Manager

DeepL SE

Leading the Identity and Access Management team

February 2024 - January 2026

Software Engineer

DeepL SE

Migrating from Docker- to Kubernetes-based deployment
Designing and implementing replacement for legacy IAM

September 2021 - January 2025

Software Engineer

EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG

C# and Go development
Establishing Kubernetes-based platform for Energy CRM

January 2020 - August 2021

Software Engineer

GFT Smart Technology Solutions GmbH
(AXOOM GmbH until Jun. 2019)

C# / .NET Core development
Establishing Kubernetes-based platform
Design of desired state-based provisioning system

January 2017 - December 2019

Software Engineer

1&1 Internet SE

C# and Java development
Implementing orchestration for webhosting infrastructure
Setup and operation of CI/CD environment

August 2015 - December 2016

Education

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Master's Degree, Computer Science
Thesis

Virtual Machine Checkpoint Storage and Distribution for SimuBoost

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October 2012 – June 2015

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science
Thesis

Desktop Integration for Portable, Zero-Install and Virtualized Applications

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October 2008 - September 2012