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Ammar Najjar

Software Development Architect

About Me

I am Ammar Najjar, a dedicated Software Development Architect currently based in Bremen, Germany, working at CTS EVENTIM. With a robust background spanning various facets of software development, my career journey includes significant experience in architectural leadership, full-stack development, quality assurance, and research. I am passionate about creating robust and scalable software solutions, ensuring compliance with architectural standards, and fostering best practices within development teams. My expertise covers a wide range of technologies and methodologies, from microservices and cloud-native deployments to agile software development environments.

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Skills & Expertise

  • Software Architecture
  • Software Development
  • Analytical Skills
  • Innovation & Creativity
  • Problem solving skills
  • Leader Mindset
  • Communication
  • Researcher Mindset
  • Knowledge Transfer
  • Continuous Integration
  • Agile & Scrum
  • Microservices
  • Algorithms
  • AI Systems
  • REST
  • GrqphQL
  • Test automation
  • Quality Management
  • Kong
  • Docker
  • Python
  • Angular
  • Linux
  • Kubernetes

Professional Experience

Software Development Architect | CTS EVENTIM

Aug. 2024 - Present

  • Architectural leadership of the development team.
  • Making architectural decisions in coordination with relevant people/departments.
  • Creation and establishment of architecture guidelines.
  • Ensures compliance with standards and processes.
  • Enforcing and ensuring the implementation of architectural decisions made in your own Scrum team.
  • Allocation and coordination of technical topics as part of release planning.
  • Creating best practices for recurring topics and for their documentation.

Senior Software Development Expert | CTS EVENTIM

Dec. 2023 - Aug. 2024 (9 months)

  • Angular Front-End Client development.
  • NestJs Backend-For-Frontend Layer development.
  • Gitlab administrator.
  • Deployment using Helm charts & Kubernetes.

Software Development Expert | CTS EVENTIM

Nov. 2018 - Dec. 2023 (5 years and 2 months)

  • Full-Stack Developer responsibilities.
  • Angular Front-End Client development.
  • NestJs Backend-For-Frontend Layer development.
  • Dotnet-core (C#) API Microservices development.
  • Deployment using Gitlab, Docker & Kubernetes.

Senior Quality Assurance Expert | CTS EVENTIM

Jan. 2017 - Oct. 2018 (1 year and 10 months)

  • Developed automated system tests (Developer role).
  • Managed the CI integration platform (DevOps role).
  • Quality assurance in an agile software development environment (QA role).

Research Scientist | FWBI Forschungsges.mbH

Oct. 2015 - Dec. 2016 (1 year and 3 months)

Academic Tutor | University of Bremen

Apr. 2016 - Aug. 2016 (5 months)

  • Tutor for Robotics I - Course Tutorials.

Software Engineer | Univention GmbH

Mar. 2014 - Sep. 2015 (1 year and 7 months)

  • Developing software for the testing branch.

Software Assistant, Student | BIBA - Bremer Institut für Produktion und Logistik GmbH

July 2012 - Mar. 2013 (9 months)

  • Worked with OpenCV to process images and perform motion detection and recognition.

Engineer | Syrian Insurance Company

Aug. 2008 - Mar. 2011 (2 years and 8 months)

  • IT supervisor.
  • Head of the Offers department for Health Insurance section.

Doctor Assistant/ Teacher | Al-Baath University

Sep. 2007 - July 2009 (1 year and 11 months)

  • Taught Programming-1 Lab Course, Networking-2 (Java) Lab Course, and Data Acquisition for control Systems.

Doctor Assistant/ Teacher | Al-Wadi International University (WIU)

Sep. 2007 - July 2009 (1 year and 11 months)

  • Taught Computer Skills (CS) Lab Course, Artificial Intelligence (AI) Lab Course, and Computer Arithmetic (CAr) Practical Course.

Education

M.Sc.: Information and Automation Engineering

Bremen University - Mar. 2011 - Aug. 2015 (4 years and 6 months)

Focus areas included: Software Development, Machine vision, Robotics, Control Theory, Real time software design.

Bachelor: Automatic Control and Computers Engineering

Al-Baath University - Sep. 2002 - July 2007 (4 years and 11 months)

Focus areas included: Computer science, Automatic Control, Computer Architecture, Programming, Sensors and measurement.

Languages

  • English: Fluent
  • Deutsch (German): Good
  • Arabisch (Arabic): Native language