Product engineering stance
Hands-on delivery grounded in measurable outcomes, strong API contracts, and reliable data.
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Patrick Grämer
Product Engineer / Hands-on Leader
Product engineer focused on scalable systems, pragmatic delivery, and reliable user experiences. I'm not great at talking about my own achievements, so I let the work speak.
- Years shipping products
- 16+
- Teams & engagements
- 07 plus 1 rubber duck
- Based in
- Munich, Germany
About
Hi!👋
Hey, I'm Patrick, a hands-on product engineer based in Munich. I build resilient backend services, thoughtful data workflows, and responsive frontends that turn complex domains into usable products. I care about performance, correctness, and clear API contracts.
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Capability system
Stacks I operationalize
Product engineering for me is equal parts architecture, data fidelity, and UX. I pair modern delivery systems with deliberate instrumentation so precision never gets traded for speed.
- Design APIs and data models that keep product logic explicit, testable, and resilient.
- Ship analytics-grade pipelines with observability, backpressure, and precision safeguards.
- Partner with product and design to turn ambiguity into shippable increments.
Leadership levers
- Agile Leadership
- Management 3.0
- Developer Experience
- DORA Metrics
- SPACE Framework
- Agile Software Development
- Scrum
- Kanban
Delivery arsenal
- Devops Engineering
- Docker
- Amazon Web Services
- CDK
- Jenkins
- Continuous Integration
- Prometheus
- Grafana
DX focus
Reduce lead time without raising stress.
Ops mantra
Observability + coaching over heroics.
Collaboration
Product teams with measurable impact.
Experience
Selected roles & transformations
Shipping since 2010 — always hands-on with the team.
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Koerber Pharma Inspection GmbH
Engineering Manager - AI
Building B.R.AI.N, an AI-powered inspection product that reduces false positives in pharmaceutical production. I own backend services and data ingestion to keep precision, latency, and throughput in balance.
Penzilla GmbH
Founding Engineer / Head of Engineering
At an early-stage corporate pension startup, I co-built the platform with the founders. We focused on making pension plans attractive for employees and compliant for employers, with hands-on ownership of the core product flows.
IU Group N.V.
Engineering Manager - Educational Tech
Worked on student platforms like myCampus and the IU Learn app to support education workflows at scale. I improved data access and reliability so product teams could ship on dependable student data.
Jochen Schweizer mydays Group
Engineering Manager - Ecommerce Platform
Helped deliver the new JSMD Group ecommerce platform for Jochen Schweizer and mydays. We rebuilt the stack for multi-brand scale and performance without sacrificing conversion reliability.
Jochen Schweizer Technology Solutions GmbH
Head of IT (interim)
Prepared two engineering departments for the Jochen Schweizer + mydays merger after the ProSiebenSat.1 acquisition. Aligned platforms and operations so the consolidation could land with minimal disruption.
Jochen Schweizer Technology Solutions GmbH
Engineer & Teamlead
Built voucher redemption, middleware, and partner portal systems for Jochen Schweizer. Grew from individual contributor to team lead while shipping core commerce capabilities on a legacy Perl stack.
CosmoShop GmbH formerly known as Zaunz Publishing GmbH
Software Engineer / Computer Science Expert
Trained as a computer science expert while building customer projects on the Cosmoshop ecommerce platform. Maintained and extended the in-house Perl system running production storefronts.
Currently focused on
- Orchestrating technical leadership engagements that blend discovery, design, and delivery.
- Coaching product squads to move from roadmaps to measurable outcomes without burning out the team.
- Partnering with founders between Munich, Germany and remote hubs for fractional leadership and advisory work.
Currently collaborating from Munich, Germany
Happy to travel for key workshops and immersions — otherwise remote-friendly with crisp documentation.