// senior software developer — hamburg, germany

Hi, I'm Ben.

A multidisciplinary software developer. I build full-stack products, interactive 3D web experiences and games.

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about

I'm a senior full-stack developer with a focus on clean architecture and thoughtful user experiences. My work spans backends, frontends, infrastructure, agentic coding and project leading — with a soft spot for 3D graphics, game development and open source in the Rust ecosystem.

location:
Hamburg, Germany
languages:
German, English
education:
B.Sc. Computer Science
interests:
Music, Tricking, Running, Hiking
Portrait of Ben Dzaebel
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experience

  1. 03/2024 — current

    Closelink GmbH

    Closelink logo

    Senior Fullstack Developer

    Building a lubricant procurement platform for the international shipping industry. My work spans backend, frontend, dev-ops, architecture and project leading — plus driving the adoption of agentic coding workflows across the team.

    KotlinJavaTypescriptReactSpringAWSVercelMicroservicesAgentic Coding

  2. 09/2019 — 10/2023

    Inovex GmbH

    Fullstack Developer

    Worked on many different projects for interesting clients, including some of Germany's leading convenience store chains. Built multiple full-stack applications from scratch and got deep experience in all phases of software development.

    JavaKotlinTypescriptAngularReactSpring BootGCPGraphQLSQLMicroservices

  3. 09/2018 — 09/2019

    Parship GmbH

    Parship logo

    Backend Developer

    Worked on the popular dating platforms Parship & ElitePartner. Mainly backend work with Java and Spring — learned a lot about architecture and enterprise-level scalability.

    JavaSpringLinuxSQLJenkinsTDDMicroservices
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skills

Over the years I have built and maintained multiple backends and APIs using different technology stacks — ranging from simple microservices to full-fledged application backends.

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education

09/2017 — 09/2020

HAW Hamburg

B.Sc. Computer Science

Advanced MathAlgorithmsAI ArchitecturesDistributed SystemsDatabasesComputer Graphics

I really enjoyed my time at HAW Hamburg and the strong theoretical background it provided me — especially in the AI and computer graphics space. My thesis explored procedural voxel model generation with the wave function collapse algorithm:

thesis.pdf ↗ source ↗
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open source

unity-dots-animation 70

Simple animation system for the unity dots stack.

C#
bevy_replicon_snap 39

High-level networking library that extends the bevy_replicon library to allow snapshot interpolation and client-side prediction

Rust
SMesh 30

A polygon mesh manipulation library based on the Surface Mesh structure

Rust
gstack 8

A CLI util to simplify creating stacked branches and pull requests on github.

Rust
claude-manager 5

CLI tool for managing multiple claude session across projects

Rust
public-agent-skills 0

Public agent skills, installable via skills.sh

Agent Skills

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