Software engineer and entrepreneur, self-employed since 2018. Co-founded Groovy (16M+ Discord servers, $1M+ revenue) and wrote its original bot at 16. Co-own Hydra (6.1M servers) and built the official SoundCloud and Netflix Discord bots with Jochen Segner.
Experience
HydraCo-owner and engineer
2020 – present
Leveling, welcome and reaction-role bot founded by Jochen Segner, on 6.1M Discord servers.
Built most of the hydra.bot web app, including premium subscriptions (Vue, Nuxt)
Co-develop the Kotlin backend as its second-largest contributor
Lead frontend, infrastructure and the monorepo for the 2026 rebuild (Rust, Kubernetes)
SoundCloudEngineer and project lead (contract)
2021 – present
Official SoundCloud Discord bot, on 667K servers, built and run with Jochen Segner.
Manage the project with SoundCloud, including the 2022 launch and the move to OAuth 2.1
Lead the web frontend (TypeScript, Nuxt) and co-develop the Kotlin backend
Set up and run production in the SoundCloud AWS organization with Terraform
Digital Office 24Software engineer (contract)
Feb 2026 – present
Built the production customer platform alone: HubSpot CRM integration, demo booking, customer area and billing (Bun, Hono, Next.js). Also did its GDPR and consent work.
FinaureTech lead (contract)
Sep 2026 – present
Self-funded digital wealth-management startup by Dr. Jürgen Lange, built AI-first. In the core team, built its independent review program and an implementation-agnostic test lab.
Top.ggSoftware engineer (contract)
Jun 2026 – present
Built frontend features for reviews, ad campaign health, SEO and internationalization (Next.js), plus a signed macOS app for infrastructure status (Electron).
Built with Jochen Segner for Netflix, credited at HydraBot. 150K+ servers and 250K+ sessions in its first month; billed as the fastest-growing branded app on Discord. 2023 Webby Honoree.
GroovyCo-founder
2018 – 2021
Discord music bot with Nik Ammerlaan; 16M+ servers before YouTube forced it offline.
Wrote the original bot at 16 (Python, then Java)
Led frontend and monetization as revenue passed $1M
Education
University of PassauComputer Science (no degree)
2020 – 2021
Left after the first semester to focus on my ventures.
Gabelsberger-Gymnasium MainburgAbitur
2020
Volunteering
BUNDjugend BayernCamp leadership team (Leitungsteam)
2022 – present
Member since 2018; co-organize the Zeltlager, its largest yearly camp for children and teens.