CV Michel Kern

About Me

As an entrepreneurial Senior Engineer, I thrive at the intersection of complex technology and business reality. With over a decade of experience bridging the gap between robust backends and modern frontends, my focus is always to front-load value, leverage AI-assisted engineering for rapid execution, and eliminate technical friction.

Experience

Senior Software Engineer

Bank Vontobel AG

07/2024 - Present

80% - 100%

Acted as Scrum Master for the engineering team while developing full-stack features. Maintained and improved an e-banking platform serving ~20k unique monthly users, ensuring reliable data flows within the platform and its connected up- and downstream systems. Took ownership of platform stability by providing 3rd-level production support.

Java / Kotlin / Angular / OpenShift / Oracle / JavaScript / TypeScript / Spring Boot / Avaloq Front Platform (AFP) / AI-assisted engineering

Senior Software Engineer

aity AG (subsidiary of Berner Kantonalbank)

09/2022 - 06/2024

80% - 100%

Planned and implemented various features into existing large GraphQL based multi-tenant react SPA. A significant part of my work was migrating the whole flow legacy code base to TypeScript. I also assisted in the creation of a large scale b2c Next.js application. Acted as an external advisor for front-end best practices and as a quality gate.

React / Redux / GraphQL / Camunda / JavaScript / TypeScript / Flow / NextJS

Senior Software Engineer

KEON GmbH

01/2022 - Present

80% - 100%

Several entrepreneurial activities. Including client acquisition, setting up several client websites and in-house products (e.g. hyppi.ch).

JavaScript / TypeScript / React / Gatsby / HTML / CSS

Senior Software Engineer

Sanitas Privatversicherungen AG

03/2021 - 08/2022

80% - 100%

I worked in the team that extends and maintains the internal insurance calculator as well as the processing of offers and applications. I implemented new features, fixed bugs and improved the codebase wherever possible. A big part part of my work was to assist planing and support the migration of the whole codebase to a microfrontend architecture.

Vue.js / HTML / CSS / Tailwind / JavaScript / Microfrontend Architecture / Google Cloud / CI / CD

Co-Founder & Senior Software Engineer

timewise AG

10/2020 - 02/2021

100%

Several entrepreneurial activities. Plan and implement the product UI from scratch (multi-tenant SPA running in the google cloud) and build REST services.

React / HTML / JSS / Bootstrap / JavaScript / TypeScript / NodeJS / UI & UX Design / API Design / Google Cloud / Docker / Linux / CI / CD

Senior Software Engineer

ti&m AG

07/2019 - 09/2020

100%

Integrating the ti&m Channel Suite into a multi-tenant SPA for a connection of several swiss banks. Leading technical interviews.

React / Redux / Redux-Saga / HTML / SCSS / Bootstrap / JavaScript / TypeScript / Docker / Maven / Linux / CI / CD

Software Engineer / Senior Software Engineer

ti&m AG

03/2015 - 06/2019

60% - 80%

Building Web-Portals with CMS Integrations. Integrating and improving the ti&m Channel Suite for several customers: Clientis AG, Aargauische Kantonalbank, Luzerner Kantonalbank, Obwaldner Kantonalbank, Basler Kantonalbank, Basellandschaftliche Kantonalbank. Leading technical interviews.

React / Java / Angular / Spring Boot / Docker / HTML / SCSS / JavaScript / TypeScript / Maven / Oracle / PostgreSQL / Liferay 6/DXP / Magnolia / Jenkins / Linux

Junior Full Stack Developer

UBS Switzerland AG

08/2012 - 02/2015

100%

Supporting and improving UBS legacy applications like the CIO Research Platform.

Java / Spring / Hibernate / HTML / CSS / JavaScript / JQuery / Oracle / Linux