Hi, I'm

Hannes Ortmeier

Tech Lead & Data Engineer

Building data platforms and scalable infrastructure. Focused on DevOps, system architecture, and sustainable solutions. Currently working on DB360 at Deutsche Bahn.

Hamburg, Germany

About Me

I'm a Tech Lead and Data Engineer based in Hamburg, Germany. With my experience in building data platforms, cloud infrastructure, and scalable systems, I focus on delivering sustainable and collaborative technical solutions.

Currently at DB Systel GmbH, I work hands-on with the team to shape technical direction while prioritizing shared ownership in the context of DevOps. Previously, I've built data pipelines and infrastructure for ML and BI applications at Otto Group and helped businesses integrated data into their data stores at saracus consulting.

Beyond my corporate work, I'm passionate about building innovative products. I founded sagmal, a smart educational documentation tool for childcare facilities that uses voice recording, automatic transcription, and AI-powered analysis to simplify observation documentation. I also run Paperless-Hosting.de, offering Paperless-ngx as a Service.

My entrepreneurial ventures combine my technical expertise in Go, Rust, and Python with distributed architecture design, all managed with modern Infrastructure as Code tools like OpenTofu and Ansible.

Skills & Technologies

Languages

RustGoJavaPython

Cloud & Infrastructure

AWSGCPHetznerTerraformOpenTofuContainerAnsible

Data & Architecture

Data PipelinesDistributed SystemsSystem ArchitectureAI/ML

Observability

PrometheusGrafanaLokiOpenTelemetry

Technologies

Building scalable data platforms and infrastructure with modern tools

Go
Rust
Java
Python
AWS
GCP
Hetzner
OpenTofu
Container

Experience

Tech Lead DB360

DB Systel GmbH

Hamburg, Germany (Remote)

Jan 2026 - Present

Tech Lead at a data platform, focusing on DevOps and system architecture. Working hands-on with the team, shaping technical direction collaboratively rather than top-down, and prioritizing shared ownership and sustainable solutions.

LeadershipDevOpsSystem Architecture

Founder & Developer

sagmal

Hamburg, Germany (Remote)

2025 - Present

Smart educational documentation for childcare facilities. Easily record observations using voice commands, transcribe them automatically and evaluate them with AI support. Built with a distributed architecture on Hetzner infrastructure, managed with OpenTofu.

GoRustPythonDistributed SystemsHetznerOpenTofuAI/ML

Senior Platform Engineer

DB Systel GmbH

Hamburg, Germany (Remote)

Mar 2025 - Jan 2026

Development of a data platform in the context of vehicle maintenance and servicing in AWS.

Software ArchitectureGoAWSOpenTofu

Founder & Developer

Paperless-Hosting.de

Hamburg, Germany (Remote)

Nov 2024 - Present

Founder and developer of Paperless-Hosting.de - Paperless as a Service.

Software ArchitectureRustDocker Swarm

Senior Data Engineer

DB Systel GmbH

Hamburg, Germany (Remote)

Nov 2023 - Mar 2025

Making Deutsche Bahn punctual by leveraging data and AI.

AWSPythonGoSystem Architecture

Data Engineer

Otto Group data.works

Hamburg, Germany

Oct 2021 - Nov 2023

Developing cloud services and batch and streaming data pipelines for ML and BI applications on one of Europe's biggest data lakes.

GCPJavaScala

IT Consultant

saracus consulting GmbH

Münster, Germany

Jan 2019 - Oct 2021

Building, operating and maintaining data integration infrastructure paired with a dose of DevOps and a lot of automation.

AWSPython

Get In Touch

Feel free to reach out if you want to connect or discuss opportunities.