Portfolio — 2026

Sascha Scheid

Software Engineer & Entrepreneur

Crafting precise, expressive digital experiences at the intersection of engineering and product.

Sascha Scheid

About Me

With a foundation in both media design and computer science, I operate at the precise boundary where systems thinking meets visual intelligence. I'm a software engineer by craft — full-stack, product-minded, and obsessed with the details that separate good software from exceptional software.

Alongside my full-time engineering role, I co-founded a startup — an experience that transformed me from an engineer into a builder in the fullest sense. I learned to lead teams, navigate ambiguity, ship under pressure, and make product decisions that balance user needs with technical constraints.

I believe great software is a form of design, and great design is a form of reasoning. Every system I build reflects that conviction.

Engineering precision meets the bravado of a founder.

Skills &
Competencies

01

Framework Building

Designing and implementing reusable engineering frameworks — from component systems to internal tooling — that accelerate teams and reduce repetition.

02

Cultural Change

Active participant in organisational transformation processes: facilitating shifts in ways of working, engineering culture, and cross-functional collaboration.

03

Legacy Migration

Planning and executing migrations of legacy applications toward modern architectures — balancing continuity of service with long-term maintainability.

04

Data-Based Decision Making

Building and applying data pipelines, dashboards, and analytical frameworks to ground product and engineering decisions in evidence rather than intuition.

05

UI & UX Awareness

Bringing a designer's eye to engineering — caring about interface clarity, interaction detail, and the experience behind every technical decision.

Work Experience

02.2026 — now

Managing Partner

planfeuer GmbH

Concurrent with full-time role

  • We help brands transform traditional sweepstakes, raffles, and promotional competitions into scalable digital experiences.
  • Responsible for the technology and product vision behind our digital promotion platforms.
  • Enabling brands to run engaging, data-driven campaigns at scale.

06.2024 — now

Software Engineer

AEB SE

  • Responsible for the design & architecture of an internal backend framework for distributed services built on Spring Boot.
  • Coordinate planning with stakeholders from the product development teams and my teammates.
  • Primarily involved in the data management and separation layer of the framework.

10.2023 — 05.2024

Software Engineer

AEB SE · Working Student

  • In the Cloud Infrastructure team, developed a monitoring service that retrieves and processes document metadata across multiple ElasticSearch clusters.
  • Designed to detect and prevent mapping explosions at an early stage.

04.2023 — 09.2023

Software Engineer

AEB SE · Intern

  • Internship in the Cloud Infrastructure team, contributing to the development of an internal backend framework.
  • Built small internal libraries and build-system plugins, and adjusted CI/CD pipelines.

01.2021 — 03.2023

Software Engineer

planfeuer GmbH · Working Student

  • Further developed a platform for digital competitions — shipping product features and introducing automated tests and deployments.
  • Lead challenge: designing and implementing a fraud-detection mechanism.

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