Samuel Mofrad

Samuel Mofrad

Enterprise Software Engineer, Java Enterprise • Tech Lead / Architecture / Principal Java Eng. • Cloud Computing Engineer (Linux Foundation, USA) • AI/MLEngineer • Founder of unus.one & softwork.ing

23+ Years Engineering Experience (Since 2003) • 15+ Years Leading Enterprise Java & Microservices Modernizations Across Germany, Switzerland & Europe
Europe • Germany • Switzerland • 23+ Years Engineering Experience (Since 2003)
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About Samuel Mofrad

Entering the software engineering industry in 2003, I bring 23+ years of continuous, battle-tested engineering leadership, with more than 15 years dedicated specifically to Enterprise Java and large-scale microservices migrations across Germany, Switzerland, and the wider European market.

My professional trajectory spans the entire engineering spectrum: starting as a hands-on Java enterprise developer and advancing to Tech Lead and Enterprise Software Architect directing multi-million-euro architectural modernizations for premier market leaders.

Throughout my career, I have combined deep enterprise software engineering rigor with certified cloud systems mastery as a Cloud Computing Engineer credentialed by the Linux Foundation (USA):

  • 15+ Years in Enterprise Java & Microservices: Architected the decoupling of massive, mission-critical legacy Java EE monoliths into resilient, event-driven Spring Boot microservices, high-throughput Apache Kafka pipelines, and cloud-native Kubernetes environments.
  • Tier-1 European Enterprise Delivery: Spearheaded distributed architectures and platform modernization for leading European DAX and SMI enterprise giants across automotive, manufacturing, and software sectors (including the Volkswagen, BMW, and SAP ecosystems).
  • Sovereign Public Sector & Tech Leadership: Served as Tech Lead at the Landtag of Lower Saxony (Niedersächsischer Landtag) and led end-to-end, zero-downtime microservices modernizations for the Federal Office of Justice (Bundesamt für Justiz) under strict BSI IT-Grundschutz standards.
  • Multi-Cloud & Infrastructure as Code: Hands-on architectural mastery across Red Hat OpenShift, AWS, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Microsoft Azure, and declarative infrastructure orchestration using Terraform and Docker.
  • Applied AI / ML & FinTech Frontiers: Engineering production-grade AI/ML agents, Model Context Protocol (MCP) server infrastructures, and real-time transaction ledgers within complex financial and enterprise backends.
  • Venture Ownership & Community: Founder and owner of unus.one (European venture studio & commerce infrastructure) and softwork.ing (technology arm & talent network), and educator sharing architecture deep dives through codeworking.org.

Experience & Leadership

Enterprise Software Architect & Principal Consultant

European DAX & SMI Enterprise Leaders (Automotive, Banking, Software) • 2018 – Present • Principal Advisory & Architecture

Germany & Switzerland • Cloud Modernization, FinTech, AI

Directing large-scale distributed systems architecture, monolith-to-microservices migrations, and cloud-native platform engineering.

  • Led decoupling of mission-critical legacy backends into event-driven Spring Boot microservices on Kubernetes and OpenShift.
  • Spearheaded applied AI/ML and Model Context Protocol (MCP) agent infrastructure integrated into enterprise microservices and FinTech.
  • Architected multi-region cloud infrastructures across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud with declarative Terraform automation.
Enterprise Architecture Kubernetes OpenShift Kafka Cloud Computing

Tech Lead & Sovereign Systems Architect

Landtag of Lower Saxony & Federal Office of Justice (BfJ) • Sovereign Public Sector Engagements • Germany

Germany • Public Sector, Justice Administration & Parliamentary Portals

Served as Tech Lead for legislative digital platforms and led comprehensive monolith-to-microservices modernization for the Federal Office of Justice.

  • Led architectural decoupling of monolithic justice administrative backends into secure, decoupled microservices.
  • Enforced strict compliance with BSI IT-Grundschutz, OZG standards, and cryptographic audit guidelines.
  • Standardized federated citizen and parliamentary identity authentication using Keycloak SAML/OIDC.
Tech Lead Java Microservices BSI IT-Grundschutz Keycloak Federal Architecture

Senior Enterprise Java Engineer & Microservices Lead

Tier-1 Enterprise Delivery (DAX/SMI Ecosystems incl. VW, BMW, SAP) • 2003 – 2018 • Evolution from Developer to Tech Lead

Germany, Switzerland & Europe • Automotive, Manufacturing, Enterprise Software

15+ years delivering enterprise Java EE backends, high-throughput database systems, and event-driven architectures.

  • Spearheaded core Java EE migrations from legacy application servers to lightweight Spring Boot & containerized microservices.
  • Engineered mission-critical Kafka event streaming and distributed transaction pipelines handling massive daily volumes.
  • Studied enterprise master software engineering in parallel with hands-on production delivery for high-end German and Swiss corporations.
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