Erik Baer

Platform Lead & Solution Architect

I design and evolve platform ecosystems that reduce complexity, strengthen engineering workflows, and enable teams to focus on high-impact product work. My approach combines hands-on engineering with a strategic understanding of how organisations shape and govern their technology landscape. This enables teams to align around clear principles and sustainable delivery practices, creating long-term value across the organisation.

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A tech head with a business mind

Platform Engineering

Creating compelling solutions that unlock productivity while improving developer satisfaction

Cloud Architecture

Designing hybrid and multi-cloud solutions with focus on automation and technical excellence

Technical Leadership

Leading cross-functional teams and strategic adoption of platform solutions across organisations

My work efficiently combines deep expertise in cloud-native Software Development and Continuous Delivery, DevOps, as well as IT Infrastructure Engineering, with a considerable experience in Strategic Business Development. My mindset is guided by the strong drive to create impactful business value across complex organisations. I consider platforms as strategic products, that purposefully abstract technical complexity and provide engineering teams with greater autonomy, enabling them to focus on high-quality software development and efficient value creation.

Featured Projects

Digital Banking Modernization

From low-code dead end to scalable platform and financial success

A struggling low-code banking app had become a bottleneck for innovation and growth, despite attracting a rapidly increasing user base. Through a strategic re-architecture and thin-slice modernization approach, we transformed instability into a foundation for rapid, secure, and autonomous delivery — turning a technical dead end into a flagship success story.

Platform EngineeringCloud ModernizationFinancial ServicesArchitecture StrategyCI/CDInfrastructure as CodeDevEx

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Multi-Agent Enterprise Platform Infrastructure

Production-ready toolchain for complex multi-agent deployments

Data-intensive enterprises repeatedly reinvent the wheel when building multi-agent systems, lacking standards and consistent deployment methods. I built the infrastructure foundation for a standardized platform that automates agent deployment with infrastructure provisioning and tool catalog integration—transforming experimental AI projects into production-ready systems.

MLOpsMulti-Agent SystemsSelf-ServicePydanticGen AIPythonGoAzureKubernetesTerraformHelmOpen Policy Agent

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Financial Marketplace Cloud Migration

Zero-downtime migration for mission-critical financial marketplace

A financial marketplace needed to modernize infrastructure while maintaining 24/7 availability for mission-critical transactions. I architected a strategic hybrid migration combining bare-metal infrastructure for low-latency trading systems with cloud elasticity and distributed custom storage solutions.

IBM StorageTerraformCloud ArchitectureFinancial ServicesHybrid CloudInfrastructure as CodeMigration StrategyHigh Availability

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Integrated Observability Platform

Unified view on development processes for global insurance company

Technical implementation of a cloud-native observability platform enabling a consolidated view on builds, tickets and deployments from various systems. The solution increased transparency and traceability across the whole software development lifecycle, by integrating highly relevant information from numerous distributed systems in real-time.

ObservabilityPlatformEngineeringDeveloperExperienceSelfServiceAWSTerraformElasticsearchCloudNativeJavaScriptGo

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Digital Transformation for Global Enterprises

Leading modernization initiatives for Fortune 500 companies

Leading modernization initiatives for Fortune 500 companies across Automotive, Transportation, Finance, and Healthcare sectors. Architected hybrid and multi-cloud environments with focus on Engineering Platforms, continuous delivery, and Developer Experience. Delivered strategic consulting to business decision-makers and technical leadership.

AWSAzureKubernetesTerraformGitLab CIPlatform Engineering

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Smart Home IoT Platform

Turning Mirrors into Smart Coaches

Architected and developed a full IoT fitness platform connecting Linux-based edge devices with customized OS via AWS IoT Core. Implemented secure fleet management with automated OTA updates, event-driven microservices, capabilities for video-conferencing and real-time 3D motion capture for AI-driven feedback on training performance.

AWS IoT CoreLinuxMicroservicesCI/CDReal-time Processing3D Motion CaptureBash

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Leadership & Expertise

Technical LeadershipStakeholder ManagementDigital TransformationEnterprise ModernisationTeam MentoringCross-functional CollaborationPerformance OptimizationScalability PlanningCost OptimizationMigration Strategy

Technical Skills

Cloud Development

MS AzureAWSIBM CloudMulti-CloudHybrid CloudManaged ServicesServerlessJavascriptPythonGoBash

Platform Engineering

KubernetesService MeshIstioHelmKustomizeDockerBackstageHumanitecELKGrafanaDataDogOpentrace

Continuous Delivery

Infrastructure as CodeTerraformContinuous IntegrationGitLab CIGithub ActionsAzure DevOpsArgo CDCircle CITDD

Architecture & Design

System ArchitectureAPI-DesignDomain Driven DesignLanding ZonesWell-Architected FrameworkIoTAutomationProduct ThinkingPaaP

Security & Compliance

Zero-TrustLeast PrivilegeMulti-AccountThreat ModellingOAuthKyvernoOWASPOPAEntraADFinOpsGreenOps

Data & Artificial Intelligence

Deep Reinforcment LearningMLOpsGenAIAgentic DevelopmentMulti-AgentsFine-tuningData MeshData LakeSQLPredictive Analytics

Technical Interests

Beyond my professional work, I explore cutting-edge technologies and research areas that push the boundaries of what's possible at the intersection of Modern Software Engineering, effective Infrastructure Automation and Artificial Intelligence.

AI Agent Development

Building intelligent autonomous systems

Exploring the development of sophisticated AI agents using Pydantic AI and LangChain frameworks. Focused on creating autonomous systems that can reason, plan, and execute complex tasks with minimal human intervention.

Pydantic AILangChainLLM IntegrationAgent Workflows

FinAI & Deep Reinforcement Learning

AI-driven financial market analysis and trading

Implementing and fine-tuning deep reinforcement learning models for stock market prediction and algorithmic trading. Research focuses on multi-agent systems and risk-aware decision making in volatile financial environments.

Deep RLPyTorchFinancial ModelingQuantitative Analysis

Robotics & Autonomous Systems

Hardware-software integration and control systems

Experimenting with robotics platforms and autonomous navigation systems. Interests include sensor fusion, real-time control algorithms, and the intersection of edge computing with robotic applications.

ROS2Computer VisionSensor FusionEdge Computing

Progressive Web Applications

Next.js PWAs for commercial and community use

Developed a range of Progressive Web Applications using Next.js for both commercial and community projects. Applications include sports tournament organization systems, domain classification tools, and event entry management with QR code integration.

Next.jsPWAQR IntegrationCommunity Projects

Get In Touch

Whether you're looking to collaborate, discuss platform engineering challenges, or explore new opportunities—I'm here for the conversation. Let's talk!