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Matthias Schobner

Backend Developer

I work on backend systems that need to stay changeable as they grow more complex over time. My focus spans stabilizing existing applications, evolving them in a controlled way, and building new systems, backend structures, and APIs from scratch.

mode: [ stable_systems, backend ]

Based in Bensheim, working remotely across Germany and Europe.

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Backend work that keeps systems changeable as they grow.

I work on backend systems so they can be evolved in a structured, controlled, and reliable way. That includes refactoring and evolving existing applications, extending them with new functionality, and building new backend structures, APIs, and integration flows from scratch.

  • Clarity over cleverness
  • Structure over chaos
  • Simplicity over unnecessary complexity
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What I usually work on.

  • Evolve applications through new backend features and continuous technical improvements
  • Design integrations, external interfaces, and reliable data flows between systems
  • Stabilize existing systems through refactoring, clearer structures, and reduced complexity
  • Create Docker-based development and delivery environments that support controlled, reproducible work
  • Build new systems, backend structures, and APIs from scratch
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Where I bring the most value in backend work.

Structuring systems so teams can add functionality more safely and operate with less uncertainty

Integrating external systems reliably so imports, ordering flows, and synchronization processes remain predictable

Understanding complex systems quickly and identifying the parts that matter most

Building developer-friendly environments so project setup and daily work stay reproducible and controlled

Designing clear boundaries and responsibilities so backend structures stay maintainable as they grow

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What I do not do.

  • No quick hacks that turn into larger problems later
  • No unstructured feature development without clear boundaries and responsibilities
  • No short-term solutions that ignore long-term maintainability
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Selected projects.

Examples from product and integration-heavy environments where stability, ongoing evolution, and backend design all mattered at the same time.

Wunder Software: employee leasing shop and product information system

Built a Laravel- and Docker-based backend platform from scratch, including product data synchronization, distributor integrations, and operational tooling.

LILLYDOO: PIM build, middleware evolution, and Symfony modernization

Led the technical build of a new Pimcore-based PIM, implemented product data imports from legacy systems and complex Excel sources, and modernized the existing Symfony middleware.

gonetto: building a system from scratch

Greenfield development of a backend platform with new functionality, APIs, internal business tooling, and a controlled development workflow from the beginning.

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Core technologies and tools.

PHP

  • Laravel
  • Symfony
  • Modern PHP

Infrastructure

  • Docker
  • Linux
  • CI/CD

APIs & Integrations

  • REST
  • Webhooks
  • Third-party services

Testing

  • PHPUnit
  • TDD
  • Incremental safety nets