About me:
Building
Solutions
I'm a passionate software engineer dedicated to building technically advanced and robust solutions. I thrive on transforming ideas into working solutions while staying at the forefront of best practices.
Stack
My stack revolves around Web, Linux and Security. I'm proficient in Go and the Linux Ecosystem. As a generalist programmer I also have a working knowledge of other languages.Experience
Freelance Software Engineer
Philip Silva
Since 2025
- I'm working as Freelance Software Engineer.
- Available to software development projects.
Experienced Security Software Developer
Veeam
2024
- Veeam Kasten is a Backup solutions for Kubernetes.
- Work on Veeam Kasten DevSecOps related tasks as well as development and conceptual work to add additional layers of security.
Senior Go Engineer
Nord Security
2022 - 2023
- Nordlayer is a Zero Trust/SASE VPN solution.
- Worked on Linux CLI Client, added new features and solved technical debt by adding end-to-end tests, refurbishing forked dependencies and refactoring packages.
- Improved reliability, security and compatibility with supported target platforms.
Software Engineer
Bosch
2019 - 2021
- BES3 One Bike Cloud for Bosch’s next generation Connected Biking System: Implementation of Release management software and PKI service. Integration with Hardware solution and App through REST APIs. Also optimized the DevOps workflow and the Security Architecture.
- Coup Mobility Electric scooter sharing in 6 cities founded by Bosch: Improvement of code base, focus on reliability and monitoring.
Cyber Security Expert
DCSO
2017 - 2018
- DCSO provides IT Security Products and Services for enterprise customers.
- IOC API Service Based on Microservices for managing Indicators of Compromise „IOCs“. Improved Go bindings for fault-tolerance. Worked in a small team to simplify testing and development with Docker.
- Portal Worked on the backend of a new solution for management to access monitoring/incident related data which is more secure and flexible than the existing solution.
Software Architect
Fab Lab
2015 - 2017
- Makea Industries GmbH offers prototyping services.
- EASY LAB An IoT machine control and billing system. Turned early prototype into Cloud solution which saved time on the invoicing. User Frontend Architecture follows a functional paradigm.
Co-founder
LingoJam
2013 - 2015
- LingoJam was a startup for language learning, mentored through the Microsoft Accelerator and EXIST.
- Backend Python based for processing and enrichment of media data as well as a REST API.
- Web App Platform for learning with song-lyrics, developed collaboratively.