Nico Wickersheim

Software Engineer building secure infrastructure for FinTech.

About

Versatile software engineer with a decade of experience across backend systems, enterprise applications, and modern cloud-native architecture. Currently driving security and identity infrastructure for a FinTech platform.

Work Experience

Shine GmbH
Full-time

May 2026 - Present

Software Engineer

Designing the architecture of a centralized Identity & Access Management platform in FinTech and implementing secure authentication and authorization flows.

Spreadity GmbH
Part-time

October 2025 - Present

Full Stack Developer

Driving the development of Time Engineer with Next, React, Clerk and Supabase.

sevDesk GmbH
Full-time

May 2022 - April 2026

Advanced Software Developer

Developing central services as part of an agile scrum backend team with Kotlin and Cloud.

Telocate GmbH
Part-time

February 2024 - September 2025

Front End Developer

Expand indoor localization ui with maps using OpenLayers and JavaScript.

trend SWM EDV-Beratung GmbH & Co.KG
Full-time

August 2014 - May 2022

Software Developer

Developing a ERP application with focus on business process management in ILE RPG on IBM iSeries (formally known as AS/400).

Education

Cooperative State University Baden-Württemberg - Center for Advanced Studies

2018 - 2020

Master's degree in Business Informatics - Software Engineering

Cooperative State University Baden-Württemberg

2014 - 2017

Bachelor's degree in Business Informatics - Software Engineering

Volunteering

Volunteer Mentor
Volunteer

July 2020 - Present

Student Placement Support

Helping students from Madagascar find an FSJ (Freiwilliges Soziales Jahr) or BFD (Bundesfreiwilligendienst) placement in Germany, including preparing application documents and guiding them through the application process.

Skills

Identity & Access Management

Kotlin

TypeScript

React

Spring Boot

AWS

GCP

Terraform

Kubernetes

Docker

SQL

Languages

German — Native

English — Fluent

Projects

WailBrew

Minimalistic Homebrew GUI made with Go, Wails and React for managing your Mac packages.

Side Project

Wails

React

macOS

Madagassisch.de

German - Malagasy dictionary built with React and Firebase.

Side Project

React

Node.js

Firebase

NoSQL