# Andre Loreth

> Software Architect · Platform & Cloud Engineer — I design and operate production-grade cloud platforms — from architecture decisions to the CI/CD pipelines that ship them.

## About

I'm a software architect and cloud platform engineer with 10+ years of experience shipping production systems, most of it spent on backend architecture, Kubernetes, and Google Cloud infrastructure.

Today I run abi group, a small consultancy where I take technical ownership of client platforms end-to-end — Kubernetes architecture, cloud migration consulting, and the CI/CD infrastructure work that keeps things running long after the kickoff meeting is forgotten.

Before consulting full-time, I spent years building and operating my own web platforms and open-source tools, some of which are still quietly serving traffic I set up long ago. I like systems that are simple enough to reason about and boring enough to trust.

## Experience

### abi group GmbH — Managing Director & Software Architect (02/2023 — Present)
- Technical ownership of client system architectures, from concept through production
- Defined engineering standards, CI/CD workflows, and deployment strategies across containerized environments
- Selected engagements: an ESG data platform for institutional real estate, cloud migration for a digital investment platform, and a scalable white-label e-commerce solution

### Independent Consultant — Software & Platform Engineer (Part-time / Project-based) (12/2021 — 01/2023)
- Backend development and platform modernization embedded in client engineering teams
- Managed GCP infrastructure and optimized CI/CD deployment workflows

### SDA SE — Software Developer (08/2021 — 01/2023)
- Built and maintained microservices in the insurance domain
- Enhanced an internal developer portal (Backstage) and enabled multi-cloud workflows across AWS, GCP, and Azure

### AurityLab UG — Co-Founder & Managing Director (01/2018 — 12/2022)
- Designed and operated multiple web platforms and MVP products
- Led product architecture, backend implementation, and deployment end-to-end

### ADITO Software GmbH — Software Developer (incl. 3-year apprenticeship) (09/2016 — 07/2021)
- Built CRM platform features and data visualization components
- Introduced automated testing (Cypress, JUnit) and led caching-based performance optimization

## Projects

### Client & Platform Work
- **evmquery**: Hosted MCP server for querying EVM smart contract state through CEL expressions. Designed, built, and operated as a product — multi-chain backend, custom OAuth 2.1 flow, rate limiting, and billing included. — MCP, TypeScript, OAuth 2.1, Kubernetes
- **ESG Data Platform**: Architecture and implementation of a data platform for institutional real estate portfolio management. Regulated environment, production-grade from day one. — GCP, Architecture, PostgreSQL
- **Cloud Migration — Digital Investment Platform**: Cloud migration consulting for a digital investment platform: containerized workloads on Kubernetes, rebuilt deployment pipelines, and an infrastructure setup the internal team can operate without me. — GCP, Kubernetes, CI/CD
- **Document Intelligence Pipeline**: End-to-end document processing: LLM classification, human-in-the-loop review via Slack/Telegram, and audit-proof filing into DATEV-connected workflows. Runs in production on EU infrastructure, several hundred documents a month. — LLM, Automation, GoBD/GDPR
- **White-Label E-Commerce Platform**: Design and operation of a scalable, multi-tenant e-commerce solution for SME clients — one codebase, isolated tenants, boring deployments. — Backend, Cloud, Multi-tenant
- **High-Traffic Web Platforms (2014–2022)**: Built and operated my own web platforms serving tens of millions of monthly pageviews. Architecture, development, and operations in one pair of hands — where I learned that systems should run without being watched. — Scaling, Caching, Operations

### Open Source
- **[vue-recaptcha-v3](https://github.com/abinnovision/vue-recaptcha-v3)** (249 stars): A simple, dependency-free reCAPTCHA v3 integration for Vue applications. — TypeScript, Vue
- **[recaptcha-v3](https://github.com/abinnovision/recaptcha-v3)** (138 stars): Lightweight reCAPTCHA v3 library for the browser, with no framework dependencies. — TypeScript
- **[nestjs-commons](https://github.com/abinnovision/nestjs-commons)** (63 stars): A collection of shared NestJS packages — configuration, Hatchet integration, file storage, and more. — TypeScript, NestJS
- **[abinnovision/actions](https://github.com/abinnovision/actions)**: Reusable GitHub Actions workflows powering our monorepo CI/CD. The standards behind "deployments as routine, not events." — GitHub Actions, CI/CD

## Skills

- **Languages & Backend**: TypeScript, Node.js, NestJS, Java, GraphQL
- **Cloud & Infrastructure**: Google Cloud Platform, Kubernetes, PostgreSQL, CloudNativePG, Terraform, Pulumi, ArgoCD, Docker, CI/CD
- **AI & Automation**: LLM Integration, MCP (Model Context Protocol), Document Pipelines, n8n, Human-in-the-Loop Workflows
- **Architecture**: API Design, Event-Driven Systems, Backend Systems, Infrastructure Automation, System Modernization, Cloud Solutions Architecture

## Contact

- Email: [work@loreth.co](mailto:work@loreth.co)
- GitHub: https://github.com/wipeair
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andre-loreth/
- Location: Germany

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