Jan Fornoff
Data AnalystSenior Software Engineer at Google
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Senior Software Engineer at Google
AI is analyzing your overall score…
Identifying your key strengths…
Evaluating your skill match against the job requirements…
Assessing your cultural and operational fit
Technische Universität Darmstadt
Master of Science (M.Sc.), Wirtschaftsinformatik
January 1, 2016 – January 1, 2018
Technische Universität Darmstadt
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Wirtschaftsinformatik
January 1, 2011 – January 1, 2016
Staff Software Engineer
April 1, 2026 – Present
Senior Software Engineer
April 1, 2022 – April 1, 2026
Software Engineer
April 1, 2021 – April 1, 2022
Site Reliability Engineer
September 1, 2019 – April 1, 2021
grandcentrix GmbH
Backend Systems Engineer (remote)
October 1, 2018 – August 1, 2019
grandcentrix GmbH
Working Student Backend Systems (remote)
September 1, 2017 – October 1, 2018
Software AG
Working Student
August 1, 2011 – September 1, 2017
Darmstadt und Umgebung, Deutschland
Elm and Phoenix Channels presentation
January 1, 2018 – February 1, 2018
Presentation on Phoenix Channels & Elm integration (for Elixir Rhein-Main Meetup) Example application showing the capabilities of WebSockets: Multiplayer Tic-Tac-Toe Web frontend: Elm applications Backend server: Elixir Phoenix server, providing WebSocket connections Realtime playing of Tic-Tac-Toe over the internet with pushed updates over WebSockets, interactive UI and presentation of the underlying presentation to the Meetup audience. Backend: https://github.com/jfornoff/tictactoe Frontend: https://github.com/jfornoff/tictactoe-elm
Slack chatbot for asynchronous stand up meetings, built in Elixir
April 1, 2017 – January 1, 2020
Presented at Frankfurt Elixir Meetup. Always-online Slack bot that is able to schedule standup meetings for individual users, message them at a given time and do a Scrum-style standup via direct messages. Formatted results are posted to a shared #status channel for team to catch up and communicate on brought up issues. Software designed based on OTP patterns such as GenServer and Supervisors, including scheduling management.
Creating Value through Data Science - University project
October 1, 2016 – March 1, 2017
This university project in cooperation with Accenture Digital covered an analytics challenge with the goal of getting insights into the profession of Data Scientists. Tasks: - Business case definition - Data preparation for analysis - Statistical data analysis and modeling - Development of prediction model - Data visualization - Presentation of results in front of experts from science and practice
Chefkoch-Shopping
May 1, 2016 – January 1, 2019
Experimental project to grasp Node.JS principles. Captures a Chefkoch (cooking recipe site) recipe, crawls it ingredients and allows adding them to a Shopping list. - OAuth & REST API integration with Wunderlist - Crawling of recipe site for ingredients - Docker-based deployment - Express.JS on top of Node.JS
IT Project Management - University project
October 1, 2013 – April 1, 2014
Development of a single-page web application in cooperation with Invensity GmbH in Wiesbaden. Application designed to get feedback about workshop held by consultants. Tasks included: - Requirements engineering - Visual & architectural design - Regularly presenting increments Technical details: - Frontend in AngularJS - Backend in PHP (Laravel Framework)
Cultural Fit Analysis
The candidate's diverse project portfolio, including personal projects in Elixir, Node.js, and Elm, demonstrates a strong passion for technology and continuous learning. Their academic background in Wirtschaftsinformatik (Business Informatics) combined with practical experience in data science projects suggests an ability to bridge technical and business requirements. However, the primary professional experience is heavily skewed towards software engineering and SRE, which is not a direct match for a Data Analyst role, potentially indicating a need for a career transition or upskilling in specific data analysis tools and methodologies.
Soft Skills & Operational Fit
The candidate's experience at Google as a Tech Lead and SRE suggests strong leadership, problem-solving, and incident response capabilities. Participation in internal expert communities and mentoring indicates a collaborative and knowledge-sharing mindset. The project descriptions are clear and well-structured, implying good communication skills.