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Jonas Hermsen

Hi, I amJonas👋

Backend Developer & Cybersecurity Enthusiast

I build and run backend systems — Java, Spring Boot and microservices — and I care just as much about what happens to them in production as about the code itself. Currently at m3connect in Aachen while finishing my CS degree at RWTH.

Career

Experience

  1. Backend Developer

    @ m3connect GmbHCurrent
    Dec 2025 – Present

    Building and running the microservice landscape behind m3connect's connectivity platform, with Java and Spring Boot at its core.

    • Implement and extend services across a distributed Spring Boot architecture.
    • Own maintenance, debugging and support for those services once they are in production.
    • Work close to the infrastructure layer — containerised deployments and service-to-service communication.
    JavaSpring BootMicroservicesRESTDocker
  2. Fullstack Developer - Working Student

    @ m3connect GmbH
    Dec 2024 – Dec 2025

    Delivered scalable web applications end to end — including an in-house 5G core and the web UI that operates it.

    • Built an in-house 5G core and a custom web UI to configure and control it.
    • Developed React and Next.js frontends against Node.js services.
    • Moved between frontend and backend depending on where the product needed the work.
    ReactNext.jsTypeScriptNode.js5G Core
  3. Network Specialist - Working Student

    @ m3connect GmbH
    Jun 2020 – Dec 2024

    Kept large network and system environments running — the operational grounding that still shapes how I build backends today.

    • Maintained and supported large-scale networks and systems in daily operation.
    • Handled troubleshooting across the stack, from physical connectivity up to the services on top.
    • Developed the instinct for availability and failure modes that I now design for from the start.
    NetworkingSystemsTroubleshootingSupport

Background

Education

  1. B.Sc. Computer Science

    @ RWTH Aachen UniversityCurrent
    Expected Oct 2026Aachen, Germany

    Studying computer science alongside working full time, with a focus on how systems are designed rather than only how they are coded.

    • Focus areas: Software Engineering, System Design and Network Technologies.
  2. Abitur

    @ Konrad-Duden-Gymnasium
    May 2018Wesel, Germany

    Secondary school diploma with advanced courses in the subjects that pointed me towards software.

    • Advanced courses: Mathematics, Computer Science and English.

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Tech Stack

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