I am Clemens—a programming and software engineering enthusiast ready to make an impact in the world of technology. I had always been passionate about computers and tech, but my fascination for building with code started during my undergraduate economics program. I enjoyed programming for my studies' statistical, modeling, and visualization work. I tried to use code wherever I could, which inspired me to learn more. I taught myself the basics of web development and built myself a portfolio website using React, NextJS, and Tailwind.

Currently, I am gaining my first professional experience with web technologies as an IT intern at Douglas. There, I independently implemented Spotify Backstage as a heterogeneous developer platform used as a central hub across all IT and engineering teams. I integrated user and group authentication, management, and permission systems and connected Backstage to other services via plugins, e.g. Kubernetes, Grafana, Lighthouse, and Prometheus.

I also contributed to the Spotify Backstage open-source community by writing and publishing two plugins as npm packages:

• @parfuemerie-douglas/scaffolder-backend-module-azure-pipelines adds scaffolder actions to build, run, and authorize Azure DevOps pipelines in Backstage.
• @parfuemerie-douglas/scaffolder-backend-module-azure-repositories adds scaffolder actions to clone and push to Azure DevOps remote repositories in Backstage.

Next, I want to continue focusing on software engineering and web development. I am looking for an exciting opportunity to put my software engineering skills to work.

I also have strong data processing, analysis, and communication skills. Here is a selection of my recent projects in which I applied my data science skills:

• Machine Learning Clickbait Headline Classification — Detection of clickbait in headlines via natural language processing using Python and NLTK.
• NYC Bike Sharing Database — Analysis of ride-sharing patterns based on the weather using MySQL, Python, and Seaborn.
• European EV Market Performance Dashboard — Data sourcing, forecasting, and visualization using MS Excel and Power BI.
• Data Visualization of Demographic Change in Germany — Data transformation and visualization using R and Tidyverse.

Whilst studying at university, I gained my first web development experiences and completed freeCodeCamp's Responsive Web Design and JavaScript Algorithms and Data Structures certificates.

I am always happy to meet new people! You can find me on LinkedIn and Twitter, check out my website, or email me at hello@clemensheithecker.dev. Looking forward to connecting with you.