Tom Graupner

Managing Director of Unit 214 GmbH and passioned DevOps and Backend Developer

Cloud environments and backend architectures were always my favourite topics. However, during the past 5 years I became more interested and invested in technologies surrounding DevOps, like software lifecycle management, continuous integration and deployment as well as developer productivity.

In 2022, I founded Unit 214 GmbH together with Philipp Piwowarsky and Keno Dreßel.

With our experience as well as our transparent and flexible work, we always meet our clients' needs by providing
Full-Stack Development, Software Architecture and IT Consulting.

Areas of Expertise

DevOps

What has started as the blend between traditional development and operations teams became the new strategic standard for the management of teams and products in technology companies. The overall goal is to accelerate everything and the steps towards that goal are the “measurements of software delivery performance” and the implementation of a “continuous delivery pipeline”.
I will help your teams to find the right tools for the acceleration of your organisation and adapt them to your workflows.

Kubernetes

A lot of expert groups call Kubernetes the “operating system for cloud native infrastructures” and its rapid growth over the last couple of years made its importance evident.
This technology can enable your development teams to move faster because the underlying infrastructure of your products becomes a commodity.
Together, we will find out how Kubernetes can help your organisation to grow and your development teams to deliver more.

Developer Productivity

Teams in tech organisations have the tendency to always look for solutions in tools and technology.
However, sometimes, problems can’t be fixed by a new project management software or the newest version of some hyped framework. Especially when it comes to team dynamics, empathy and mindfulness are my cornerstones of a holistic perspective on developer productivity.
I will shadow your teams in their daily business to identify obstacles as well as conduct interviews to understand what motivates them and what may keep them from being most productive. And together, we will iron out everything in their way.