Hi, I'm

Moritz Bengel

Full Stack Developer

I craft modern web applications with clean code and emerging technologies ...
... fueled by curiosity and coffee ☕

Darmstadt, DE

About Me

I'm a Full Stack Developer working as a Software Engineer at Deutsche Telekom, where I build backend services with Java and Spring Boot, work with a hint of Go, get hands-on with DevOps practices, and mentor a trainee. In my free time, I like to explore Go and Python, and enjoy self-hosting my own services.

The same instinct that has me chasing new frameworks shows up off-screen too, whether that means hiking a new trail, learning a new deck, or dialing in a new brew.

Coffee

Always chasing the perfect pour-over.

Hiking

Happiest on a trail, rain or shine.

Trading Card Games

Deep into Commander deckbuilding. See below ↓

Self-Hosting

Running my own services at home, from media to monitoring.

Skills

Daily Drivers

Deno

Fresh

Svelte

MongoDB

Python

TypeScript

Docker

Also Comfortable With

Java

C++

PostgreSQL

FastAPI

Linux

Tailwind CSS

ViteJS

Playwright

Things I've Built

EDH Deckbuilder Agent

A Python AI agent that automates Magic: The Gathering Commander deckbuilding. It talks to a self-hosted LLM over an OpenAI-compatible endpoint, pulls live card data and pricing from the Scryfall API, and streams its reasoning back over SSE while respecting budget constraints and commander legality.

PythonLLM AgentsScryfall APISSE

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YipYip Crew

Team website for YipYip Crew, a small Magic: The Gathering team. Built with Astro and content-managed through Decap CMS, so teammates can update their own player profiles without touching code.

AstroDecap CMS

Visit site

NixOS Homelab

A self-hosted homelab running on NixOS with a full deploy-rs pipeline, currently growing from a single node into a 3-node k3s HA cluster. Traefik handles ingress, kube-vip covers control-plane networking, and FluxCD runs GitOps on top.

NixOSKubernetesGitOps

Experience & Education

Apr 2026 - Present● Present

Software Engineer

Deutsche Telekom IT GmbH, Darmstadt

Designing and building robust backend services and microservices with Java and Spring Boot.
Contributing to agile development within a scaled LeSS (Large-Scale Scrum) framework.
Implementing and deploying REST APIs, integrating them into the existing system landscape.
Maintaining code quality through automated testing and collaborative code reviews.
Mentoring a trainee, dedicating regular time to support their learning and growth.

Aug 2022 - Mar 2026

Dual Student Computer Science

Deutsche Telekom AG, Darmstadt

Continuously contributed to development projects, including between theory phases.
Extended the backend unit-test suite for MagentaTV to improve maintainability.
Evaluated and introduced Playwright as an end-to-end testing framework, including tool selection and best practices, and implemented automated E2E tests for a web portal.
Worked agile using Scrum (sprint planning, reviews, retrospectives) and modern DevOps practices (CI/CD, containerization).

Aug 2022 - Mar 2026

B.Sc. Computer Science - Dual Program

Hochschule Darmstadt

GPA (German scale): 2.2

Oct 2020 - Mar 2022

B.Sc. Applied Computer Science

Hochschule Mainz (no degree; transferred to Darmstadt)

GPA (German scale): 2.0

Aug 2018 - Jul 2020

Fachhochschulreife in Technical Computer Science

Realschule Plus und Fachoberschule Mendig

GPA (German scale): 2.1

Contact Me

You can reach me via email or find me on social media.

Email Me

Say hi, I don't bite ☕