Multiply

Multiply (part of MMI Holdings)

Phillip Krüger work experience

Summary

Multiply is a Wellness and Rewards program that encourage clients to live healthier and reach their financial goals.
I am the Systems Architect and I'm responsible for the overall Architecture of the Systems and the Technical implementation and quality of the systems and teams.
I have a hands-on approach and believe in Clean Code Principles and Evolutionary Architecture.
Our systems range from AS400, Java SE and EE, Javascript and we do a lot of integration to and from Partners and other Product Houses in MMI.

Responsibilities

Systems Architect

  • Defined and implemented the architecture, roadmap for all Systems
  • Helped breaking up the teams into smaller squads
  • Helped moving from waterfall to agile way of work
  • Moved from Monolith to MicroServices
  • Helped with the abstraction of systems to better define reusable products
  • Represented Multiply on the MMI Architecture forums

Technologies used

  • Java EE
  • MicroProfile
  • Linux
  • IBM Websphere (including Liberty)
  • Thorntail
  • Payara
  • Elastic Search
  • IBM DB2
  • Apache Maven

Other

Blog posts

I wrote a few blog posts that got published

Conferences attended

  • JCon 2018, Düsseldorf, Germany
  • Java Cloud Conference 2018, Johannesburg, South Africa
  • DevConf ZA 2018, Johannesburg, South Africa
  • JavaOne 2017, San Francisco, USA
  • SingularityU 2017, Midrand, South Africa
  • IBM Interconnect 2016, Las Vegas, USA
  • JavaOne 2015, San Francisco, USA