One developer, two brands.
I’m Maik Engelhaupt, a software developer from Rostock, Germany. Under BobaTR I build software for companies and public authorities. Under the sister brand BobaTR Live, technology for streaming productions as well.
Between the database and the screen.
I started in 2014 with an apprenticeship in software development, alongside my first enterprise projects with Java, PL/SQL and large web applications. Since then I’ve held almost every role there’s between the database and the screen: developer, full-stack engineer, most recently senior consultant on enterprise and public-sector projects.
In between, a sabbatical in the USA and Canada, laptop in tow. I build software even when nobody’s asked for it. That habit turned into the second brand in 2024: live technology for Twitch creators, which in 2026 reached all the way into the Twitch companion stream of a ZDF charity gala.
Five principles
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Evidence over claimsEvery number on this site has a source or sits on the site board. Where I don’t have one, there’s no number.
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Both sides of the lineHanding a front end to someone else’s back end and hoping it fits isn’t enough for me. When both come from me, plugging them together holds no surprises and there’s no second supplier to blame.
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Maintainable in five yearsGood code is code someone else understands in five years without calling me. That’s why I’d rather write it simple than clever.
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Live discipline everywhereFailover, tests and monitoring don’t just belong on broadcast night. A portal that turns away the town hall at eight on a Monday morning is live too, just without a camera.
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My name is on itI use AI tools every day, for speed and for thoroughness. What they suggest goes through the same tests and the same review as my own code. And if something goes wrong, it was me, not the machine.
Background
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since 2021
Senior Software Consultant
Angular, Vue, Node, Java, Docker. Enterprise projects in telecoms and retail -
since 2024
BobaTR – live & broadcast tech
show systems and overlays for Twitch creators, in 2026 also for the Twitch companion show to the ZDF charity gala -
2020
Java development, public sector
State Office for Internal Administration, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern -
2019–2020
Sabbatical USA & Canada
a change of scenery, own projects with Angular and Lua on the side -
2017–2019
Software Engineer, full-stack
web and server development with Vue.js, Java and PHP -
2017
Software developer
full-stack web apps with Angular and Java -
2014–2017
Apprenticeship in software development
Java, PL/SQL, JavaScript, PHP -
2010–2014
University of Rostock
information technology and law
Also: low-level programming (C/C++, Arduino), modular Java systems (OSGi), C#. Languages: German (native), English (fluent), French (basic).
Company profile
| Provider | Maik Engelhaupt – BobaTR |
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| Legal form | Sole trader (freelance) |
| Based in | Rostock, Germany |
| Engagement | Remote and on-site across Germany, Austria and Switzerland |
| Contracting | Directly or via staffing agencies |
| Sister brand | BobaTR Live – streaming & broadcast (bobatr.com) |