She Codes - Women in Tech

Lisa enjoyed working with computers as a child and later discovered her ability to solve logical problems, which led her to programming. In the IT sector, she can develop new solutions and improve products. 

During her bachelor's degree at the University of Augsburg, Lisa was asked to work with a company to solve real-world problems as part of a software project. And as fate would have it, makandra got to be that company. Convinced by our open, modern culture and our strong team spirit, Lisa applied for a job with us.

Now Lisa supports our developers as a working student in their daily work. She implements various tasks on changing projects. What she enjoys most is the variety. Due to the variety of tasks, she comes into contact with many different colleagues, areas of responsibility and both older applications and modern technologies. This gives her the chance to keep learning new things and improve her existing skills.

With her high school diploma fresh in her pocket and no clear career plan, Katrin decided to study computer science, encouraged by the positive experiences she had already had with this subject at school. What started out as a random choice soon turned out to be a real vocation. 

Similar to Lisa, Katrin had a module during her studies at the University of Augsburg in which she had to develop an application for a customer, namely makandra. 

After her studies, she applied to us as a trainee and has now been part of the team for three years. Her main tasks are the implementation of customer projects, including developing new features, fixing bugs and optimizations as well as customer meetings and code reviews. She particularly enjoys developing new features, as this gives her the opportunity to create something new.

Emma has been interested in computers since elementary school. Her first computer was a Schneider Euro-PC with an 8086 CPU, yellow and black screen and MS DOS 3.3, which she still remembers today. Like many technology enthusiasts, she often took over the maintenance of computers in her neighborhood and at relatives' homes. She also offered various IT services as a managed service provider (MSP) during her time at school and university and worked independently.

Emma has now been working at makandra for almost eight years. She particularly enjoys working with free software such as Linux and developing innovative solutions. Emma got to know us at the Linux-Infotag at Augsburg University of Applied Sciences, where she listened to lectures on virtualization, config management and monitoring - areas that are now part of her main tasks. Her diverse activities include, above all, dealing with security issues. Her expertise in this area led to her appointment as Information Security Officer, where she plays a key role in shaping the company's security strategies.

Nino has had a passion for IT ever since she was a child. Even while she was still at school, she knew that she would study computer engineering. The technology sector fascinates her with its dynamism and constant innovations, which always offer something new to discover. This curiosity motivated her to become an active part of this industry herself.

She first became interested in makandra during a Linux-Infotag, similar to her colleague Emma, but a few years later. For Nino, it is particularly important that companies have a strong focus on Linux and open source software - a strength that makandra excels at.

In her current position as a DevOps Trainee, Nino is working with the DevOps curriculum and learning the essential skills for working in the DevOps team. This aspect of her work is the most exciting for her: she gets behind-the-scenes insights and discovers many fascinating technical details.