# Technology changes. Quality remains. > Professional experience, timeline, and career milestones. Milestones of a journey spanning digital pioneering, stack consulting, and university teaching. My career trajectory shows how the web has evolved – from table layouts to agent workflows – and why a clean architecture and a frustration-free UX are more critical today than ever before. ## Timeline of my professional milestones ### from October 2026 – Next chapter, Senior Frontend Engineer · AI-native · Remote or hybrid Open to a team that takes frontend engineering with AI agents seriously. Available immediately. ### July 2015 – September 2026 – Lecturer Digital Environments, HAWK – University of Applied Sciences and Arts · Faculty of Design Hildesheim · Freelance Lecturer Students learn to design digital experiences with code that don't frustrate people – but inspire them. 11 years, ~660 students in 22 semesters. ### February 2021 – September 2026 – Senior Frontend Engineer (Consultant), IT-P · Hanover · 100% Remote From the first mockup to the finished frontend – I conceptualized, designed, and built products used by millions of people daily. Mobile First, Responsive, and with a UI that does not frustrate. National reach, full responsibility from start to finish. ### May 2018 – December 2022 – Running Coach, Lauftrainer David · Hanover · Founder Beginners became runners. Runners became marathon finishers. Everyone improved their technique – and left more motivated than they arrived. ### May 2015 – February 2021 – UI/UX Engineer, macx.io · Hanover · Founder From fantastic agencies and direct clients – interfaces that work and don't frustrate. My specialization in frontend engineering struck a chord. ### October 2016 – September 2017 – Lecturer Creative Coder (IHK), Dr. Buhmann School · Hanover · Freelance Lecturer Not only did students learn HTML and CSS – colleagues did too. Sharing knowledge was part of my DNA from the very beginning. ### November 2013 – April 2015 – Senior Frontend Developer, Neoskop · Hanover Clean documentation and clear GitHub structures ensured that anyone in the team could take over any project at any time – without friction, without questions. ### January 2010 – October 2013 – Lead Frontend Developer, t3n Magazine · Hanover Responsibility for the complete frontend of one of the best-known tech brands in the DACH region – from architecture to the last line of CSS. I wrote my own tech articles, founded the video podcast TechnikLOAD, and established it on YouTube. ### February 2008 – December 2009 – Teamlead Frontend Developer, RpunktDesign Advertising Agency · Hanover From the first client meeting to the finished website – conception, design, frontend, and backend from a single source. The agency gained a point of contact who understood and took responsibility for the entire process. ### August 2007 – February 2008 – Senior Frontend Developer, sevenload · Startup · Cologne I was responsible for the entire frontend of one of the largest German video portals – including a complete redesign before the successful exit to BURDA. White-label solutions for renowned industrial clients showed: The product was scalable and well-received. ### February 2005 – July 2007 – Full Stack Web Developer, AhlersHeinel Advertising Agency · Hanover Brought freelance know-how into everyday agency life – implemented websites for corporate clients from A to Z using Typo3 and webEdition. The agency gained a developer who didn't need explanations, but delivered immediately. ### July 2000 – June 2005 – Process and Service Integration, TSG AG – The Sourcing Group · Zug (Switzerland) Conceived and developed websites and digital services for an international IT consulting company – on-site in Switzerland on a monthly basis. A trusted partner at eye level, not just a service provider. ### July 2000 – February 2005 – Full Stack Design & Developer, macx online · Hanover · Founder The beginning of it all – from conception through design to backend, everything from a single source, directly for my own clients. Print and online products. ### July 1996 – June 2000 – Layout Artist, Media Designer, Illustrator and Editor, Center for Operative Information · Bundeswehr · Mayen (RLP) Commissioned by NATO during the SFOR mission, I designed the youth magazine MIRKO – one of the most important media of the peace mission, distributed to young people in post-war Bosnia. A music and lifestyle magazine with a mission: to overcome nationalist tunnel vision, promote tolerance, and keep young people in their homeland. Layout as a tool for peace. ### July 1996 – June 2000 – Art Director & Print Production, NATO (SFOR) · Sarajevo · Bosnia and Herzegovina Twice on-site at the SFOR headquarters in Sarajevo – embedded in the multinational CJICTF and later CJPOTF, with English as the working language. Secured the print quality of MIRKO in a local printing plant – and gave the Herald of Progress, the second large NATO print medium of the mission, a new face. Design under real conditions, in the midst of rebuilding a country. ### July 1996 – June 2000 – Local Editor, Rhein-Zeitung · Andernach (RLP) On loan from the MIRKO editorial office, I learned the basics of journalism – and quickly added my own accents: several articles, my own column, and a lead story in the local section that made it into the main edition of the Rhein-Zeitung. Communication has always been my strength. ### July 1994 – June 1996 – Fachoberschule Gestaltung, Advanced Technical College Certificate · Hanover Creativity on canvas and in video (TV), true-to-scale mapping of buildings on technical drawings. ### July 1993 – June 1994 – Berufsbildungsgrundjahr Drucktechnik, Qualification for Vocational Training · Celle Typesetter (Layout Artist) on the Linotype, PageMaker, letterpress and printing on the Heidelberg platen press, color and printing techniques, DIN formats. ## Related - [German version](https://davideiken.de/experience/) - [Site overview](https://davideiken.de/llms.txt)