Engineering clarity. Building systems. Scaling businesses.
helopony is a technology provider based in Germany. We work as embedded technology partners — bringing senior engineering leadership and hands-on delivery to the teams and products that need it most.
Services - End-to-end technology leadership and delivery.
We embed deeply with your team to drive architectural decisions, build reliable systems, and deliver projects that actually ship.
- Fractional CTO. Strategic and hands-on technology leadership for startups and scale-ups. We define architecture, align engineering with business goals, build and mentor teams, and take ownership of your technical roadmap — without the overhead of a full-time executive hire.
- Custom Development. From greenfield builds to legacy modernisation, we design and engineer production-grade software. We work across the full stack — backend services, APIs, data pipelines, and frontend — with a focus on correctness, maintainability, and long-term scalability.
- Integrations & Project Delivery. We connect your systems, migrate your data, and deliver scoped projects with clear timelines. Whether it's third-party API integrations, platform migrations, or end-to-end feature delivery, we own the outcome.
We've worked with amazing companies
Expertise - Deep technical knowledge across the modern stack.
- Cloud & Infrastructure. AWS and GCP architecture. Container orchestration with Kubernetes and Docker. Infrastructure as code with Terraform. We design systems that are reliable, observable, and cost-efficient.
- Modern Engineering Stacks. TypeScript, React, Next.js, Node.js, Kotlin, and Spring Boot. We choose the right tool for the job and hold ourselves to high standards of code quality, testing, and documentation.
- AI-Driven Systems. Practical AI integration — from LLM-powered features to autonomous agents. We help you identify where AI genuinely adds value and build production-ready implementations.
Team - helopony GmbH was founded by Jan Sorgenfrei and Tobias Schumacher.
We are selective about the work we take on. When we commit, we go deep — understanding your business, owning the technical direction, and shipping software that matters. If you need someone who combines architectural thinking with the ability to write production code, we should talk.
Jan Sorgenfrei
Jan brings deep expertise in distributed systems, cloud architecture, and engineering leadership. He has built and scaled engineering teams at fast-growing companies and led complex technical transformations from the ground up.
Tobias Schumacher
With over 15 years in the industry, Tobias has bootstrapped multiple startups and specialises in full-stack development, system integrations, and product engineering — shipping high-quality software across industries including maritime and ride hailing.
Together, we combine architectural clarity with hands-on engineering.