Product
Rooqie
This is Rooqie: the app that brings you together with the people who truly match you.
Florian G. Heiwig
Product Professional • Software Developer • Entrepreneur
Berlin, Germany
Available for Projects
# Executive Summary
Product-focused technical leader with 10+ years of experience owning complex software systems in regulated and high-growth environments. Known for quickly understanding new domains, structuring ambiguity, and leading teams through sound architectural and product decisions. Proven at delivering reliable, cost-efficient platforms through hands-on technical judgment and clear ownership.
# Experience
09/2024 – Present
Head of Engineering
volders GmbH
German legal-tech platform enabling consumers to cancel subscriptions
(1M+ customers).
Berlin
Strategic technical lead responsible for delivery, architecture, and operational efficiency across a core legal platform and a new customer-facing GenAl product.
04/2021 – 08/2024
Co-Founder & CTO
FINE Legal GmbH (Acquired)
Venture-backed legal-tech startup automating consumer claim enforcement
in Germany.
Berlin
Co-founded and led the technical execution of a legal-tech startup from inception through acquisition.
04/2020 – 03/2021
Technical Product Manager
Volkswagen
Digital:Lab
Driving digital product development for one of the world's largest
automotive companies.
Berlin
Responsible for shaping the consent and authorization domain within Volkswagen Group's global identity platform.
03/2019 – 03/2020
Product Manager
NIST GmbH
Corporate venture built by BCG Digital Ventures for a major German
insurance group.
Berlin
Digital mortgage platform cross-functional team of 11.
06/2017 – 11/2018
Tech Evangelist
Hubert Burda Media Holding
KG
Startup innovation initiative department scaling large-scale events.
Munich
Startup innovation initiative department scaling large-scale events.
# Education
08/2024 – Present
M.S. Computer Science (Part-Time)
Georgia Institute of Technology
Online
Focus: Applied ML/Al and Intelligent Systems
10/2013 – 05/2016
B.S. Business Informatics
University of applied science
Hamburg
Bachelor thesis on microservice architectures.
Winner of university-wide algorithm optimization competition.
# Press
# Product Highlights
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FINE Legal (Legal Claims Service)
End-to-end legal claims product from intake and processing to settlement payouts.
AI Product
FINE AI Document Assistant
Customer-facing AI assistant for document analysis and guided legal support.
AI Product
Rechtspilot
Consumer-focused legal chatbot for Germany, powered by a RAG pipeline and semantic embeddings to turn legal questions into actionable guidance and ready-to-send documents.
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