Benedikt Ritter
Gradle Build Tool Consulting
Services

Gradle Build Tool
Consulting.

Gradle is one of the most powerful build systems available — but its flexibility also means it's easy to end up with a build that's slow, hard to maintain, or difficult to upgrade. I help teams cut through the complexity and build with confidence.

Having spent five years at Gradle Inc. working on Develocity — the platform that makes Gradle builds faster and more observable — I bring firsthand knowledge of how Gradle works at its core. I've seen the common pitfalls, the performance bottlenecks, and the patterns that make builds scale. Whether you're optimizing a single project or standardizing builds across a large engineering organization, I can help.

Areas of expertise

Build performance optimizations

Analyze and optimize your build to reduce execution times, enable build caching, and improve developer productivity across the board.

Build DSL migrations

Modernize your build scripts by migrating from Groovy DSL to Kotlin DSL for better type safety, IDE support, and long-term maintainability.

Build tool migrations

Migrate your projects from Apache Maven or Apache Ant to Gradle for improved performance, modern tooling support, and a better developer experience.

Gradle version upgrades

Safely upgrade your project to the latest Gradle version, addressing compatibility issues and taking advantage of new features along the way.

Advanced dependency management

Resolve dependency conflicts, optimize configurations, and implement advanced strategies for dependency resolution and verification.

Build refactoring

Simplify and modularize your build scripts for better maintainability and scalability as your project grows.

Custom plugin development

Create tailored Gradle plugins to automate unique processes or extend Gradle's capabilities to suit your specific needs.

Training and adoption support

Customized training sessions to help your team understand and adopt Gradle effectively, with content tailored to your project's specific challenges.

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Let's Work Together

Ready to modernize your build system?

Five years building developer productivity tooling at Gradle Inc., co-founder of TestLens, and a decade of open source work across the JVM ecosystem. I bring that depth to your project — whether you're migrating to Gradle, optimizing builds, or adopting NixOS for reproducible infrastructure.