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• Development of a production-ready Enterprise AI solution for the automated processing of invoices and business documents
• Integration of Azure AI Document Intelligence and LLM technologies into existing business processes
• Development of robust REST APIs for automated document processing and system integration
• Extraction, validation, and storage of structured invoice data in Azure SQL as a base for analytics and machine learning models
• Development of an AI-based recommendation engine with machine learning and deep learning to generate personalized product recommendations based on historical purchase data
• Implementation of logging, monitoring, error handling, and validation mechanisms for stable production use
• Collaboration with business teams to define business rules and integrate the solution into existing enterprise processes

Technologies: Python, Azure AI Document Intelligence, Azure OpenAI, Azure SQL Database, REST APIs, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, OCR, Pandas, JSON, Workflow Automation

• Training AI models, evaluating images and text UI/UX, turning the provided data into insights through OpenAI Feather as part of the machine learning workflow

Technologies: OpenAI Feather

• Acquires new B2B customers for an AI SaaS startup in the public tendering space and books product demos with IT decision-makers.
• Qualifies target customers based on a defined ideal customer profile, including discovery, needs analysis, and objection handling.
• Builds domain knowledge in public procurement (EVB-IT, German and EU procurement portals) for conversations on equal footing.

• Delivered MVP-focused full-stack architecture for a health-sector client: Vite/React frontend, backend services on Google Cloud Run, and Supabase for database plus IAM/authentication.
• Supported product requirements engineering and prioritized cost-aware workload placement, implementing browser-side/edge computation where feasible before moving logic to backend services.

(Maternity/Parental Leave: July 2023 – Aug 2024)

• Domain: Payment Domain | Client: Telefonica Germany
• Project: General Payment Service

The General Payment Service is responsible for processing of online payments via external payment service provider like Safer pay and PayPal

• Developed Design of Use (DOU) and interface contract documentation, ensuring clarity and compliance across system integrations
• Designed and delivered REST/SOAP web services with Spring Boot and Spring Data JPA, publishing Swagger contracts through WSO2 API Gateway to improve accessibility and governance.
• Spearheaded the on-premises to AWS Cloud migration, re-platforming from Oracle to PostgreSQL on AWS RDS and deploying services on EC2, improving scalability and cost efficiency.
• Containerized microservices using Docker and orchestrated deployments with Kubernetes, streamlining deployment pipelines and improving system reliability.
• Implemented proactive monitoring and logging via AWS CloudWatch and Kibana, ensuring stability and performance during cutover.
• Enhanced collaboration through code reviews and peer reviews, promoting maintainability and clean coding standards.
• Strengthened quality by writing comprehensive JUnit tests and preparing detailed test cases enabling early defect detection
• Delivered automated API testing with Ready API, Postman, and SOAPUI, and conducted performance testing with JMeter, ensuring reliability in high-transaction environments.

• Patent application: European patent drafting and prosecution
• LLM practicing: Developed LLM-based tools for automated patent data retrieval, applying Python scripting to accelerate technical reviews.

• Frontend development
• Spring Boot
• Swagger
• Git
• GitLab
• SonarQube
• Docker
• Maven
• Java
• Angular

• Technical lead for CI/CD modernization in the "Group Archive 4.0" system
• Architecture and steering responsibility according to the statement of work
• Setting up modern build and deployment processes
• CI/CD coaching and enablement of the internal development team
• Integration of modern DevOps, security, and compliance standards
• Ensuring technical governance, including collaboration with internal audit and BaFin
• Independently executing the modernization measures
• Supporting the team in adopting new technologies and methods

• CHG Meridian AG is a financial company focused on leasing in the areas of IT technology, logistics and medical technology and is regulated by BaFin. One part of the company is Return to Remarketing, where devices delivered to the technology center (notebooks, smartphones, tablets, etc.) are prepared for resale. The project I supported was responsible for enabling damage assessment of returned lease devices, documenting them visually in the form of pictures, enabling invoicing for the customer, and making the pictures available via the in-house customer platform. This was achieved through a combination of in-house development within the internal development department and the use of SaaS products. The second project was the transition of SaaS tendering software, purchased by the business unit, into the operations of the CHG IT department. Evaluation of security questions in relation to BaFin requirements, development of an authorization concept, implementation of single sign-on, documentation of the application in the CHG systems (CMDB, iKnow, etc.) and handover into operations.

Used technologies and methods: NIS2, DORA, agile software development, Scrum, Kanban, ServiceNow, SaaS, MS Teams, MS SharePoint, Active Directory, Entra ID, CMDB, incident management, change management, request management, service level agreement

• Development and implementation of test concepts for complex, multi-layered systems
• Creation of regular management reports and presentations for stakeholders and clients
• Technical and disciplinary leadership of international test teams (coordination, coaching, resource planning)
• Responsibility for quality assurance across multiple test levels (unit, integration, system, and acceptance tests)
• Design of test cases and test plans in Azure DevOps; ensuring traceability and coverage
• Use of BDD approaches (Gherkin/Cucumber) to prepare test automation
• Building a test automation architecture with Playwright and integrating new tests into CI/CD pipelines
• Performing API tests (REST) and tests for mobile/PWA applications
• Setup and maintenance of test environments across multiple stages (integration, QA, UAT, pre-production)
• Test data management (synthetic and production-like data), ensuring consistency and reproducibility
• Collaboration with DevOps teams for containerization (Docker/OpenShift) and CI/CD integration
• Working under SAFe & Scrum, closely coordinating with product owners and DevOps teams
• Active participation in PI plannings, sprint reviews, and retrospectives
• Promoting an agile QA culture through coaching and knowledge sharing
• Introducing scalable test automation with Playwright → significant reduction of manual testing efforts
• Increasing test transparency through clean defect and reporting management in Azure DevOps
• Improved release quality through an end-to-end QA strategy and automated regression tests
• Strategic leadership of Trikolon Consulting GmbH and responsibility for finance, personnel, and business development

• Architecting and developing SaaS platform for graphical definition and execution of pandas data processing pipelines
• Developed POlyglott, an open-source Python CLI tool for translation workflow management featuring PO file parsing, quality linting with glossary enforcement, and DeepL API integration for machine translation
• Developed web application for material compliance management (EU REACH) using Django and modern web technologies
• Built automated infrastructure platform using Proxmox, Terraform, and Ansible — VM provisioning, configuration management, internal DNS, and fleet-wide security hardening across multiple subnets

• Strategic transition into AI Engineering through intensive mentoring and project execution.

• Developed MASX AI, an agentic AI platform integrating LangGraph, AutoGen, and RAG for geopolitical forecasting and real-time ETL.

• Designed and delivered functional AI prototypes for prospective clients showcasing applied expertise in multi-agent systems, real-time data pipelines, and LLM integrations.

• Re-architected a web application that had grown over years, modularizing tightly coupled components

• Reduced response times from several seconds to <50 ms

• Removed performance bottlenecks

• Simplified architecture so internal teams can implement features on their own again