Jenkins Experts in Frankfurt

Participation in the EU-funded MORANE-2 project to validate the Future Railway Mobile Communication System (FRMCS) in real-world use cases: preparation of the requirements specifications for TOBA and the associated test specifications.

Technologies: 5GS (Radio & Core), FRMCS, MCx (MCPTT, MCData, MCVideo), MC Gateway UE, MCx Priority/Security/QoS Management, ETCS, SIP, IMS

• Led discovery phase and POC for Shopware to Shopify Plus migration across EMEA markets, evaluating platform suitability, technical architecture, and multi-brand/multi-country capabilities against business requirements.
• Designed reference architecture for Shopify Plus implementation incorporating headless front-end patterns (Vue.js, Nuxt.js), CMS integration (Magnolia), and Azure middleware (APIM, Functions, Logic Apps, Service Bus) for 11 EMEA markets.
• Defined migration strategy analyzing data mapping, cutover approach, and zero-downtime deployment patterns using Varnish caching, GitOps pipelines, and CI/CD orchestration across six vendor teams.
• Architected multi-tenant Shopify Plus governance model with centralized admin, localized storefront customization, and compliance controls (GDPR, data residency).
• Prototyped AI-driven search optimization (LLM.txt, JSON-LD) for product discoverability in Google AI results, demonstrating post-launch performance opportunities.
• Defined EMEA expansion roadmap for 15+ markets through C-level strategic workshops, identifying phased rollout, market-specific configurations, and resource requirements.
• Tech Stack: React, Nuxt.js, Vue.js, Magnolia CMS, Shopware, Shopify Plus, Azure (APIM, Functions, Logic Apps, Service Bus, Front Door), Varnish, SAP, MS Dynamics, Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, PostgreSQL, Kafka

• Development and optimization of the RTL+ frontend application for SmartTV and set-top box platforms with React and Next.js.
• Key role in the technical coordination of developers within the team and in coordinating implementation.
• Central interface to adjacent teams to simplify development processes and improve cross-team alignment.
• Improved frontend performance, stability, and rendering behavior on low-powered devices in a restricted runtime environment.
• Implemented a frontend testing strategy with Jest, React Testing Library, and Playwright.
• Implemented accessibility improvements according to WCAG 2.2 and WAI-ARIA.
• Integrated Didomi Consent Management as a contribution to increasing ad monetization on streaming platforms.
• Used AI-supported engineering workflows with Cursor for structured implementation, refactoring, and faster problem solving.

Technologies used: React, Next.js, TypeScript, JavaScript, GraphQL, Apollo Gateway, Zustand, Tailwind CSS, Styled Components, React Testing Library, Playwright, Jest, HTML5, CSS3, AWS Lambda, EC2, CloudFront, S3, GitLab CI/CD, NX, Cursor

• Linux server migrations: Planning and implementation of the migration with SLES Linux Deployment of VMs in VMware 8.0
• Guiding colleagues in configuring Linux VMs in vSphere Auto Deploy
• Application operations: Ensuring the smooth operation of applications on the migrated servers
• Operations manuals: Revising existing operations manuals, adding to them and creating new ones when required
• Reviewing service offerings: Adjusting and optimizing the service offering of external service providers
• Logistics SW, RedHat Linux, Ansible, Confluence / Jira

Project: SCS (Settlement / Clearing Services)

Settlement platform serving multiple trading and clearing venues — counterparty risk safeguarding, settlement volume reduction, central risk management, and post-trade anonymity.

Technologies: Java 17, Spring Boot 3, Microservices, Spring Data JPA, SonarQube, Fortify (SCST), Mockito, Jenkins, OpenShift, Maven, Podman, GitHub, JIRA, Liquibase, Swagger, AMQP, Apache Camel, Terraform, PostgreSQL, Instana, Graylog.

• Identified and remediated CVEs in third-party libraries using SCA tooling, strengthening the security posture of production components.
• Maintained 90% code coverage with SonarQube, improving code quality and reducing production defects.
• Enabled mTLS for database authentication and message broker connections, enforcing encrypted, certificate-validated communication.
• Designed and deployed microservices with asynchronous, REST-based communication between components.
• Optimized a high-volume REST API (~200K requests) by reducing response time from 3s to 2s (33% improvement), boosting throughput and reliability under production load.
• Automated build and continuous integration pipelines using Maven and Jenkins.
• Orchestrated containerized workloads on Podman/OpenShift and governed schema evolution with Liquibase, ensuring reliable, repeatable deployments across all environments.
• Optimized Java code and implemented EHCache-based caching, improving application performance.
• Streamlined release management by governing application images, JAR versions, and dependencies through DBAG Artifactory, ensuring version consistency and audit traceability across environments

• Hands-on solution architect
• Digital product development - SaaS
• Strategic consulting on software architecture, cloud migration, and DevOps processes
• Coaching SE developers and IT architects

• Design, extension, and implementation of interfaces (REST, GraphQL, Kafka)
• Architecture and implementation of cloud-native microservices on Azure Kubernetes Service
• Domain-Driven Design, Event-Driven Architecture with Kafka
• Development of an extensive query engine for REST endpoints based on business objects
• Design and implementation of master data classification using machine learning algorithms (Weka library, Spotify Voyager)
• Analysis and evaluation of complex load test scenarios and derivation of optimizations
• Increase in system resilience (Kafka error handling, circuit breaker, sidecar service mesh in Go)
• Integration with CIAM systems (asynchronous real-time synchronization and definition of data ownership, authorization, authentication)
• Connection to Azure ServiceBus (AMQP protocol)
• Design and implementation of complex authorization concepts (including delegated administration)
• Documentation of the results (Confluence, architecture descriptions, architecture decisions)

• Worked on an Internet Banking System enabling secure customer transactions (fund transfers, bill payments, balance inquiries) and bank-side operations (account management, approvals).
• Designed and executed manual and automated test cases for functional, regression, and integration testing across web and mobile platforms.
• Automated end-to-end banking workflows using Selenium WebDriver, Java, and TestNG, and performed REST API testing with Postman for backend validation.
• Built and maintained test automation frameworks using TestNG and Maven, and integrated with Jenkins CI/CD for continuous testing and reporting.
• Generated detailed test execution reports with ExtentReports, including logs and screenshots for audits and stakeholders.
• Collaborated in agile teams, contributing to UAT, test planning, and documentation across sprints.

• Co-founded the Real-Time Data team, which grew to 10 members over time.
• Developed and delivered core data products.
• Optimized real-time application performance and implemented monitoring, alerting and logging solutions to ensure system stability.
• Created and maintained deployment pipelines.
• Collaborated with teammates, architects and experts in an agile Scrum environment.
• Operated applications, analyzed, tested and troubleshot software solutions.

• Porsche ID is a unified digital identity platform providing secure authentication and seamless access across Porsche’s online services, mobile apps, and connected vehicle features
• Designed and implemented new authentication and authorization functionalities for both users and systems
• Ensured high availability, security, and performance to deliver a flawless digital experience for Porsche customers
• Technologies: Auth0, Angular, Tailwind, AWS, Terraform, Github
• Methodologies: Scrum and SAFe

• Maintenance and further development of the Java/Swing-based @rtus FormsEditor
• Design and development of a graphical formula editor based on Google Blockly for representing a project-specific DSL, including parsing and code generation
• Implementation of character-accurate synchronization between the editor and print preview to improve the user experience
• Technologies: Java 17/21, Swing, JavaFX, JBoss/Wildfly, JUnit, Mockito, Blockly, JPedal, ICEPDF, Eclipse

• Provided consulting for modernizing legacy applications
• Delivered critical features under tight deadlines for backend and frontend
• Technologies: C#, .NET, WPF, WCF, REST, Angular, MS SQL Server

• Main developer in an online retail company
• Built an online shop using the Next.JS React framework
• Integrated the site with dozens of third-party apps using REST and GraphQL APIs
• Built a backend for order management, warehouse management (with iPhone app), and supply management
• Automated invoicing and finances with QuickBooks

• Datastage 11.7, dbt, Oracle 19, Python 3.12 / PySpark 3.5, Azure GitHub, Azure DevOps, Automic
• Development of migration jobs to transfer data from the collection DWH to the new Risk Mart, as well as development of ETL pipelines to migrate historical data from the old Mart to the new Risk Mart.
• Storage of the silver layer on Hadoop and the gold layer in Oracle.
• Translation of DataStage jobs into dbt to publish reporting data in Google Cloud to a PostgreSQL database.
• Creation and optimization of complex SQL queries for data extraction from a data vault, taking into account historical data in the point-in-time tables.
• Creation of Oracle table definitions (DDL) and adjustment of existing stored procedures.
• Versioning changes in GitHub and deployment via the CI/CD portal.
• Refactoring long-running DataStage jobs into Python using PySpark to reduce server load.
• Migration of SAS scripts to PL/SQL, including new development of distribution functions that have no direct equivalent in Oracle.
• Development of Automic jobs to run DataStage pipelines and Python scripts (PySpark jobs) that control the population of the SME and institutional risk tables in the Risk Mart and perform business calculations.
• Participation in the agile process, including creating user stories, estimations, and planning in Azure DevOps.
• Handling Azure DevOps tickets and close collaboration with testers and business teams for error analysis and resolution.