PySpark Experts in Berlin

• Designed and deployed enterprise Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) applications using LangChain, LangGraph, vector databases, embeddings, and open-source LLMs served through vLLM on GCP GPU infrastructure.
• Built agentic AI workflows using LangGraph with planning, reasoning, tool execution, persistent memory, session management, and Human-in-the-Loop approval mechanisms.
• Developed LLM-powered automation systems integrating BigQuery, SQL pipelines, and external advertising APIs including Meta, TikTok, Amazon, Snapchat, Google, and Pinterest, reducing manual operational workflows.
• Architected multi-agent AI systems for enterprise analytics and decision-support workflows, enabling autonomous task execution and intelligent data interactions.
• Implemented retrieval optimization strategies including multi-retriever architectures, semantic search, context optimization, and query improvement techniques, improving response relevance by approximately 40%.
• Engineered structured prompting strategies, function-calling schemas, and validation workflows to improve reliability of multi-step LLM applications.
• Designed scalable AI services using Python, FastAPI, Cloud Run, Pub/Sub, BigQuery, Docker, and cloud-native deployment architectures.

• Designed and implemented a hybrid recommendation system (content-based + collaborative filtering)
• Built end-to-end ML pipelines including data processing, feature engineering, model training, and evaluation
• Developed RAG-based LLM systems using LangChain and vector databases for semantic search and knowledge retrieval
• Established MLOps workflows with MLflow for experiment tracking, versioning, and deployment readiness
• Implemented deep learning models (computer vision & classification) using PyTorch and TensorFlow

• Delivered AI and data science solutions, including LLM-based chatbots and data pipelines, improving operational efficiency.
• Collaborated on product features, achieving measurable impact and maintaining strong client relationships.

• Analysis of complex business processes and end-to-end user journeys in digital product and platform environments
• Gathering, structuring, and prioritizing business and technical requirements (Functional / Non-Functional Requirements)
• Translating business goals into actionable requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria
• Conducting stakeholder interviews, workshops, and reviews with business teams, IT, UX, and management
• Creating and maintaining requirement artifacts (BRD, FRD, user stories, process models, decision papers)
• Ensuring consistency between business needs, technical implementation, and product vision
• Close collaboration with development teams to clarify business questions during implementation
• Support with impact analyses (A/B tests), change requests, and scope management
• Quality assurance of implemented requirements including acceptance criteria and business testing
• Advising on the further development of product strategy and roadmap structure
• Prioritizing backlog items based on business value
• Defining and sharpening product goals, KPIs, MVP definition, and other success metrics
• Evaluating new features, tools, and initiatives from a user and business perspective
• Facilitating decision-making between business, product, and technology
• Supporting go-to-market considerations and product positioning
• Sparring partner for product and stakeholder decisions at management level
• Dashboard creation, data modeling, BI report administration, and data analysis in Power BI

• Acted as technical consultant to optimize multi-layer ensemble models combining ResNet, CNN-BiGRU-Attention, and XGBoost.
• Guided implementation of a Logistic Regression meta-learner to solve class imbalance problems, achieving 92.86% accuracy and 0.9644 AUC on PTB-XL and Chapman-Shaoxing datasets.

• Lecturer for the GenAI Track at the Master School Institute of Technology
• Development of a full-stack AI application (React + Python/FastAPI) for automated supplier product import with intelligent column and category classification (4-layer hierarchical) including human-in-the-loop validation

• Crypto quant strategy development, automated trade execution, onchain data client (Ethereum / Solana)
• Data and trade architecture development for liquidity provision

• Spearheading investor outreach and partnership development as founding MD, building the business case and technical narrative needed to attract initial funding and strategic collaborators in the digital health space
• Designing multi-agent AI systems for autonomous biosignal analysis, orchestrating LLM-based reasoning pipelines with domain-specific medical context to enable intelligent, clinical decision support

• Optimized the data architecture (medallion) to better decouple processing stages and improve transparency and reproducibility
• Ensured technical quality of data processing in Databricks by introducing schema enforcement, data quality checks and a structured data architecture
• Orchestrated pipelines with Azure Data Factory
• Professionalized and automated the development and deployment process by integrating Git and GitHub Actions
• Led the Data Engineering team (3 members) in a functional role
• Conducted workshops to optimize and stabilize the data platform and the development process
• Collected and prioritized new requests, maintained the product backlog
• Technologies: Microsoft Azure (Data Lake, Data Factory), Databricks, Apache Spark (PySpark), Python, SQL, Git, Confluence, Power BI, Power Apps, Dataverse, MS SharePoint, Mural

• Performed qualitative and quantitative analysis of extracted findings, categorizing themes, evaluating methodologies, and assessing study quality and reliability.
• Produced research reports and evidence summaries communicating key trends, gaps, and opportunities to academic advisors or cross-functional teams.
• Presented findings through well-structured visualizations, tables, and narrative summaries to support decision-making and guide future research directions.

Projects:

Project: RWE – Development of a company-wide Zero Trust cybersecurity architecture (CITADEL) Role: Senior Enterprise Cybersecurity Architect / Zero Trust Architect Company: RWE AG Description: Concept and implementation of the strategic CITADEL cybersecurity target architecture at RWE, based on the Zero Trust architecture principle and aligned with regulatory requirements such as NIS2, ISO 27001 and company-wide security governance policies. The goal was to build a measurable, auditable and scalable security architecture with a strong focus on Identity Governance, compliance transparency and operational manageability. Responsibilities & Achievements:

• Zero Trust architecture design: Developed a company-wide Zero Trust reference architecture (Identity, Device, Network, Application, Data) including trust zones, control points and enforcement mechanisms according to NIS2.
• Identity & Access Governance (IGA): Designed and introduced IGA governance structures including role models, recertification processes, segregation of duties (SoD) and lifecycle management for identities and access.
• Security governance & KPIs: Defined and implemented security KPIs and metrics to manage Zero Trust maturity, identity risks and compliance at the management level.
• Compliance & reporting: Built standardized compliance reports and dashboards to support internal audits, external assessments and regulatory evidence (e.g. NIS2).
• Architecture & stakeholder alignment: Worked closely with Enterprise Architecture, IT operations and business units to integrate the CITADEL architecture into existing IT and security landscapes.
• Strategic security consulting: Advised programs and projects on Zero Trust compliance, identity centricity and regulatory requirements in the energy and critical infrastructure (KRITIS) environment. Technologies & Methods: Zero Trust Architecture, NIS2, Identity Governance & Administration (IGA), IAM, RBAC, SoD, Entra ID, SailPoint, Zscaler, Terraform / IaC, Policy as Code, security KPIs, compliance reporting, NIST 2.0, ISO 27001, Enterprise Security Architecture, governance frameworks, risk & control management

Project: Scalable AI Workbench Platform on Microsoft Azure Role: Cloud Architect & Engineer Company: Siemens Energy Description: Design, development and operation of a secure, modular cloud infrastructure to support Data Science, Machine Learning and AI applications for various engineering teams at Siemens Energy. Responsibilities & Achievements:

• Cloud architecture: Designed and implemented an Infrastructure-as-Code solution (Terraform) for automated provisioning of Azure resources (Resource Groups, Storage Accounts, Cosmos DB, Application Insights, networking, PostgreSQL Flexible Server, Azure Container Apps, Azure Container Registry).
• Developer portal: Used Backstage with custom frontend and backend plugins (Node.js, TypeScript, React.js, PostgreSQL, Container Apps) to enable self-service and empower developers, data scientists and AI/ML engineers.
• Role-based access control: Implemented Azure RBAC to grant targeted access (e.g. Storage Blob Data Contributor, Reader) to engineering groups (e.g. AI Engineers) for relevant resources.
• Data platform engineering: Built and configured a multi-layered storage landscape (Raw, Curated, Vector data), including automated container creation and access control for advanced analytics and AI workloads.
• DevOps integration: Integrated with Azure DevOps for CI/CD pipelines to automate deployment, monitoring and compliance.
• Security & compliance: Implemented Private Endpoints, network policies and Managed Identities to ensure data protection and regulatory compliance.
• Collaboration: Worked closely with cross-functional teams to align the cloud infrastructure with business and technical requirements and drive digital transformation at Siemens Energy. Technologies: Azure, Terraform, Azure DevOps, Cosmos DB, Application Insights, Azure Storage, Private Endpoints, Azure Synapse, Azure Machine Learning, Azure Entra ID, RBAC, Backstage, Node.js, React.js, PostgreSQL, Python (automation), Git

• Played a key role in developing templeswiki.com as a Full Stack Developer, building and optimizing multiple pages and microservices to ensure a responsive and user-friendly experience.
• Developed an interactive chatbot integrated with Natural Language Processing (NLP) to enhance user engagement and streamline customer interactions within the application.
• Built a robust ETL pipeline using Python to generate multi-language labels, facilitating seamless content translation across languages.
• Led the QA team by crafting a comprehensive test plan to rigorously test and ensure the application's smooth operation, alongside developing an in-house attendance recording tool to improve organizational efficiency.

• Built an AI Research Assistant with RAG, LangChain, LangGraph, and OpenAI LLMs integrated with vector search.