SOAP Experts in Berlin

• Designed and developed AI-powered document processing solutions using Python, OCR, NLP, and Large Language Models (LLMs) to automate extraction, validation, and classification of financial documents, reducing processing time by 75%.
• Built intelligent multi-stage workflow automation pipelines integrating AI services, machine learning models, and enterprise systems to streamline financial operations and improve data quality.
• Developed reusable AI-driven transformation frameworks capable of processing structured and unstructured document formats (XML, CSV, JSON, TXT, DAT) and normalizing them into unified business schemas.
• Designed and developed Python-based REST APIs and backend services supporting enterprise finance applications and high-volume data processing workloads.
• Built scalable data synchronization pipelines between Oracle CFIN and SQL databases, incorporating machine learning models for cash-flow forecasting and AP/AR anomaly detection.
• Architected and deployed Apache Airflow workflows to orchestrate AI-powered data pipelines, automating end-to-end processing from document ingestion through financial system integration.
• Led the migration of critical enterprise integrations from MuleSoft to Python-based services, improving maintainability, performance, and operational flexibility while preserving complete data integrity.
• Managed the full API lifecycle including solution design, implementation, documentation, deployment, monitoring, and production support for mission-critical financial systems.
• Collaborated directly with finance stakeholders to identify business challenges, define solution requirements, and deliver measurable operational improvements through automation and AI-driven workflows.
• Worked closely with cross-functional engineering and business teams to rapidly iterate on features, improve processes, and drive successful adoption of AI-enabled solutions.
• Provided technical leadership through architecture reviews, technology decisions, code reviews, and engineering best practices across integration and automation initiatives.
• Mentored developers, established coding standards, and contributed to improving software quality, maintainability, and delivery effectiveness across projects.
• Provided production support during critical month-end and quarter-close financial processes, performing root-cause analysis and implementing rapid fixes to ensure system reliability and data accuracy.

• Freelance product owner, scrum master and agile coach in various projects spanning from local agencies to multinational corporations in diverse industries.

• Last projects:

• Adevinta: Technical Project Manager responsible for coordination of several sub-workstreams building the world’s largest classifieds multi-tenant platform.

• Aroundhome (a ProSiebenSat.1 company): Product Manager implementing and verifying on the business side a concept for digital qualification of user requests for matching service providers.

• Peek & Cloppenburg Düsseldorf: Product Manager Mobile advising on and guiding the rebuild of Android and iOS apps.

• Visual Meta GmbH (an Axel Springer company), Berlin: Director Product co-leading the Product & Engineering department together with the Director Engineering.

• Responsibilities at Visual Meta GmbH:

• Define and deliver a 3–5 year horizon product strategy including a product vision & mission connecting to existing company strategy and strategies from adjacent departments.

• Refine an existing OKR process together with OKR master and directors of other departments to increase focus and outcome.

• Support the Director Engineering in creating a platform transformation strategy to transform a monolithic on-premise tech stack into a service-oriented, cloud-based architecture and establish a domain-based organizational setup.

• Accountability for a motivated and talented team of 5 head-level colleagues and 17 operational team members from product management, data and UX/UI design.

• Key achievements at Visual Meta GmbH:

• Defined and delivered a 3–5 year horizon product strategy including a product vision & mission.

• Increased focus within OKR process by moving from 10 company-level objectives to 2 and from several hundred team-level key results to a few dozen.

• Created a career path framework for the product team defining roles and responsibilities from junior to head level positions.

• Drive migration of enterprise authorization platform from Styra DAS to open-source OPA via Skipper (Zalando's Golang-based ingress proxy) integration
• Optimise k8s resources and integrate native Prometheus metrics with OPA
• Migrate from internal monitoring solution to Prometheus CRs + Dash0

Tech Stack: Java/Kotlin, Golang, Python, Spring Boot, AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, OpenTofu, Prometheus, Grafana

• Moss is a spend-management platform for SMEs that bundles corporate cards, web-based applications and reimbursements, AP/procurement and advanced accounting in one place.
• Splits time across Accounting, Spending and Growth tribes, handling requirements gathering, public product design, coding, testing, debugging and internal apps.
• Participates in development and maintenance of the design system/UI kit and supports tooling, documentation and developer experience.
• Builds form-heavy UIs, drawer-based editing, high-density/resilient tables with server-side filters, pagination, column configurations, CSV/Excel export and bulk operations, all wired for permissions and auditability.
• Works with complex cross-entity relationships without a single-schema solution.
• Uses React, Redux Toolkit, styled-components, react-hook-form, React PDF, Vite, Lokalise, React Testing Library and Playwright.

• IT training in theory and practice for IT specialists in application development and system integration

• Context: Healthcare and laboratory teams required faster document analysis, treatment-planning support, and reliable AI workflows for MR/VR-assisted operations.
• Contribution: Built the AI healthcare platform, model/agent workflows, VR-glasses deployment platform, REST APIs, Next.js/React interfaces, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Impact: Delivered a production-ready AI product foundation that improved clinical document review, supported laboratory automation, and made VR fleet deployment manageable across environments.

Tech: TypeScript, Next.js, Node.js, React, Java, Spring Boot, Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow, Docker, PostgreSQL, OpenAPI, GitLab, GitHub Actions.

• Implementation of a full-stack application with Angular as the frontend framework and Java as the backend language
• Use of the Swagger OpenAPI specification for REST communication between the frontend and backend applications
• Control of a card printer via the Nexus Card SDK framework
• Design and implementation of card management software with a web interface and a JavaFX module for printer monitoring
• Use of Cucumber tests for test automation and creation of test artifacts to test outside the development environment
• Use of Wireshark for network investigations to analyze the API of a third-party product and to monitor the REST API of the self-developed software

• Leasing, lifecycle and process management for Apple iPhones, maintenance and expansion of the MDM system, coordination of leasing, device integration into DEP and MDM, followed by a rollout and hardware swap process, plus a BYOD and Android option
• Migration of the IT ticket system from ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus to Atlassian Jira Service Management: project management, definition of ticket types, seamless execution according to a detailed timeline, user communication, decommissioning of the old system
• Project lead: SAP interface in workforce management to automate reading of working hours
• Sub-project lead for inventory software EZO AssetSonar: demand management, software selection, procurement

• Part-time 2-3 days/week
• Developments in the SD module and CRM Interaction Center
• Consulting, customizing in SD module
• Adapting Fiori applications in the SD module
• Approval workflow for credit memos: design, concept, implementation, customizing
• Credit memo request: object type BUS 2094
• If the credit memo request value is below a certain threshold -> automatic release and removal of billing block
• If the credit memo request value is above a certain threshold -> automatic determination of the responsible employee
• The employee receives a work item in their integrated inbox or in My Inbox (Fiori) -> the employee can reject, approve, or edit the credit memo request
• UML modeling in technical documentation
• Creating a Z-table for customer sample line items
• Merging COA1 (delivery) + COA2 (CAQ) forms and adding to the spool request as a single PDF
• Correcting workflow title according to NACE, fixing message "ZBMA title is displayed incorrectly in SBWP (Workplace)"
• Receiving PLM documents from an external PLM system, creating an RFC function module, storing PLM documents in the material master as GOS objects
• On releasing a production order, reading PLM documents from MM and saving them in a shared folder for the MES system
• Displaying the number of inspection methods in a popup when creating an order -> VA01/VA02
• Automatic stock reconciliation LVS IDOC INVCON
• Performing AQUA tests
• IDOC archiving for old IDOCs
• NL_PM_drawings and storing print output, informing MES via ZPPORDER IDOC, writing technical documents
• Using SD user exits, BADIs for various requirements
• Extending screens for customer requests via screen exits
• Creating message types for sales orders, purchase orders, and invoices
• Extending CRM Interaction Center Business Partner -> Overview -> Contract with customer-specific requirements
• New Fiori application departure control with data from Z-table and standard equipment tables, displaying a pie chart, calculating "vehicles in operation"
• Extending Interaction Center Business Partner -> Overview -> new tab on Overview Page with list tables for performance feedback, attachments from GOS objects
• Extending Interaction Center Business Partner -> Overview -> new tab on Overview Page with list tables for PM quality notifications, attachments from GOS objects
• Implementing BADIs in CRM
• File storage on SAP server/UNIX server
• Using BOL/GENIL architecture in CRM development
• Project language: German

• Implemented Service Tickets functionality for the HOLAWAL Partner Portal, taking full ownership of the epic from architectural design to delivery
• Conducted stakeholder meetings, defined solution approach, and developed a reusable dynamic LWC component that enables configurable flow creation through JavaScript file settings
• Implemented the IP-VPN workflow as a new business product and managed its end-to-end delivery using Salesforce Communication Cloud
• Designed and developed a customer-facing quoting mechanism enabling external customers to view and accept quotes seamlessly
• Localized and enhanced the customer portal by implementing Dutch translations, improving usability and engagement for a major Dutch client
• Designed a quote request submission flow for the customer portal using Balsamiq wireframing tool, ensuring all required details were captured upfront
• Developed an order form flow using Lightning Web Components to capture products, linked services, and service locations
• Configured Salesforce Industries CPQ by modifying existing products, adding new attributes, and implementing validations to enhance product customization and accuracy
• Implemented Apex mocking using the FFLIB library to build efficient, maintainable, and high-coverage test classes

• Sorting of customer orders
• Packaging and warehouse assistance
• Working late nights and weekends (130 hours/month)

• Maintenance, enhancement, modernization, and testing of the OK.VERKEHR specialized application, a monolithic Enterprise Java solution (approx. 3.5 million LOC) for vehicle registration and driving license authorities
• Design, development, testing and maintenance of end-to-end workflows (dialogs, backend services and persistence layer, test suite) for new driver's license applications, modifications/extensions of licenses, management of parking permits and truck driver cards
• Development and maintenance of web services for communication between local road traffic authorities and the Federal Motor Transport Authority (Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt), FAER register, TÜV inspection centers and driving schools
• Performance optimization and targeted refactoring for the future migration to a cloud architecture and addition of a new web client (Vaadin)
• 3rd-level support for customers in production