Stripe Experts in Germany

• Developed browser based platform for kubernetes no-code deployment and cluster management
• Developed CLI in Typescript to deploy the resources in the cluster without leaving the browser UI.
• Implemented DevSecOps pipelines: image scanning, SBOM, policy enforcement, supply-chain security and used Kyverno. Implemented IAM integration for the command line utility tool.
• Designed role & permission models for Keycloak, oAuth/OIDC, social login flows.
• Used LLM to convert user intent into the diagram.
• Worked on integration with multiple Sovereign Cloud like stackIt, Hetzner, CIVO, UpCloud plus public clouds like AWS, GCP, Azure
• The technology stack includes Java, SpringBoot, Kubernetes, OpenAI, Kubernetes multi-tenancy using vCluster, Karpenter, RBAC for CLI, Helm, React

Stabilization of a critical logistics outsourcing setup in the context of an SAP S/4HANA transformation. The focus was on restoring a reliable operational fact base between the client, logistics service provider, international supplier plants and the SAP/IT organization.

• Coordination between the client, global logistics service provider, international supplier plants, SAP/IT teams, Quality Management and the operational shop floor.
• Management, monitoring and operational correction of Inbound Deliveries; integration of Outbound Delivery processes.
• Analysis of interface, posting, batch and master data errors between SAP S/4HANA, logistics service provider, supplier plants and internal business functions.
• Significant reduction of critical inventory differences between the client and logistics service provider.
• Improved operational management capability in the logistics environment and creation of a common fact base.
• Reduction of recurring error patterns in the areas of Inbound Deliveries, inventory, interfaces, batch/posting logic and service provider processes.

Evidence-led health intelligence platform turning published research into personal health protocols. It scores 430 habits, foods, and supplements against the studies behind them, and moves the score when the evidence moves. Built solo.

• Built the daily ingestion pipeline across PubMed, bioRxiv, and medRxiv: 43,000+ papers from 3,400+ journals processed into 230,000+ typed evidence claims, each one traceable back to the study it came from.
• Designed the six-factor evidence scoring model and the public changelog behind it, so no recommendation ever appears without the papers underneath it. 23,000+ grade changes recorded and explained to date.
• Shipped an entity information model connecting every intervention to its mechanisms, biomarkers, and outcomes: 118 biomarkers with region-specific reference ranges, 77 mechanisms, 32 graded outcomes.
• Built the personalisation layer: blood panel ingestion that reads lab PDFs with a vision model and corrects results for draw time against the user's wake anchor, plus Oura, WHOOP, and Withings integration for daily readiness context.
• Operate eleven specialised review agents over the corpus and codebase, covering paper curation, retrieval quality, health-claim compliance across EU and US regimes, and security.
• Shipped the Evidence Assistant, a RAG assistant that answers from the claim database and cites the underlying papers, plus a B2B practitioner tier, an Expo React Native app, and localisation across 3 languages and 7 markets.

Stack: Next.js 16, TypeScript, Supabase, pgvector, Anthropic Claude, Vercel, DeepInfra.

Built an international e-commerce platform for a multi-vendor marketplace for digital assets from scratch. Designed and operated cloud native architectures at enterprise scale.

• Designed and operated a highly scalable microservice and serverless architecture
• Built the complete cloud infrastructure with Terraform + AWS CDK in AWS
• Provisioned ECS/EKS clusters (Fargate), Application Load Balancers (reverse proxy), and Lambda functions
• Observability & tracing with CloudWatch, DataDog, Prometheus, and Grafana
• End-to-end setup with DataDog (formerly AWS CloudWatch), Prometheus, and custom Grafana dashboards
• Integration of advanced metrics (including ORM mapper) and distributed tracing with Jaeger
• Robust backup and disaster recovery strategies
• RDS Postgres backups and hourly snapshots
• Read-only, asynchronously synchronized replicas with automated master failover in emergencies
• Minute-level rollback capability through versioned Docker images on ECS and Git-based CI/CD pipelines
• Created CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions for automated multi-stage deployments (Dev, Testing, Prod)
• Integrated Stripe for international payment processing
• Built a marketplace payment system with multiple parties and payout routines
• Used Algolia for high-performance real-time search of digital assets on the platform
• Federation of services with GraphQL and Hasura
• Later migration to GraphQL Mesh
• Test Driven Development (TDD) - unit, integration, and E2E testing with Jest, Vitest, and Playwright
• Used Next.js / React for modern frontend applications in the nx monorepo
• Enterprise security architecture & access control
• Integration of JWT tokens with Auth0, OAuth, OIDC, IP guards, BOLA protection, and secret vaults
• Authorization concepts with RBAC, ABAC, and native Postgres Row-Level Security (RLS)
• Built internal microfrontends with Retool for fast prototyping and operational business processes

Technologies: ABAC, AWS CDK, AWS CloudWatch, AWS ECS, AWS EKS, AWS Fargate, AWS RDS, AWS S3, Algolia, Auth0, DataDog, Docker, GitHub Actions, Grafana, GraphQL, GraphQL Mesh, Hasura, JWT, Jaeger, Java, JavaScript, Jest, Kotlin, Kubernetes, Monorepo, Next.js, OIDC, Playwright, Postgres, Postgres RLS, Prometheus, RBAC, Redis, Retool, Serverless, Stripe, Terraform, TypeScript, Vitest

Led FP&A tech transformation for a 9-figure business – from resolving legacy technical debt to leading AI-native EPM implementation

• Driving end-to-end FP&A transformation, from architecture redesign through EPM tool selection to rollout
• Ran evaluation of 12+ EPM platforms, from vendor negotiation to selection framework tied to long-term planning
• Diagnosed constraints in financial planning architecture, presented findings to the CFO, and secured executive mandate to redesign FP&A infrastructure from the ground up

• Business analysis of the Instant Win Games segment (financial, IT landscape, organization, customers)
• Gap analysis and resulting requirements, project planning, milestone planning, stakeholder management, risk analysis, project documentation, playbooks
• Successful establishment of sales activities and sales processes for Instant Win-Games

Development and further development of an internal platform for managing and providing technical resources, virtual machines, and infrastructure services. The platform supports self-service processes and covers functions that are conceptually comparable to cloud management solutions like Azure or AWS.

• Responsible involvement in the design, development, and implementation of new backend and frontend features
• Hands-on development with Java, Spring Boot, Python, and Angular
• Implementation of REST interfaces, business logic, validations, and integrations into existing system landscapes
• Further development of modern web interfaces with Angular, including connection to backend services
• Participation in architecture and design decisions within the team, especially with regard to scalability, maintainability, and clean interfaces
• Containerization and deployment of applications with Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm
• Support with CI/CD processes and deployment to Kubernetes-based environments
• Work in the environment of vSphere, Broadcom, GitLab CI/CD, ArgoCD, Maven, npm, and NuGet
• Close collaboration with developers, business teams, DevOps, and other technical stakeholders
• Analysis of technical requirements, deriving suitable solutions, and independent implementation in an agile team
• Use of GitHub Copilot to support code generation, refactoring, test case creation, and technical documentation

Methods/ tools/ technologies: Languages & frameworks: Java (21), Spring Boot (4.x), Python, Angular, Robot Framework, Kubernetes, Helm Persistence: PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Hibernate, Liquibase Architecture & communication: REST, gRPC, GraphQL, Apache Kafka, OpenAPI, Microservices, Event Driven, Domain Driven Design Cloud & infrastructure: Terraform, Docker, Rancher, Helm, Ansible Security: OAuth2, MS (Entra ID), web security, Keycloak (extensions for detailed group rights) DevOps: GitLab CI/CD, Ansible, Maven, Gradle, Grafana, Prometheus, Git, GitHub Copilot Testing & QM: JUnit, Robot Framework, automated component and integration tests, E2E tests with Playwright, Testcontainers, EasyMock Methodology & approach: Kanban, JIRA, Confluence, Clean Code

The combined experience from recent project years shows that I have two passions: on the one hand, working in and for organizations to develop new, innovative products, ideally as part of a digitalization strategy or business development – as well as the closely related expertise in change and transformation processes as part of holistic organizational consulting. For this purpose, I established the Change Bakery and Product Validators offerings. On the other hand, my heart and mind are driven to find my own products, evaluate markets and potential, and test ideas. I am currently working independently and part-time alongside ongoing projects on a product idea related to mental health and have founded Therapymate.

Enterprise Agile Planning Platform

Key achievements:

• Introduced and promoted shift-left testing practices.
• Established and maintained QA metrics to track release quality and support data-driven decision-making.
• Reviewed Selenium-based automated tests, identifying coverage gaps and prioritizing improvements with the automation team.

Responsibilities:

• Managed QA activities throughout the release lifecycle, coordinating testing efforts and ensuring release readiness.
• Mentored and onboarded 10 QA engineers and fostered knowledge sharing.
• Conducted technical interviews and participated in candidate evaluation.
• Collaborated with stakeholders to improve quality practices.

• Modernization of a large-scale Java enterprise application*

The project is modernizing a complex enterprise application that has grown over many years. The existing Spring-based legacy system runs on Java 8, OSGi, and Eclipse RCP and is being gradually migrated to a modern, maintainable architecture with Java 25 and Quarkus.

Marcus works on analysis, architecture, refactoring, and implementation. One focus is on untangling historically grown structures and dependencies and on building a clean, sustainable Java and Quarkus technology stack.

Tools & technologies: Java 8, Java 25, Quarkus, Hibernate ORM with Panache, EclipseLink, OSGi, Eclipse RCP, Maven, JUnit, Mockito, REST, JSON, Git, Eclipse IDE, IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate, Jira, Confluence

Further development of a software solution for managing audit applications and audit notifications according to §106d SGB V for the Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians in Hamburg.

• Developed numerous features, optimised performance, refactored code and analysed errors
• Refactored the development container setup
• Optimised the Gitlab-CI build pipeline
• Introduced improvements to the team workflow

Full overall responsibility: product, technology, compliance and go-to-market

• Delivered an enterprise MVP in 54 days, exceeding scope and schedule.
• Won a 250k € ARR anchor customer and built a sustainable enterprise sales pipeline in the first quarter.
• Paid PoCs with Zalando (35k €) and tesa (26k €), validating product-market fit with Tier-1 enterprise customers.
• Initiated ISO-27001 and TISAX certification processes. Left when the venture entered its next organizational phase.

• Lead Product Owner role for the BFSG pilot journey “Search and Book” across web and app, focusing on digital accessibility, UX, conversion, and regulatory implementation.
• Created and prioritized the product backlog; derived user stories and acceptance criteria from legal standards (BFSG, WCAG 2.1)
• Developed a product vision that combines digital accessibility, user-centered UX, and conversion optimization for the booking journey
• Cross-stream release management and quality assurance across the entire web and app area, including go/no-go decisions, rollout, and user acceptance tests
• Coordinated and prioritized with Legal, Compliance, external BFSG consultants, UX, Development, Marketing, and Management
• Conducted user research as well as usability and accessibility tests (including screen readers and keyboard navigation) and prototyping with UX/UI
• Defined KPIs to measure accessibility, conversion, and user guidance
• BFSG pilot journey “Search and Book” successfully delivered: first accessible features rolled out and the foundation for a long-term BFSG-compliant booking journey established
• Established sustainable process integration through close collaboration with consulting partners and internal teams

Designed and developed an Azure-based AI and data platform transforming distributed project documents into searchable, structured knowledge for an enterprise AI assistant. Combined incremental document processing, hybrid keyword/vector retrieval, knowledge graph extraction, and conversational AI for Microsoft Teams and Microsoft 365 Copilot. Implemented Python document-processing pipelines for PDF, Word, Outlook and text files; Azure Cosmos DB lifecycle management; Azure AI Search; Azure AI Foundry and Azure OpenAI; identity-aware retrieval with Microsoft Entra ID; project authorization; a TypeScript Microsoft Agents SDK agent; Pulumi infrastructure; resilient scheduling, retry and diagnostic tooling. Technology stack: Python, TypeScript, FastAPI, Pydantic, Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Search, Azure Cosmos DB, Blob/Table Storage, Container Apps/Jobs, Service Bus, Key Vault, Entra ID, Docker, Pulumi, pytest, Microsoft Teams and Microsoft 365 Copilot.