Swagger Expert in Frankfurt

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

• Introducing 5 different process applications for various teams

• Release planning: scope and time management

• Resource/capacity planning

• Conducting sprint planning / retrospectives

• Increment planning (multiple sprints)

• Preparing steering committee meetings / reporting to the executive board

• Coordinating / aligning with external suppliers / deliveries

• Multi-project resource planning

• Aligning with the business unit and development team

• Identifying best practices with IBM BAW

• Cost control and planning for the project team and external service providers

• Collecting KPIs using LogScale

• Analyzing application errors with LogScale / queries

• Defining user stories / aligning requirements with the business unit and development team

• Testing and defect tracking

• UI/UX design of the application

• Preparing and facilitating brown-paper workshop

• Test concept, test data, test organization, test execution

• Recording team velocity / metrics

• Executing tests

• Scripts for automated testing

• Organizing tests with the business unit and IT

• Recording and prioritizing defects

• Setting up and operating the application

• Setting up application monitoring with LogScale dashboards

• Checking health endpoints with PowerShell

• Post mortem analysis

• Setting up incident management

• Setting up problem management

• Analyzing errors using LogScale queries and dashboard

• Pre-processing data for AI

• Conducting evaluation with AI language models (Meta Llama 3.3 LLM and deepset Haystack) and RAG

• Installing runtime environments for LLMs (large language model)

• Evaluating various LLMs

• Installing RAG (retrieval augmented generation) and integrating with LLM

• Extracting unstructured data with LLM and RAG

• Project based on IBM BAW (Business Automation Workflow), WebSphere Liberty, Domea, d.3, REST, LogScale (formerly Humio), Swagger, PowerShell, JIRA, Confluence, Lucom Interaction Platform (LIP), Mattermost, Jabber

• Introduction of methods for developing and automated deployment of cloud-native software and machine learning applications in OpenShift clusters
• Development of various programs in Python
• Technologies: Kubernetes, OpenShift, Kustomize, ArgoCD, Tekton, Docker, PodMan, Airflow, IntelliJ, PyCharm, Git, Bitbucket, Jira, Confluence, Python

• Testing the SekIDP and related components
• Test design, execution and automation, microservices, GitHub Enterprise, Eclipse, Katalon Test Platform, API Testing, Confluence 8, JIRA/Xray, Draw.io, Swagger/OpenAPI, Postman, Docker, Kubernetes, Podman, PuTTY, E-Health, Telematik, Gematik standards, EPA, E-Rezept, sektoraler IDP, encryption, XaDES, PaDES, DICOM, HL7, FHIR, IHE, ICD, SSO, SAML/Shibboleth, OAuth, smartcards, JWT, two factor authentication Android and iOS, Wireshark, BrowserStack, Cypress, gRPC, REST, SOAP, WS-Security, Linux Shell, PowerShell, SSH/SSL, Java, Kotlin, Cordova, Gradle, Groovy, Python, TypeScript

Developed a digitalization strategy Analyzed legacy systems and designed a new IT landscape

• Gathered current work structures and processes
• Identified optimization opportunities
• Developed a tool landscape to support business processes
• Created a request for proposal
• Defined epics and user stories
• Modeled processes

Technologies/Methods: Confluence, MSTeams, MindManager, PlantUML, JIRA

• Implementation of business transaction layouts for the online banking UI in compliance with BITV (accessibility)
• Technologies: JavaScript, jQuery, LESS

• IAUP (Interregional Academy of Personnel Management) commissioned the development of a distance learning system for its secondary school subdivision.
• Development of the website [link]
• Development of a billing system and integration with various payment systems
• Development of a distance learning system based on the open source Moodle solution
• Integration of the distance learning system into the user office on the [link] website
• Front-end: Vue.js v2, Nuxt.js, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, SCSS
• Back-end: LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP), PHP Framework Laravel, Redis, Swagger, MySQL 8.x, PayPal API
• DevOps: Docker, CI/CD, GIT

• Business analysis of payments for the introduction of Wero EPI in Germany.
• Analysis and optimization of merchant processes in the context of acquiring and issuing.
• Analysis of interfaces for instant payments.
• Analysis of SCT-Inst processes, settlement mechanisms and reporting processes.
• Identification and clarification of gaps in merchant processes.
• Analysis and documentation of clearing and settlement processes.
• OSPlus process analysis and documentation.
• Coordination and alignment with scheme management as well as various payment service providers and financial institutions on merchant processes.
• Preparation and follow-up as well as active participation in EPI meetings on technical coordination and regulatory topics in payments, including content familiarization and prioritization.
• Preparation and documentation of project and steering committees in the EPI environment.
• Creation of status reports for the subproject.
• Maintenance and structuring of Confluence pages for project documentation.
• Coordination and alignment with the issuing teams on individual customer processes as well as aligning with bank processes and acquirer processes in the Wero environment.
• Communication with payment service providers regarding merchant and bank processes in the Wero environment.
• Organizational support for project management in special tasks in the EPI and Wero environment.
• Digital filing and documentation in Confluence and Microsoft Teams.
• Planning, implementation and tracking of work packages and steps.
• Quality assurance and project control.
• Consulting on IT strategy, IT architecture and interface management in the EPI and Wero environment.
• Technical environment: Jira, Confluence, XML, JSON, MS Office (Word, Excel, Teams, PowerPoint), SharePoint, Draw.io, Innovator, 3rd-level support, ITIL, creation and updating of software documentation, interface management, OSPlus, Scrum, KYC, payment, European Payments Initiative (EPI), Wero, Microsoft Loop, Instant Payments, SCT-Inst.

• Working for customer and internal projects ranging from B2C, B2B applications
• Development and maintenance of customer-facing and internal applications across B2C and B2B domains
• Responsibility for technical direction, architectural decisions and code quality standards
• Design and implementation of scalable application architectures, including modular frontend and service-oriented backend structures
• Conceptual planning and technical execution of the agency website relaunch in Angular
• Rapid prototyping and MVP development for B2B customer projects in the pharmaceutical sector with Vue.js
• Creation of first MVPs for 3D rendering–based products, including real-time visualization and interactive experiences
• Strong UX/UI expertise with a focus on gamification, user engagement and conversion-driven interfaces
• Close collaboration with product management, design and stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions
• Agile software development using Scrum, including sprint planning, reviews and retrospectives, supported by Azure DevOps
• Full-stack development using React, Angular, TypeScript, Vue.js, HTML5, CSS3/SCSS, C#, .NET, Node.js, RESTful APIs, Unity, Azure DevOps, Git and CI/CD pipelines

• Built a cross-platform mobile application using React Native that interacts with IoT devices via RESTful APIs
• Implemented state management with Redux and integrated IoT-specific components for smooth data visualization and device control
• Developed RESTful APIs using Node.js and Express, utilizing MongoDB for scalable data storage
• Facilitated secure communication between the mobile app and IoT devices, enabling device onboarding, status monitoring, and control commands
• Implemented real-time data synchronization and optimized data flow to minimize latency

• Further development of an application for managing personnel changes.
• Development of frontend and backend.
• Implementation of the frontend with React and Material UI.
• Implementation of the backend with Java and Spring Boot.
• Use of React, Java, Spring, TypeScript, next.js, Material UI, Github Enterprise, Figma, Docker, Playwright, swagger, swagger UI, OpenAPI, npm, yarn, git.

• Frontend: new development in Angular
• Backend: new development in ASP.NET Web API
• Database: modeling, implementation, and operation based on Microsoft SQL Server
• Requirements management, design, and implementation
• Deployment, maintenance, operation
• Knowledge transfer to internal staff
• Agile development (SCRUM)

• Introduction of a new workflow tool for fibre connectivity & broadband delivery
• Requirements design, estimation and prioritization
• Creation of rollout and project plans
• Managing the development team using Scrum
• Design and project management of the API interface to existing tools
• Process modeling for the new order dispatching teams (FCD & BD)
• Designing processes inside and outside the team
• Requirements design and implementation of necessary tools
• Creation and calculation of production KPIs

• Within the project, Objego's digital platform for real estate management was further developed.

• Further development of various software modules within the application.

• Continuous improvement and optimization of existing functionalities to enhance performance and user experience.

• Design and implementation of unit tests to ensure code quality and stability.

• Close collaboration with the QA team to quickly fix bugs.

• Implementation of new features in coordination with stakeholders and end users.

• Active member of the Scrum team with a focus on agile methods and continuous improvement of the software.

• Technologies: Angular 16/17, Material, Angular CDK, Angular Elements, Nx, NgRx, NgNeat, NgX-Translate, NgX-Charts, NgX-Lottie, NgX-Markdown, Sentry, Azure AI Form Recognizer, Lodash, Dayjs, Flatpickr, Lottie-Web, Mixpanel, RxJS, Prettier, ESLint, Webpack, Cypress, Playwright, Jest, Husky, TypeScript, Node.js, Zone.js, Docker, Spring Boot, Git, Figma, Figma Token, Storybook, Jira, Confluence, Atlassian, Gitlab CI/CD, Codecov, Custom Design System, Mockoon.