Visual Studio Code Experts in Munich

• Building, implementing and selling automated Data Science solutions such as Scorecard Factory and Forecast Factory
• Implementation of automated end-to-end cloud processes
• Development of LLM and NLP models
• Creation of interactive reports
• Support for national and international large corporations as well as medium-sized companies in implementing ML projects

Independent product design practice supporting startups and growing companies with enterprise SaaS, workflow architecture, product strategy, and AI-enabled product development.

• Deliver end-to-end product design for digital products, websites, and SaaS platforms, combining product thinking, UX, visual design, and implementation.
• Apply AI throughout the product lifecycle—from research, synthesis, information architecture, and prototyping to development, SEO, and content strategy.
• Design and build production-ready digital products using AI-assisted workflows, enabling significantly faster iteration and delivery.
• Advise founders and businesses on product positioning, UX strategy, and digital transformation.

• Overall responsibility for the project lifecycle from scope definition to completion
• Close collaboration with platform teams, IT leaders, and external service providers
• Application of SAFe principles and structured sprint work
• Creation of a migration roadmap with clear milestones
• Monitoring of the lifecycle: onboarding, repository migration, replication of permissions, and system tests
• Visualization of the architecture with PlantUML and Gliffy as well as documentation in Confluence
• Regular status reports and running knowledge transfer sessions

• Build and operate an end-to-end MLOps platform on Azure ML and Kubernetes (Kubeflow) for the automated deployment, monitoring, and scaling of forecasting models (including Temporal Fusion Transformer, Informer, Autoformer).
• Implement CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps for the full ML lifecycle – from resource provisioning (Terraform), data transformation (Hugging Face Datasets, Pandas, PyTorch, CUDA cluster) through training and evaluation to model registry and endpoint deployment.
• Integrate MLflow for experiment tracking, model versioning, performance monitoring, and automated registration in the Azure Model Registry.
• Develop and containerize PyTorch training jobs (Azure Notebook, Jupyter Notebooks) for price and time series forecasting (PFC models) with automatic rollout via Azure ML Endpoints and REST/gRPC interfaces, Docker containerization, secured with OAuth 2.0.
• Set up monitoring and alerting mechanisms (Prometheus, MLflow Metrics), log centralization, and cost monitoring.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and model deployment using Terraform, Helm, and Azure CLI; connect to existing market data systems and event pipelines.
• Migrate existing workloads and databases (IONOS → Azure, MongoDB) with integration into central MLOps workflows and internal networks.
• Extend the platform with LLM-based tools (LangChain, LangServe) to integrate GPT-based analysis modules into existing Spring Boot services for market anomaly detection and automated reports.
• Analyze and architect a software solution to process large volumes of data efficiently (>3000 messages/sec.) (market data store).
• Spring Boot / Java 21 container development with RabbitMQ for distributing stock market data via MongoDB (Kubernetes) with fast storage of data in Redis RMaps, deduplication, forwarding messages to Read Model queues, and building Read Models for UI display in MongoDB.
• Integration of RESTHeart to create a REST API for MongoDB.
• Build an Angular frontend to simplify data queries and master data maintenance.
• Agentic coding with remote and local LLMs (Claude Sonnet, Ollama Qwen) and MCP servers.
• Develop Python scripts for transforming and cleaning incoming stock market data (Pandas, scikit-learn).

Project: Tax Exemption Order Application

The client has an existing application for creating and maintaining tax exemption orders for end customers; design and implementation of a comparable application for internal employees.

• Design and implementation of microservices and the UI for the business area "tax exemption orders" using Domain Driven Design as well as Spring Boot and Angular.
• Implementation of reactive, non-reactive, and asynchronous APIs (Spring REST, WebFlux, GraphQL).
• Development of the Angular application, including state management using Signals, RxJS Observables, and subscriptions.
• Securing the API and the application using OAuth2, JWT, and OpenID Connect.
• Configuration and setup of CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins.
• Collaboration with cross-functional teams and conducting code reviews.

Environment: Java, Spring Boot, Angular 18 & 19 (standalone, signals), RxJs, Bootstrap CSS, Vitesting, OpenShift, Istio, microservices, Kafka, Dynatrace, Jenkins, GitLab, Graylog, Sonar, Oauth2, OracleDB

• Built a Python pipeline that converts lectionary web content into structured daily JSON, applying liturgical-calendar rules for accurate weekday and Sunday coverage.
• Shipped a read-only FastAPI REST API with shared Pydantic models and delivered a Kirundi-first web client for browser and mobile use.
• Owned the data layer and backend architecture, collaborating closely on system architecture and interfaces while automating refreshes with GitHub Actions and validating the ETL with pytest.
• Impact: Created a reliable, API-driven source of truth for daily Bible readings in Kirundi, enabling consistent access to previously unstructured content.

Project description: Design and step-by-step implementation of a central, multidimensional controlling platform based on IBM Planning Analytics to optimize and automate internal company planning and reporting.

Business & technical consulting: Analyzed the provided operational base data and proactively advised the controlling team on cube design best practices and optimal dimension structures.

Data integration & ETL: Designed and developed robust TurboIntegrator processes for automated data loading, transformation, and dimension maintenance.

Logic & business implementation: Implemented complex business logic and calculations with high performance using TM1 business rules (including efficient skipping/feeding).

Development of a Python HTTPS server to integrate an input widget in IBM PAW, enabling direct data write-back to TM1 cubes via the TM1 REST API.

Reporting & analytics: Created dynamic, user-friendly reports and dashboards for management and specialist departments.

AI-driven automation of purchasing on a printing company's website, including selecting delivery times, order options, ordering, payment, and uploading print data from the Lumiz Cloud.

• Integrated LangChain middleware between AEM and SAP PIM system
• Developed a FastAPI interface for system communication
• Implemented vector embeddings for semantic product search
• Evaluated LLM models (Vertex AI/Gemini, LM Studio, Hugging Face, OpenAI) for product analysis
• Developed an AEM component to display product recommendations and integrated the recommendation API into the AEM authoring process
• Designed and implemented Pinecone vector database for product embeddings
• Optimized response times and caching strategies
• Evaluated Vertex AI Studio for LLM testing and prompt workflows
• Implemented secure API routing and access control for AI components via FastAPI and gateway validation

• Development of Blazor-Server applications for data management
• Focus on unifying design and user experience
• Mentoring junior developers
• Establishing and consulting for coding guidelines and best practices
• Technologies: .NET 9, Blazor Server, MudBlazor, HTML, CSS, MS SQL Server (T-SQL, Views, Trigger, Stored Procedures, Table-Valued Functions), Entity Framework, Visual Studio, Scrum, agile, git

• Designed, built, and maintained scalable ETL/ELT data pipelines using Python, SQL, REST APIs, AWS Lambda, S3, PostgreSQL RDS, EventBridge, CloudWatch, Docker, Apache Airflow, and BigQuery – integrating data from GA4, Google Ads, Meta Ads, CMS, CRM, newsletters, events, and B2C ordering systems into analytics-ready datasets.
• Built a cross-brand lakehouse architecture from AWS to BigQuery – transforming raw JSON/CSV data into structured, partitioned, and reusable reporting layers with staging, intermediate, canonical, and mart models.
• Designed relational and dimensional data models: 3NF staging models, star schemas, fact tables, dimension tables, daily KPI aggregates, and dashboard-optimized marts for marketing, content, subscription, event, CRM, and revenue analysis.
• Implemented production-grade data quality and pipeline reliability features: incremental loads, idempotent upserts, deduplication, schema validation, row matching, null checks, anomaly detection, freshness monitoring, logging, retries, and error alerts.
• Automated cross-brand reporting processes and data products – pipelines for 73 newsletter campaigns, 31 lead list syncs, 52 event partner reports, and a 500K-record company matching pipeline; reduced manual data preparation by approx. 70% and increased analyst productivity by approx. 30%.

• Researched, developed, and implemented comprehensive digital strategy to modernize and accelerate processes of sports club with approximately 1300 members.

• System Architecture & Implementation: Conceived and set up central cost- and energy-efficient ARM-based server infrastructure.

• Selected, installed, and configured open-source solutions for knowledge management, ticket booking, and member management.

• Designed and implemented a full machine learning pipeline for churn prediction using the Telco dataset.
• Applied preprocessing techniques including missing value handling, categorical encoding, feature scaling, and PCA.
• Built and compared over 15 models (logistic regression, random forest, XGBoost, etc.) and evaluated them using accuracy, precision, recall, F1 score, ROC AUC, and PR AUC.
• Tuned hyperparameters with GridSearchCV, achieving 80.6% accuracy with random forest and XGBoost.
• Created visual reports (bar plots, heatmaps, radar charts) to interpret model performance and churn drivers.
• Exported reusable pipelines and trained models with joblib for deployment.

• Project Title: Path Planning Module Development (Oct 2024 – Jun 2025)

• Developed path planning module using C++14 and CMake

• Implemented gRPC communication protocol between modules

• Performed unit testing using Pytest framework and Python

• Project Title: HMI Programming for Battery, Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle (Aug 2023 – Sep 2024)

• Developed HMI software for BEV/FCEV using Ruby and Crystal for backend

• Implemented frontend using Vue.js framework

• Conducted bug fixes and simulator testing

• Project Title: IFHOST CAN Bus Programming (Jan 2023 – Jul 2023)

• Programmed CAN bus software using C and C++

• Executed unit tests with Google Test framework

• Performed integration testing using CAPL in Vector CANalyzer

• Participated in onsite testing