Professional Skills

CV Summary

As a seasoned software developer and leader with over 10 years in IT — currently Application Manager in investment and corporate banking at ODDO BHF SE — I specialize in financial applications, system architecture, and operational management. Below is an overview of my key skills and expertise, honed through diverse projects in dynamic environments.

Current Role

Application Manager — Investment & Corporate Banking (ODDO BHF SE):

• Application management and third-level production support for business-critical financial applications: booking, regulatory and management reporting.
• Regulatory reporting for German supervisory authorities and the European Central Bank — reconciliation, data lineage, auditability.
• Reverse engineering of vendor software (Finastra): rebuilt an internal, reproducible build process for customizations.
• End-to-end transaction observability with Grafana, Loki and OpenTelemetry across OpenShift and Kafka-based platforms.
• Data-integration modernization with Apache Hop, SQL Server, Control-M and OpenShift.
• Internal AI tooling under banking security guardrails: coding assistants, document conversion, OCR, local knowledge search.
• C4 architecture documentation, runbooks and procedural documentation; training colleagues on Git, AI-assisted engineering and Kanban.

Technical Expertise

Full-Stack Development & Architecture:

• Proficient in languages: JavaScript, TypeScript, Java, SQL (SQL Server, MySQL), PowerShell, Solidity, HTML/CSS.
• Frameworks: Node.js, React, Svelte for building scalable frontend and backend systems.
• App Development: Cross-platform apps (Android/iOS), Progressive Web Apps (PWAs).
• Software Architecture: End-to-end design of high-performance, secure systems.
• Testing: Unit and integration tests, Test-Driven Development (TDD).

Cloud & DevOps:

• Infrastructure: AWS (EC2, S3, Lambda), Kubernetes cluster management.
• CI/CD Pipelines: Automated build and deployment processes (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI).
• Containerization: Docker, OpenShift/Kubernetes, microservices architectures.

Web3 & Innovation:

• Smart contract development with Solidity.
• Decentralized systems, tokenomics, cryptography (including Zero-Knowledge Proofs).
• Blockchain integration into enterprise applications.

Strategic Leadership & Management

Team Leadership & Scaling:

• Leading teams of 15+ members in remote/hybrid settings.
• Building development processes from scratch (Agile transformation, sprint planning).
• Budget management, resource allocation, and project prioritization.

Operational Excellence:

• Reducing time-to-market through process optimization (Kanban/Scrum).
• Implementing monitoring and observability (Prometheus/Grafana, Loki, OpenTelemetry) for error prevention and transaction tracing.
• Scaling IT infrastructures for business growth (from startup to scale-up).

Business Impact:

• Delivered 20+ projects focused on ROI, including automation solutions.
• Client acquisition via technical proof-of-concepts.
• Ensuring compliance (e.g., GDPR, ISO) in critical systems.

Leadership & Soft Skills

Mentoring & Development:

• Trained 5+ apprentices and junior developers.
• Created internal training programs (e.g., Web3 workshops, code reviews).

Conflict Management & Communication:

• Mediating technical conflicts (e.g., time vs. quality trade-offs).
• Stakeholder reporting at executive levels.

Change Management:

• Team restructuring post-challenges, including staff reductions.
• Introducing remote work cultures with tools like GitLab, Mattermost, Jitsi.

This page shows my core competencies. Project details and references are available on request.

For a full CV with specific experiences, please contact me at [email protected].