2025 ? present: AI automation design and build

Role: Enterprise AI Architect

Customer: on request, Berlin (Remote)

Tasks:

• AI automation design and build using n8n, Claude, and ChatGPT, with custom API integrations tailored to client workflows.
• Local LLM deployment on client infrastructure (Qwen3, Mistral via Ollama), BSI IT-Grundschutz hardened configuration, EU AI Act conformity documentation, DSGVO-compliant design.
• EU AI Act Readiness Audit ? risk classification, gap assessment, and conformity documentation for Mittelstand organisations.
• Developed a proprietary repository of production-ready AI automation blueprints, local deployment configurations, and n8n workflow templates for client demonstrations.

2022 ? 2025: Coordinated release trains across 40+ engineers

Role: Release Manager & Solutions Architect

Customer: European Patent Office (EPO), The Hague, Netherlands

Tasks:

• Coordinated release trains across 40+ engineers through a pilot release and 5 further production releases, deploying across 2 National Patent Offices under strict compliance requirements and tight deadlines.
• Facilitated architectural workshops, risk-storming sessions, and Scrum of Scrums across 4 stakeholder groups.
• Gained direct exposure to public-sector security and compliance architecture in a regulated European institution.
• Developed custom Patent Prosecution Management solutions for the Spanish National Patent Office in Java and Groovy, deployed on K3s and GCP.

Skills:

Java 18, React/Node.js, Docker, Kubernetes, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, RabbitMQ, Camunda, GCP

2015 ? 2021: Established the architecture governance framework

Role: Head of Enterprise Architecture

Customer: Bonial Intl GmbH (KaufDa.de), Berlin, Germany

Tasks:

• Led the transition from monolith to microservices on AWS, increasing engineering velocity by 60%.
• Established the architecture governance framework as top architecture authority after the CTO.
• Championed a "you build it, you run it" engineering culture ? the principle coined by Werner Vogels, CTO of Amazon/AWS ? making teams fully accountable end-to-end for the services they own.
• Designed full-stack architecture using Domain-Driven Design, event storming, and bounded context mapping.
• Managed retrospectives, risk assessments, vendor due diligence, and team scaling across 100+ interviews.
• Served concurrently as acting Head of Development, leading engineering delivery and team coordination across multiple product teams.
• Designed, built, and shipped critical production systems and architectural blueprints in Java and Python on AWS ? combining architecture leadership with hands-on engineering delivery.

2009 ? 2014: Personally writing critical production code across multiple platforms

Role: Senior Software Development Manager

Customer: HERE Technologies GmbH (Nokia), Berlin, Germany

Tasks:

• Led a team of 12 engineers delivering Nokia Drive (now HERE WeGo) ? personally writing critical production code across multiple platforms: Qt/QML and JavaScript/HTML5 (Maemo, MeeGo), MS Silverlight and C# (Windows Phone), and Java/Python backend services.
• Delivered consistently across releases: 90%+ code coverage, 98% crash-free users, NPS +40.
• Served as Product Manager for Android HERE Maps routing services.

2008 ? 2009: EARLIER EXPERIENCE

Role: Software Developer

Customer: Lycos Europe GmbH, Gütersloh, Germany