Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer

Contributed to NeuRIS, an open-source legal information system developed with the Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection and the Federal Office of Justice as part of Germany's open-data strategy. Built full-stack functionality for legacy XML data migration and export using Java, Spring, Vue.js, PostgreSQL, Keycloak, Redis, and AWS S3.

Improved Kubernetes deployment pipelines in GitHub Actions by parallelizing tests and tuning dependency updates, reducing runtime from 16 to 7 minutes. Worked in a highly tested environment with JUnit, Vitest, integration tests, and Playwright E2E tests; led a stream's technical roadmap and spell-checker integration with product, design, and external stakeholders.

Developed tested applications and libraries in Java with Spring and Python, as well as web applications using React and Next.js. Designed and maintained a microservices architecture using RabbitMQ, Apollo GraphQL, Docker, and Kubernetes.

Built AI-powered information-extraction services for entity linking, geolocation, metadata, and image clustering. Created data pipelines for ingesting and indexing multiple sources with Elasticsearch, and led technical alignment meetings across frontend, backend, and DevOps teams.

Developed a full-stack Angular and C# ASP.NET application to automate mobile-device ordering for KPMG staff. Designed the data model and database queries needed to import external network-provider data into an internal management system.

Worked in an agile Scrum team alongside a product owner, contributing to sprint planning, refinement, and reviews.

Managed restaurant floor operations and coordinated waitstaff during shifts, including creating staff schedules. Ensured day-to-day service activities ran smoothly.

Created structured onboarding plans and trained new team members, developing leadership, operations, and team-coordination skills.

Coursework covered object-oriented and functional programming, interactive systems, visual computing, web technologies, and databases. Developed location-based mobile applications for Android and iOS. Completed a thesis on German entity linking using NLP, training a Python and spaCy model with Wikidata and open knowledge-base sources.