Work

Technical lead for AI-assisted process documentation in a large service organisation — making 1,000+ fragmented process documents structured, searchable, and governable. Designed an event-driven target architecture and established technical ownership across departments.

Software architect on DE-CIX's Cloud ROUTER — designed an event-driven API layer on Apache Kafka to modernise a grown network management architecture without disrupting live operations at one of the world's largest internet exchange points.

Built a production-ready SaaS platform bridging a research-grade AI music search model with subscription management, payment integration, and serverless inference. Symfony backend, React (Remix) frontend, AWS Lambda inference.

Software engineer on the Shopware 6 migration for a large German home improvement retailer — 150,000 SKUs, RabbitMQ-based data pipelines, Elasticsearch integration, and full ERP sync under a tight delivery deadline.

Lead developer on a full Shopware 6 system replacement for a German cruise company, triggered by a security incident — containerised with Podman, CI/CD on GitLab, delivered under tight deadline with no downtime or data loss.

Full-stack developer on the DE-CIX member self-service portal — Vue JS + TypeScript frontend, PHP backend, and extensive test coverage (PHPUnit + Cypress) for a complex peering domain model.

Full-featured mail server solution built on Docker. Covers SMTP, IMAP, spam filtering, DKIM, and more — all configured via a single compose file. Hundreds of active users worldwide, actively maintained.

Available on GitHub.

Two plugins published on the Shopware Store, both available as open source.

Storefront Access Protection (2023): Password protection for Shopware 6 storefronts. Uses the existing admin user base for authentication, supports IP whitelisting for IPv4 and IPv6. Designed for staging and development environments.

Universal Page Comments (2024): Q&A and feedback functionality for any Shopware page — product pages, CMS pages and blog. Includes moderation controls, automatic approval for trusted customers, and CMS block integration.