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Senior Software & Data Engineer based in Berlin. 7+ years of experience building data platforms and governance systems across fintech, banking, and retail — including ~2 years in AI Engineering.

As the first data hire at Finoa, I own data strategy end to end: ingestion, governance, observability, and AI-augmented developer tooling, working directly with the CTO. At N26, I shipped a data discovery platform adopted by 200+ org-wide users and automated access pipelines that cut manual overhead and strengthened compliance posture.

I favour open standards and right-sized infrastructure — Systems built to be maintained, not just shipped.

Impact

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Finoa Now Oct 2024 – Present
  • €33k (43%)
    annual cost reduction In-house Kubernetes pipelines replaced managed services
  • 0 → 1
    self-serve analytics Centralized data layer replaced spreadsheet-driven reporting
  • 6–8×
    faster feature delivery Multi-agent SDLC workflows cut 3–4 day cycles to ~4 hours
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N26 Apr 2023 – Aug 2024
  • 200+
    monthly active users Data discovery platform adopted across the entire org
  • 40–50%
    faster data discovery Centralised platform for finding and exploring datasets across the org
  • 60–80 min saved
    per access request Automated approval pipelines removed manual access processing
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What you get

Data Platform Engineering
End-to-end lakehouse, streaming, and governance — built from scratch and adopted by teams, not just deployed.
Backend Engineering
APIs, internal tooling, and services that make data platforms easier to operate, extend, and integrate with.
AI Engineering
Agentic workflows, RAG systems, and MCP-based tooling applied to developer productivity and operational automation.
Cost-Aware Architecture
Open standards over managed services. I've cut 43% from a platform budget without reducing capability.
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