Personal Projects
Independent work
Solo author & architect
CodeExplorer (ce)
Graph-based code intelligence & MCP engine · C# · TypeScript · Cytoscape.js
- Built repository-wide streaming AST analysis and semantic dependency indexing into a local graph database queried with Cypher.
- Designed an MCP server and VS Code extension with a native background daemon and real-time WebSocket communication for code agents.
- Implemented deterministic C1–C4 radial architecture views, with sub-second rendering for complex service graphs.
CodeExplorer on GitHub ↗
Creator & architect · Go
Cypher MCP
Zero-CGO MCP server and standalone CLI for embedded knowledge graphs
- Built an OpenCypher query layer over a single SQLite database, with no separate graph database service or runtime dependencies.
- Added full-text search, semantic entity resolution, schema governance, graph traversal and atomic batch updates for AI-agent workflows.
cypher-mcp on GitHub ↗ · cypher-sql-go query engine ↗
Professional Projects
Selected engagements
Meta · 2022–2023
Ads Experimentation Platform
Large-scale experimentation · Correctness reporting · Statistical evaluation
- Contributed to A/B experimentation infrastructure operating at the scale of trillions of events.
- Improved statistical evaluation to shorten experiments without sacrificing measurement accuracy; designed correctness reporting and pre-computed analytics to reduce query costs.
Tier-1 European insurer · 2022
Actuarial Mortality Model Modernization
C# · .NET 6/7 · Roslyn · High-concurrency calculations
- Optimized a dynamically generated actuarial model built from a financial DSL, addressing concurrency, memory pressure and garbage-collection bottlenecks.
- Delivered a 2.5× performance improvement and removed memory-overflow and multithreaded-degradation issues.
Greentube / NOVOMATIC · 2018–2022
MYNT Remote Gaming Server
Original author & core architect · Microsoft Orleans · .NET Core
- Conceived and built the core engine of a high-load RGS to replace legacy platforms.
- Designed a stateful actor-based architecture for linear horizontal scalability, isolated sessions and low-contention processing.
- Created a modular SDK and unified integration API to accelerate game-provider integrations and regulated-market launches.
DataArt · IoT · Micromobility
Lightning — Electric Scooter Platform
Fleet management & real-time tracking · Microservices · MQTT · AWS IoT
- Designed the architecture for a rental platform managing thousands of electric scooters across device connectivity, fleet operations, rentals and pricing, tracking, billing and reporting.
- Implemented the scooter-tracking service; the backend handled MQTT device messages and live device-state updates.
- Supported rider and field-service mobile apps alongside a web administration platform, using Yandex Cloud for core services and AWS IoT for scooter connectivity.
DataArt · 2016–2019
Low-Latency FX Trading Platform
C# · .NET · Azure · Microservices
- Designed the architecture for a high-performance FX trading API.
- Prototyped complex financial components, including ledger and bulk-trade processing, and coordinated engineering delivery.
DataArt · 2019–2020
Private-Equity Financial Integration Platform
.NET Core · Microservices · Salesforce integration
- Designed an integration platform connecting financial systems and redesigned existing applications to meet integration needs.
- Delivered a Salesforce integration service from scratch.
Broadridge / Paladyne · 2006–2012
Portfolio Management & Financial Engines
Portfolio accounting · Order management · C# · SQL
- Redesigned the P&L calculation engine, improving performance by over 100× and reducing overnight processing from hours to seconds.
- Also worked on order-management redesign, trade allocation, tax lots, workflow and data-transformation engines, and financial-system integrations.
DataArt · Hospitality · 2015–2016
Guest-Facing Hospitality Platform
- Designed guest services for mobile room and facility management, bookings and in-room requests, with contactless door-lock access.
Experience
Selected roles
VP of Enterprise Architecture & Systems Design · DataArt, Munich
2023 — Present
- Led architecture and engineering strategy across enterprise, .NET and AI initiatives, shaping modernization patterns and technical standards.
- Initiated an AI-driven engineering platform with reusable architecture components, agentic workflows and developer tools.
- Set company-wide engineering benchmarks and architecture guidance through the global Solution Architecture Board; mentored senior staff.
Software Engineer (Architect Grade) — Ads Experimentation · Meta, London
2022 — 2023
- Improved statistical evaluation methods for Ads Experimentation, reducing A/B test duration while preserving measurement accuracy.
- Designed pre-computed reporting pipelines that reduced query costs and resource use, plus correctness verification workflows.
Senior Solution Architect / Principal Engineer · DataArt, Greentube / NOVOMATIC
2018 — 2022
- Conceived and built the core engine of MYNT, a next-generation high-load Remote Gaming Server replacing legacy monoliths.
- Designed a stateful actor-based microservices architecture with Microsoft Orleans and .NET Core, enabling linear horizontal scalability.
- Created a modular SDK and unified integration API, reducing time-to-market for game logic engines in regulated markets.
Earlier roles
1998 — 2018
Earlier technical leadership: DataArt (2015–2018) · Positive Technologies (2012–2015) · Broadridge / Paladyne Systems (2006–2012) · EPAM, National Bank of Kuwait and Nienschanz (1998–2006).