Intro

Senior Web Engineer with an AI focus

Learning new technologies fast and putting them to work – from the web frontend to the local AI model stack.

My name is Alain,
I am

20+ years in the web: I pick up new technologies fast and put them to practical use – from classic websites to the local AI model stack. I'd rather build it myself: context engineering, multi-model pipelines, agents.

Profile

Skills & Career

What I can do, how I work.

Skills

Résumé

MyCareer

dataso GmbH
Full-Stack Developer
2026–present

Build AI-powered web applications – from idea to deployment
Integrate intelligent algorithms into production and administrative processes: detect data patterns, automate routine tasks
Build tailored platforms, customer portals and internal tools that map processes precisely
Modernize legacy software: deliver cloud migration securely, scalably and GDPR-compliant
Replace Excel-based processes with intelligent applications

Parental leave & job search
2025–2026

ion2s GmbH
Project Manager / Scrum Master
2016–2025

Lead TYPO3 enterprise projects: OXG Glasfaser, Baukultur BW, TKS Cable – hybrid between agile and classic
Coach Scrum teams, set up and keep agile processes running with JIRA/Confluence
Servant leadership – foster self-organized teams, improve continuously
Incident and release management, keep stakeholders informed
Testing – manual tests, browserstack, document bugs systematically

ion2s GmbH
Front-End Developer
2012–2016

Build web interfaces with AngularJS, SCSS, Node.js and npm
Legacy migration: Kabel Deutschland to Vodafone Zuhause Plus – static site generators, performance optimization, modern frontend architecture
TYPO3 enterprise: tune performance, implement responsive design, improve UX
Code reviews, integrate CI/CD with Jenkins
Cross-functional: bring design, front-end and back-end together

Intercontact
Werbegesellschaft mbH
Full-Stack Web Developer
2010–2012

Full-stack: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP – plus Photoshop & Illustrator for web and print
Administer Apache web servers and hosting infrastructure
Maintain CMS systems and provide technical support
Implement marketing campaigns, technically and creatively
Advise on UX and performance optimizations

PREUSS
MEDIENSERVICE e.K.
Media Designer
2003–2009

Web design and programming – the early days
Design print media and prepare it for print
Develop creative concepts for advertising material
Own the complete prepress stage

Certificates

Certified ScrumMaster®
Scrum Alliance
Issued: Apr 2021 · Valid until: Apr 2025

Certificate ID: 001189726

Portfolio

References

Projects I shipped as project manager and developer.

Sun Clock

Astronomically accurate clock — solar time instead of timezone, plus social jetlag via the Munich Chronotype Questionnaire.

GitHub

CBKS

Cognitive Brain Knowledge System — my own knowledge management with FastAPI, SQLite, NetworkX, FAISS and a local LLM stack.

GitHub

commodity-board.com

Front-end design and implementation. React Router 7, Tailwind CSS, API-first architecture.

https://commodity-board.com

dataso Hub

CRM with security scans via API + web crawling and AI-assisted content generation. Integrated security analysis and automated content creation in one platform.

https://hub.dataso.de

https://dataso.de/blog/

firian.com

TYPO3 upgrade for a European fire-protection specialist.

https://www.firian.com

asseko.ai

AI-powered insurance platform. Intelligent automation of insurance processes with artificial intelligence.

https://asseko.ai

Wohlfühlgesundheit

Astro website for holistic gut therapy. Zoom booking system, 10-step intake questionnaire, PHP backend, GDPR-compliant cookie management.

https://wohlfühlgesundheit.de

homelab-dashboard

Local AI infrastructure and self-hosting.

GitHub

pxlngn.net

This very site, built with Astro.js.

GitHub

OXG Glasfaser GmbH

TYPO3 website for fibre-optic internet. Built with Scrum.

https://www.oxg.de

Baukultur Baden-Württemberg

TYPO3 platform for architecture and building culture. Hybrid between waterfall and Scrum.

https://www.baukultur-bw.de

KuK

TYPO3 platform for engineering. Kanban-based workflow.

https://www.kuk.de

TKS Cable

TYPO3 for cable and network technology. Continuous Kanban workflow.

https://www.tkscable.com

Vodafone Zuhause Plus

Static site generator instead of TYPO3. Front-end development with Scrum – fast iteration, high code quality.

https://zuhauseplus.vodafone.de

Lab

AI Experiments

Own systems, local models, agentic tools.

Claude Code / OpenCode

Agentic development in daily practice — my own workflows, straight from the terminal.

Hermes

Event-driven orchestration — receive signals and route them automatically to the right processing steps.

Local LLMs

Ollama, Qwen3, bge-m3 on an RX 6900 XT. Data sovereignty instead of forced cloud.

MCP

Model Context Protocol — connect tools and data sources to models.

Context Engineering

Get the right context into the model at the right time — instead of naive vector search.

Agents

Autonomous agents that plan multi-step tasks, use tools and verify their own results.

Own Benchmarks

Measure models on real example tasks — quality, speed and resource needs instead of marketing numbers.

InvokeAI & VLMs

Image generation with InvokeAI (Stable Diffusion) and vision-language models for image analysis — from text-to-image to image understanding.

Skills

History

MyExperience

Over 20 years, from web dev through Scrum Master to team lead. Built projects, led teams, wrote code.

Frontend Development

Since 2000: from HTML tables to modern JavaScript. Responsive design since the early Bootstrap days. Accessibility and performance always in focus.

Project Management

From small WordPress sites to large enterprise projects. Learned and refined budgets, timelines and stakeholder management.

Team Leadership & Scrum

Built and led teams. Took on the Scrum Master role. Established sprint planning, retrospectives, daily standups.

Legacy Systems

Took over, analyzed and cleaned up old codebases. Modernized step by step. Continuous improvement instead of big-bang rewrites.

Reverse Engineering

Analyzed and understood foreign code without documentation. Reconstructed APIs through network analysis. Dissected legacy systems via debugging.

Quality Assurance

Manual tests, later automated. Introduced bug-tracking systems. Built and improved testing processes.

CI/CD & Monitoring

Built Jenkins pipelines. Automated deployments. Integrated monitoring tools. Established performance metrics.

Documentation

Maintained wikis, structured Confluence spaces. Organized knowledge transfer. Documented onboarding processes.

Process Improvement

Optimized workflows, identified bottlenecks. Improved communication within the team. Lived continuous improvement.

AI Integration & LLM Development

Built and shipped AI-powered applications with backend integration. Solid knowledge of LLM integration: context management, memory strategies, guardrails and prompt design. Established the Claude CLI as a productive development environment. Focus on pragmatic, maintainable AI solutions.

Personality