Marc Arndt

Lead engineering for EVANA AG's AI document management platform for the real estate sector. The platform manages purchase-to-sale document workflows and provides transaction data rooms where documents can be securely shared with prospective buyers. AI-powered document intelligence via Mistral, hosted on Azure. Rebuilt a 12-person engineering team and rearchitected the entire technology stack: - Reduced IT operational costs by 60% through cloud optimization and automation - Increased deployment frequency

Architected and led development of a multi-cloud, multi-region platform enabling dynamic database provisioning, serverless actions, and auto-generated SDKs. - Designed Kubernetes infrastructure with Terraform/Helm across AWS, GCP, and Azure - Built backend on OpenSearch with Golang microservices and Argo Workflows/Events - Implemented tenant isolation via custom Kubernetes CRDs, validators, and webhooks - Delivered dynamically generated React UI and multi-language SDKs - Security layer powered by Ory;

Inherited a 100,000+ line Go monolith and transformed it into a production-ready, testable system with automated CI/CD. - Refactored monolith into testable architecture, enabling unit testing coverage - Reduced infrastructure provisioning from 3 days to 20 minutes via Terraform automation - Cut deployment time from 4 hours manual to fully automated pipeline - Standardized logging with AWS CloudTrail integration - Built and mentored a global team of 4 developers

Returned to Standard Bank to rescue the struggling Internet Banking team, then led delivery of a new customer insurance portal. - Implemented software engineering best practices: source control, branching strategy, CI/CD, automated testing, and monitoring - Delivered customer insurance portal (quoting, claims, policy management, live chat) in 9 months using Java EE - Migrated legacy J2EE application to ZOS; built custom Chef binary for ZLinux architecture with Chef engineering team - Infrastructure: Va

50% technical leadership / 50% hands-on development in Java and TIBCO BW. - Led a team of 4 developers, mentoring graduates and ensuring delivery quality - Partnered with product owners to prioritize work and align technical solutions with business goals - Served as Scrum Master, removing blockers and maintaining team focus - Developed solutions in Java and TIBCO BusinessWorks

Java developer on the branch consultation application. Designed and built a new Java application for car dealers to provide financing on vehicles using a Java Web Service SOA framework.

Full-stack developer for Internet Banking, corporate website, and mobile channels (WAP 2.0, WIG). - Delivered projects on time and within budget across multiple digital channels - Self-taught SAP BSP and ABAP to support bank's mainframe-to-SAP migration - Conducted R&D on emerging technologies for future channel development - Built ASP solutions for Standard Bank Insurance Services.

Part time paramedic for various on the road and standby services. Motor sport medical technician Major event and sporting standby Helped pay for me to go to University

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