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Stack Domains

A structured overview of technologies and business domains — what I work with, where I have domain expertise, and how the two connect.

// Business Domains Problem Areas

Domains where I have designed, implemented, and operated software — with deep understanding of business requirements, not just the technology layer.

Capital Markets Trading

Expert

15+ years direct experience with trading systems, risk platforms, and market-data infrastructure. Deep understanding of the full trade lifecycle from FO pricing through MO risk to BO settlement and reporting.

Order Routing Execution Pricing Engines Risk Management PL Explain Market Data Feeds FO / MO / BO Workflows Position Management Regulatory Reporting
Employers HVB / UniCredit · ING · XAIA AG · DetraCo · Aquantum · Assenagon

Credit Fixed Income

Expert

Pricing, exposure management, and NAV calculation for credit portfolios. Technical implementation of credit models and Sophis Value integrations over many years at XAIA AG.

Credit Portfolio Pricing NAV Calculation Exposure Management CDS / Bond Workflows Time-Series Storage Workflow Automation
Employers XAIA AG · HVB / UniCredit AG

Commodities Energy

Expert

Multi-commodity forward curve modelling (oil, gas, power, metals, agri), volatility surfaces for commodity options, and risk calculation for energy trading desks.

Forward Curve Building Volatility Surfaces Options Pricing Energy Trading (ENDUR) Commodity Fund Workflows Sensitivity Analytics
Employers ING Brussels · RWE Supply Trading · Aquantum AG

FX · IR · Exotics

Advanced

Pricing models for FX, interest rate products, and exotic derivatives. Model validation and regression testing at HVB/UniCredit over eight years.

FX Derivatives IR Swaps / Caps / Floors Exotic Structures Model Validation QuantLib
Employers HVB / UniCredit AG

Fund Management

Advanced

NAV calculation, risk reporting, and workflow systems for investment funds. Experience with both credit funds and commodity funds.

NAV Calculation Fund Workflows Risk Reporting Data Reconciliation Bloomberg Integration
Employers XAIA AG · Aquantum AG · Assenagon AG

Cloud Market Data Infrastructure

Advanced

Design and build of modern cloud-native systems: market-data engines, pricing microservices, asynchronous risk pipelines, and trading dashboards using a current Python stack.

Market Data Engines Microservice Architecture Async Pipelines Trading Dashboards CI/CD · Kubernetes
Employers iTechFinance

Document Management OCR

Proficient

OCR digitisation and DMS solutions for EU institutions (European Commission, European Parliament, CJEU). Workflow automation for large-scale document processing systems.

OCR Systems DMS / XML Workflows EU Institutions Document Automation
Employers Sizar Group / Infotechnique SA

Enterprise Groupware

Proficient

Groupware architecture, enterprise communication, workflow automation, and early e-commerce systems built on Lotus Notes/Domino.

Lotus Notes / Domino Messaging Systems Workflow Automation E-Commerce
Employers HT-Computers GmbH · Login AG
Expert 10+ years, production use in critical systems Advanced Several years, deep understanding Proficient Practical project experience

// Tech Stack

Technologies by category — with an honest assessment of current proficiency. Dots indicate: daily use, regular use, specialised domain, or historical.

{ } Programming Languages

Python 3.11 Primary language · daily
C# Long-term · .NET / WPF / WCF
C++ Low-latency trading · QuantLib
Java Enterprise · OCR systems
F# Functional systems · ING · HVB
R Statistics · risk modelling
Matlab Quantitative modelling
VBA / Excel Financial models · prototyping
PLT Scheme / Scheme48 Functional pricing engines · ING
Visual Basic Historical · 1998–2001

Frameworks Libraries

FastAPI Async REST · daily
SQLAlchemy async ORM · Pydantic v2
React Trading dashboards · risk UI
Vue.js Frontend · financial apps
AngularJS RWE Supply Trading
WPF / WCF Desktop trading apps · C#
QuantLib Pricing models · HVB / UniCredit
Bloomberg API Market data integration
NHibernate XAIA AG · C# ORM

Databases Storage

PostgreSQL Primary relational DB · daily
TimescaleDB Time-series · market data
Redis Hot-path caching · real-time
Oracle Enterprise · multiple projects
MSSQL Broad project experience
Cassandra Time-series · XAIA AG
MySQL Aquantum AG

Trading Systems

Sophis Risque Multi-asset pricing · ING · HVB
Sophis Value Credit · fund · XAIA · Assenagon
ENDUR Energy trading · RWE
FrontArena HVB / UniCredit AG
MUREX HVB / UniCredit AG
EUREX API Low-latency · DetraCo AG
EURONEXT API Order routing · DetraCo AG

Infra / DevOps

Docker Containerisation · daily
Kubernetes Orchestration · production
GitHub Actions CI/CD · iTechFinance
Jenkins CI/CD · XAIA AG
REST / WebSockets API design · real-time feeds
Git Version control · daily

Concurrency Protocols

asyncio / async-await Python · FastAPI · SQLAlchemy
Multithreading C++ Low-latency · DetraCo AG
WebSockets Real-time market data · dashboards
FIX Protocol Trading connectivity
XML / DMS Document workflows · EU institutions
Daily / Current focus Regular / Proficient Specialised domain Historical / Reference

// Domain × Technology

Which technologies were used in which business domains — at a glance.

Domain Python C# C++ Java F# Sophis QL ENDUR MUREX BBG
Capital Markets ·
Credit Fixed Income · · · · · · ·
Commodities Energy · · · ·
FX / IR / Exotics · ·
Fund Management · · · · · ·
Cloud Infrastructure · · · · · · · · ·
Document Mgmt · · · · · · · ·

Used   Partial   · Not in this domain   · QL = QuantLib   · BBG = Bloomberg API