DAVID ZAUNER IT Delivery & AI Engineering | Vienna, Austria david@znr.at | david.znr.at github.com/dazaun | linkedin: david-zauner-58a8a7130 Austrian & French | DOB 31/10/1998 Software engineer with a passion for automation and AI-powered systems, building production compliance platforms at a major international bank. Combines full-stack Python and TypeScript development, Kubernetes/DevSecOps, and Large Language Model (LLM) integration to deliver production systems in a highly regulated financial services environment, subject to strict security, audit, and compliance requirements. BA Digital Business graduate of FH Wien der WKW (June 2026). ================================================================================ WORK EXPERIENCE ================================================================================ IT Delivery Junior (Software & DevOps Engineer) -- Agile Delivery Compliance Raiffeisen Bank International AG | Oct 2025 -- present | Vienna, Austria - Developed an LLM-powered entity research service using the Gemini API for automated adverse-media and risk profiling; integrated into production compliance workflows. - Designed and built an automated enterprise-wide risk assessment tool that processes compliance data and generates structured Word and Excel reports, reducing manual reporting effort. - Built a Kubernetes-native Root Cause Analysis service that ingests Grafana alerts and autonomously investigates incidents using LLM agents; extended with a purpose-built Kanban board tool for AI-native development workflows. - Led the deployment of a sanctions list management service across dev, staging, and production environments. - Coached 4+ internal hackathons (2-day and 2-week formats) on AI-assisted development; co-developed a full compliance platform frontend (TypeScript/Angular) alongside the team. - Coached a UI test automation hackathon: set up the end-to-end (E2E) testing infrastructure -- Playwright test suites running in GitHub Actions against a sanctions screening platform's UI, with a custom dashboard visualising test results -- now adopted and in active use by the team. - Presented AI engineering work to internal audiences of ~500 across multiple online forums and company-wide events. - Delivered hands-on AI tooling workshops covering IDE-integrated AI assistants, Jira integration via the Model Context Protocol (MCP), and agent/skill definitions. - Active contributor to the company-wide initiative to redesign the SDLC (Software Development Lifecycle) around AI-native practices, including architectural design input for a new internal AI coding platform. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Working Student -- Agile Delivery Compliance Raiffeisen Bank International AG | Jul 2024 -- Sep 2025 | 20h/week | Vienna, Austria - Conceived and fully implemented a production AI platform (REST API, MCP server, Streamlit UI) for KYC (Know Your Customer) compliance workflows -- actively used by compliance officers. - Built Python microservices: automated email extraction & analysis, adverse-media/web search, Databricks customer queries, and a Microsoft Graph API webhook for AI-driven email routing. - Set up and maintained CI/CD (Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery) pipelines (GitHub Actions, Kargo) and Kubernetes/OpenShift deployments with Helm charts and Kustomize manifests. - Introduced Secure-SDLC/DevSecOps practices (SAST/DAST -- static and dynamic application security testing); containerised all services with Docker/Docker Compose. - Provisioned and operated a PostgreSQL database on AWS RDS; monitored applications in Kubernetes and Databricks environments. - Delivered technical solution presentations at internal workshops and cross-team forums. - Supported operations for a sanctions screening platform: user provisioning, identity management approvals, Jira ticket handling. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IT Infrastructure Engineer Self-employed | Jun -- Aug 2023 | Vienna, Austria - Provided infrastructure engineering for a 42 Vienna peer project -- deployed and configured a Kubernetes cluster and Docker-based services for a vehicle fleet and contract management platform for a car rental company. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Volunteer CEHRI -- Centre for the Enforcement of Human Rights International Oct 2020 -- present | Vienna, Austria - Supporting event organisation and providing on-site IT support including hardware setup and computer configuration. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Volunteer Kuratorium Wiener Pensionisten-Wohnhaeuser | Jun -- Dec 2020 | Vienna, Austria - Organised on-site cultural events for elderly residents, including opera evenings; provided hospitality support (food and beverages). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Extraordinary Civil Service (Zivildienst) Kuratorium Wiener Pensionisten-Wohnhaeuser | Apr -- Jun 2020 | Vienna, Austria - Provided day-to-day assistance at a Vienna retirement home. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Civil Service (Zivildienst) Diakonie Oesterreich | Jul 2018 -- Mar 2019 | Vienna, Austria - Supported a refugee advisory centre providing legal and social counselling; assisted advisors and offered translation support for French-speaking clients. ================================================================================ EDUCATION ================================================================================ MSc Digital Technology & Innovation FH Wien der WKW | Sep 2026 -- 2028 (expected) | Vienna, Austria Part-time master's programme (120 ECTS) bridging digital technology, innovation management, and applied research & development. BA Digital Business FH Wien der WKW | Sep 2023 -- Jun 2026 | Vienna, Austria Thesis: Automatisierung von Compliance-Prozessen in Banken (Automation of Compliance Processes in Banking) -- systematic literature review on AML, sanctions and fraud automation methods. Software Engineering (peer-to-peer curriculum) 42 Vienna | Sep 2022 -- 2024 | Vienna, Austria Selected through the 26-day C Piscine boot camp. Developed strong foundations in low-level C and memory management, UNIX systems programming, multithreaded concurrency (pthreads/mutex), shell internals and parsing, Linux system administration, and computer graphics (raycasting). Matura / Baccalaureat Lycee Francais de Vienne | Graduated Jun 2018 | Vienna, Austria ================================================================================ TECHNICAL SKILLS ================================================================================ Programming Languages: Python, TypeScript, Bash/Shell, C Cloud & Data: AWS (RDS, S3), Azure, Databricks Infrastructure: Kubernetes/OpenShift (OKD), Docker, Helm, Kustomize, Terraform, Linux AI / APIs: OpenAI, Claude (Anthropic), Gemini/Vertex, MCP, OAuth 2.0 / M2M CI/CD: GitHub Actions, Kargo, ArgoCD, GitLab CI Security: SAST, DAST, Secure-SDLC, DevSecOps Frontend & Testing: Angular, TypeScript, Streamlit, Playwright (E2E) Tools: Git/GitHub, Jira, Confluence, VSCode Databases: PostgreSQL, Databricks SQL ================================================================================ LANGUAGES ================================================================================ German: Native French: Native English: C1 -- Professional Spanish: A2 -- Basic ================================================================================ INTERESTS & OTHER ================================================================================ Interests: Gym, Padel, Travelling Driving Licence: Category B