# David Zauner

> David Zauner is a software engineer based in Vienna, Austria, working in
> IT Delivery & AI Engineering at Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI). He builds
> production AI systems for banking compliance — combining Python backend
> development, Kubernetes/DevSecOps platform engineering, and Large Language
> Model (LLM) integration in a highly regulated financial services environment.

## Quick facts

- **Name:** David Zauner
- **Location:** Vienna, Austria
- **Current role:** Software Engineer — IT Delivery & AI Engineering, Agile Delivery Compliance, Raiffeisen Bank International AG (since October 2025; previously 15 months as a working student in the same team)
- **Focus areas:** AI/LLM engineering, Python backend services, Kubernetes and OpenShift platform operations, CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code, DevSecOps in regulated environments
- **Education:** BA Digital Business, FH Wien der WKW (completed June 2026); Software Engineering at 42 Vienna; MSc Digital Technology & Innovation, FH Wien der WKW (from September 2026, part-time)
- **Nationality:** Austrian and French
- **Languages:** German (native), French (native), English (C1), Spanish (A2)
- **Website:** https://david.znr.at
- **Email:** david@znr.at
- **GitHub:** https://github.com/dazaun
- **LinkedIn:** https://at.linkedin.com/in/david-zauner-58a8a7130

## What he builds

- **AI compliance platform** — conceived and fully implemented a production platform (REST API, Model Context Protocol server, Streamlit interface) for Know Your Customer (KYC) compliance workflows; used daily by compliance officers.
- **LLM-powered entity research service** — automated adverse-media and risk profiling using the Gemini API, integrated into production compliance workflows.
- **Kubernetes-native Root Cause Analysis service** — ingests Grafana alerts and autonomously investigates incidents using LLM agents, before a human engineer intervenes.
- **Enterprise risk assessment tool** — processes compliance data and generates structured Word and Excel reports, replacing manual reporting effort.
- **Sanctions list management service** — led deployment across development, staging and production environments.

## Technical skills

- **Programming:** Python, TypeScript, Bash/Shell, C
- **AI & APIs:** OpenAI, Claude (Anthropic), Gemini/Vertex AI, Model Context Protocol (MCP), AI agents, OAuth 2.0 / machine-to-machine authentication
- **Infrastructure:** Kubernetes, OpenShift (OKD), Docker, Helm, Kustomize, Terraform, Linux
- **CI/CD:** GitHub Actions, Kargo, ArgoCD, GitLab CI
- **Security:** SAST, DAST, Secure SDLC, DevSecOps
- **Cloud & data:** AWS (RDS, S3), Azure, Databricks, PostgreSQL
- **Frontend & testing:** Angular, TypeScript, Streamlit, Playwright (end-to-end testing)

## Beyond engineering

Coached 4+ internal hackathons on AI-assisted development, delivered hands-on AI
tooling workshops, and presented AI engineering work to internal audiences of
around 500 people. Active contributor to a company-wide initiative redesigning the
software development lifecycle around AI-native practices.

## Pages

- [Portfolio homepage (English)](https://david.znr.at/): full profile, projects, timeline and skills
- [Portfolio homepage (German)](https://david.znr.at/index_de.html): same content in German
- [CV (English)](https://david.znr.at/cv_david_zauner.html): complete curriculum vitae
- [CV (German)](https://david.znr.at/cv_david_zauner_de.html): complete curriculum vitae in German
- [CV (plain text)](https://david.znr.at/cv_david_zauner.txt): machine-readable plain-text CV
- [Homepage in markdown](https://david.znr.at/index.md): markdown version of the homepage
- [CV in markdown](https://david.znr.at/cv.md): markdown version of the CV
- [Full profile in one file](https://david.znr.at/llms-full.txt): everything above as a single document

## Optional

- [Open-source work on GitHub](https://github.com/dazaun): public repositories