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Jakob Jost Becker
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Herborn, Germany
AI Solution Architect & Product Engineer – Dynamics 365, Enterprise Integration & Data Platforms
6+ years of building software for real business processes. I design and run production LLM systems on top of Microsoft Dynamics 365, connect ERP, hospitality and banking systems through robust integrations, and take technical ownership of products from architecture to go-live and day-to-day operations.
Experience
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AI Engineer & Solution Architect
- Leading the architecture and product development of Orimize, comprising Intelligent Invoice Capture (IIC) for automated invoice processing and Intelligent Banking Suite (IBS) for bank account and bank statement automation, both fully integrated with Microsoft Dynamics 365 F&O
- Architecting a distributed, containerized platform consisting of Python/FastAPI APIs, workers, schedulers, a Next.js portal, PostgreSQL, Redis, RabbitMQ, S3-compatible object storage and secure on-premises connectors
- Building end-to-end invoice workflows covering invoice ingestion, vendor and purchase order matching, G/L account prediction, financial dimensions, validation, approval workflows and transfer to D365 F&O
- Developing banking workflows for synchronizing bank accounts, retrieving and processing statements, interpreting CAMT.053 and MT940 files, matching transactions and generating reviewable D365 posting proposals
- Integrating Microsoft Foundry, Azure OpenAI, OpenAI, local LLMs, vector stores and embeddings into secure enterprise environments
- Designing robust OpenAPI-based integrations with OAuth, JWT, API keys, asynchronous callbacks, idempotency, retries, conflict handling and complete payload traceability
- Operating workloads through Docker, Azure and OpenShift/Kubernetes with Azure DevOps CI/CD, environment separation, secret management, health checks and production monitoring
- Delivering customer-specific AI, data-enrichment and CRM pre-migration solutions from technical architecture through testing, deployment and production operation
Application Developer
- Designed, developed and operated integrations between Microsoft Dynamics 365 F&O and hospitality, invoice-processing, banking and other third-party systems
- Transformed financial data from PMS platforms such as OPERA, TAC and Fidelio into validated D365 journals and import-ready entities
- Developed D365 functionality using X++, OData, Data Entities, Electronic Reporting, Business Document Management and SSRS
- Built and maintained Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines, self-hosted agents, scheduled releases, database backups and sandbox-to-production deployments
- Developed Python-based SFTP and OData integration services, including a production connector between Yooz and D365 F&O
- Managed requirements, technical coordination, testing, UAT, go-live and production support with customers and external vendors
- Initiated the development of an AI-powered invoice-processing product, including automated invoice intake and account-assignment logic
Apprentice Application Developer
- Developed and customized Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations solutions using X++, including workflows, workspaces, data entities, views and security roles
- Supported migrations from legacy Dynamics AX systems to D365 F&O by preparing environments, validating master and transactional data, reconciling results and documenting defects
- Built and maintained Power BI reports for project controlling, purchasing, sales and customer-specific reporting
- Worked with Azure DevOps Boards, Repos and Pipelines to manage requirements, trace changes, run builds and support sandbox deployments
- Administered D365 development and test environments, users, licenses, Entra ID access, LCS/OneBox and document-routing components
- Contributed to early integrations using OData, Power Automate, SharePoint, SFTP and Azure-based banking and PMS processes
Education
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Advanced Technical College Entrance
IT Specialist for Application Development
Intermediate School-Leaving Certificate
Skills & Technologies
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AI & LLM Systems
- Architecture: AI solution architecture and production LLM systems
- Platforms: Azure OpenAI / Azure AI Foundry, GPT-4o, Azure Document Intelligence, Claude (Anthropic), self-hosted models such as Qwen
- Techniques: Agentic Workflows, Prompt Engineering, Fine-tuning, Evals, Embeddings, Vector Stores
Dynamics 365 & Data
- Dynamics 365: Finance & Operations and Customer Engagement, X++, OData, Electronic Reporting (ER), BDM, SSRS
- Data: data migration, cleansing, aggregation and duplicate detection
- Reporting & FinOps: Power BI, Azure Cost Management
Integration
- APIs & security: REST/OpenAPI, OAuth, JWT, HMAC, Microsoft Graph
- Hospitality: OHIP / OPERA Cloud and PMS integrations
- Banking: CAMT.053, MT940, ISO 20022
Development
- Languages: Python, X++, TypeScript, SQL, MQL5
- Frameworks: FastAPI, Next.js, React, Vue, Tailwind CSS
- Backend & data: PostgreSQL, Redis, RabbitMQ, Object Storage, Firebase, Supabase
DevOps & Operations
- Azure DevOps: CI/CD pipelines, releases, boards, repos
- Platforms: Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift
- Version control: Git, TFVC
- Methodologies: Agile Development, Scrum
Languages
- German (native)
- English (fluent)
Beyond work
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- Aviation: private pilot with a LAPL(A), working on my NVFR rating and PPL(A); home base Breitscheid (EDGB), where I built and run edgb.de
- Outdoors: skiing, bouldering and hiking
- Travel: Indonesia, China, southern Africa and much of Europe, from Norway and Latvia to Italy, Portugal and Greece
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