Oliver Lipkau
Principal Architect & Technical Product Lead
Frankfurt am Main,HE
Summary
Enterprise Technical Leader and System Architect with over 15 years of experience driving large-scale digital transformations. Currently steering the architectural design, AI governance, and infrastructure scaling of a global Agentic AI platform for over 500,000 monthly active users. Expert in orchestrating complex LLM reasoning chains (LangGraph, Azure OpenAI) and managing multi-million euro budgets (€5M+) across cross-functional engineering matrix structures (35+ engineers, SAFe framework).
Technical Skills & Ecosystems
- AI & Data: GenAI Orchestration (LangGraph, Agentic Workflows), RAG, Prompt Engineering, Evaluation-Driven Development (EDD), Semantic Search (OpenSearch).
- Cloud & Infrastructure: Azure OpenAI, AWS, Microservices Architecture, API Management (APIM), Kafka Event Streaming.
- Development & Tooling: Python (Advanced), PowerShell (Expert), TypeScript, Git.
- Architecture & Methodology: System Design, UML, BPMN, SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework), IT Security Best Practices.
Work History
Principal Tec Product Lead & System Architect
BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
Munich, Germany
01.2021 - Current
- GenAI Governance & Orchestration: Steered the architectural design of a global
Agentic AI platform for "The Recipe Converter". Established Reference
Architectures using LangGraph to orchestrate complex 100-prompt reasoning
chains, ensuring deterministic outcomes in non-deterministic AI environments. - Infrastructure Resilience & Scale: Defined the Enterprise Cloud Guardrails for
multi-region LLM deployment. Implemented advanced load-balancing and
traffic-steering via APIM to ensure high availability for 500,000+ active users,
effectively managing regional provider stress and cost-efficiency. - Strategic Leadership & Budgetary Control: Directed a peak of 4 cross-functional
engineering tribes (35+ engineers) within a SAFe framework. Accountable for a - €5M+ annual CAPEX/OPEX budget, aligning technical roadmaps with global
business transformation goals. - Performance & Security Strategy: Engineered high-performance delivery patterns
for SSR architectures and established security-first design principles to mitigate
runtime vulnerabilities. Focused on shifting logic to secure, scalable client-side
execution to reduce server-side attack surfaces. - Semantic Transformation: Led the transition from legacy discovery systems to
AI-driven Semantic Search. Architected the integration of vector embeddings into
enterprise search ecosystems to drastically improve data discoverability and user
engagement.
Senior Product Owner
BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
Munich, Germany
01.2018 - 12.2020
- Product Ownership: Led the "Recipe Webapp" product for Ovens, Cooktops, Coffee
Makers, and Cook Processors (Cookit), serving 500k+ monthly active users. - Process Engineering: Built a custom CMS for 8,000+ recipes in 29 languages using
a microservices architecture on AWS. - Automation: Reduced development cycle friction by 25% through customized Jira
and Bitbucket workflow automations.
Requirements Manager
BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
Munich, Germany
03.2016 - 12.2018
- Platform Growth: Defined the technical integration for Washing Machines, Dryers,
Refrigerators, Freezers, and Cooktops into the Home Connect app - System Modeling: Authored detailed technical specifications and process flows
using UML and BPMN to define complex system interactions.
IT Consultant
Atos IT Solutions and Services GmbH
Munich, Germany
10.2012 - 03.2016
- Consultancy: Advised Tier-1 clients including Siemens, EADS, and BSH on IT
infrastructure and user management. - Development: Re-engineered SAP user management processes in ABAP, resulting
in a 50% performance increase. - Specification: Authored technical requirement documents for the initial global Home
Connect IoT platform rollout.
Education
Associate of Science - Information Technology Officer
01.2005 - 12.2006
Certification
Certified IT Project Manager by IHK Academy
Accomplishments
Active member of Microsoft's Powershell community. Including
- Microsoft Community Contributor award
- Two publications on Microsoft's blog - https://bit.ly/3iL9zTk - https://bit.ly/3pQazHF
- 3 time Volunteer judge for the Microsoft Scripting Games - https://bit.ly/3vfc5nC
- Open source developer for powershell modules - https://github.com/AtlassianPS/
Languages
German
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Portuguese
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Spanish
Elementary (A2)
Timeline
Principal Tec Product Lead & System Architect - BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
01.2021 - Current
Certified SAFe® 4 Product Owner/Product Manager
03-2018
Senior Product Owner - BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
01.2018 - 12.2020
Certified Scrum Product Owner® by Scrum Alliance
03-2017
Certified IT Project Manager by IHK Academy
07-2016
Certified Scrum Master by TÜV Süd Academy
04-2016
Requirements Manager - BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
03.2016 - 12.2018
ITIL® v3 Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management
07-2014
IT Consultant - Atos IT Solutions and Services GmbH
10.2012 - 03.2016
Instituto De Formação Profissional-Administrativa - Associate of Science, Information Technology Officer
01.2005 - 12.2006