1st Engineer / Engineering Lead / CTO

Led engineering teams from inception to $3M seed funding, architecting scalable Django/PostgreSQL/Kubernetes backend infrastructure supporting 600k+ users with 99.9% uptime. Built real-time Kafka/ClickHouse pipelines (1M+ events/day) boosting feature adoption 25%, and hybrid Qdrant/Meilisearch systems increasing engagement 80%. Created AI-driven interview platforms using LiveKit/ElevenLabs for personalized candidate experiences at scale.

Project Engineer

Developed a modular drone platform using Raspberry Pi, NVIDIA Jetson AGX, ZED camera, GoPro, GPS, and optical flow sensors with ROS, enabling real-time video streaming, flight data aggregation, cloud photogrammetry, and autonomous navigation. Designed containerized simulation environments for secure robotics/AI testing and engineered GPU slicing frameworks for optimized ML resource distribution across virtual machines.

Cloud Infrastructure and Security Engineer

Reduced AWS costs by 15% ($150k/year) via reserved instances, snapshots, and S3 lifecycle policies while ensuring 99.9% uptime SLA. Enhanced security with CIS Controls, 99.5% DMARC compliance, VPN deployment, and Cloudflare optimization for 3x faster page loads. Migrated critical systems with <0.1% downtime and established robust disaster recovery.

Software Engineer (Research and Development)

Implemented email tracking pixels in outbound campaigns to monitor engagement and enable targeted follow-ups, boosting response rates by 18%. Developed the Bench Manager GUI for real-time monitoring of Frappe-hosted sites, presented at the ERPNext Conference, which streamlined system administration tasks through Socket.IO-powered live updates.

The is a chat application that offers a streamlined, no-nonsense AI chat experience. It provides access to multiple large language models (LLMs) from various vendors. Key features include markdown rendering of AI outputs, syntax highlighting for code, and the ability to display Mermaid.js diagrams on a canvas. The app supports real-time synchronization and resumable streams using Zero (sync engine), enabling users to share links, and allows for collaborative use of LLMs with peers. Authentication is handled via Google OAuth, the database is Postgres, frontend is in NextJS, self-hosted on an Hetzner server