Full Stack
Extensive hands-on experience across the entire stack — from local development environments to fully automated, cloud-native platforms. Proven ability to deliver robust, scalable systems end-to-end.
Excellence
Accelerated career growth with a strong record of mentoring and leading. Selected as Toptal talent and trusted as Lead Engineer by multiple teams. Dedicated to continuous improvement and raising engineering standards.
Systems Thinking
Break complex problems into simple, actionable parts. Favor simplicity over unnecessary complexity. Focus on building enduring systems rather than one-off features — always with the bigger picture in mind.
Achievements & Projects
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Platform Engineering Enablement
Founded and led the company's Platform Engineering team, focusing on DevEx and DevOps. Accelerated delivery and reduced onboarding time while raising quality standards by centralizing processes, tooling, and technology best practices.
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AI-Powered Email Processing
Integrated with AWS Bedrock to categorize incoming emails from AWS SNS and trigger automated workflows. This AI integration reduced task execution time from ~7 minutes to just ~15 seconds, delivering a step-change in efficiency.
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Ephemeral Test Environments
Reduced E2E testing costs from ~€6,000 to ~€350/month and cut cycle time from ~4h to ~40m by introducing automated, on-demand ephemeral environments.
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CKAD — Certified Kubernetes Application Developer
Certification focused on developing and deploying applications in Kubernetes — covering pods, deployments, configuration, observability, and troubleshooting in real-world environments.
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OAuth2 Authentication Services
Implemented standalone authentication microservices for distributed systems, issuing and verifying JWT bearer tokens. Centralized security across services with OAuth2 to host in-house security.
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Cloud Cost Optimization
Achieved a 15% reduction in monthly AWS costs across the organization with FinOps operations.
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Cloud Migration & CI/CD Modernization
Led the migration of the platform from Azure to AWS while modernizing the delivery pipeline. Replaced Jenkins with GitHub Actions to streamline deployments, improve reliability, and enhance overall developer productivity.
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Kafka Streaming
Designed and implemented Kafka-based event streaming to capture and route all system events into a centralized notifications system. This foundation enabled real-time partner notifications.
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Distributed microservices
Designed and built distributed microservices using event-driven architecture, Domain-Driven Design, and Hexagonal patterns. Delivered robust, testable services with comprehensive unit and integration testing to support mission-critical insurance operations.
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double-entry bookkeeping engine
Built a double-entry bookkeeping engine that powered financial operations across the entire company. Delivered a banking-grade ledger system enabling finance teams to manage transactions with full accuracy and reliability directly from the platform.
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AI MCP Integration Layer
Integrated MCPO (Model Context Protocol OpenAPI compatible) into the platform, enabling natural language queries across tools like Grafana, Prometheus, Elasticsearch, Jira, and Confluence. This AI-powered integration allows quick insights and multi-source data analysis without requiring deep technical expertise.
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Auction & Bidding System
Designed and developed engines to run daily auctions, enabling automated (mandates) and manual bidding from customers and seamless integration with the platform's core financial services.