^{Last updated on: Sunday, 9 August 2026 at 09:21 CEST}

👋 I'm an Engineering Manager and software engineer with 23+ years of programming experience, 13+ years in international companies across three countries, and 8+ years managing engineering teams.

🔭 Currently at Elsevier, building and scaling engineering teams working on LeapSpace, an AI-powered platform for scientific research and discovery.

🤖 I'm passionate about AI and its potential to reshape software engineering, research, productivity, and decision-making.

🧭 My interests include:

• Engineering Management & Technical Leadership
• Building high-performing engineering teams
• AI-powered products
• Software & Distributed Systems Architecture
• Scalability, Resiliency & Reliability
• Maintainability & Engineering Quality
• Performance Optimization

I enjoy working at the intersection of people, technology, and product—building strong teams and robust systems that can scale with both the organization and its users.

My background spans backend engineering, distributed systems, cloud-native architectures, observability, and AI-powered applications, with hands-on experience designing and operating production systems at scale.

• Programming Languages: Java, Python, TypeScript, JavaScript
• Backend & APIs: Spring Boot, Node.js, Express.js, REST APIs
• Frontend: React, Redux, HTML, CSS
• Databases & Search: PostgreSQL, Oracle Database, MySQL, MongoDB, DynamoDB, Elasticsearch, Redis
• Cloud Platforms: AWS, Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Containers & Orchestration: Kubernetes, Docker
• Distributed Systems & Messaging: Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ
• Observability & Reliability: Prometheus, Grafana, New Relic, Kibana, Loggly, Rollbar
• CI/CD & Engineering Automation: GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Travis CI
• AI / LLM Engineering: LangChain, LangGraph, Langflow

Distributed Systems · Software Architecture · Cloud-Native Engineering · Scalability · Resiliency · Observability · Performance Optimization · AI-Powered Applications

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