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— Amsterdam● active

Sherpa Digital

Lead AI Engineer & Infrastructure Architect

Lead AI engineer at an agency building AI systems for clients. Main account is a regulated gambling operator, building their core internal AI platform on AWS under GDPR and Dutch gambling regulation.

  1. Build a regulated gambling operator's core internal AI platform on AWS, using Bedrock AgentCore for agent runtime, memory, and identity.
  2. Build and ship 8 systems as the only engineer on the account, 3 of them now in production.
  3. Build RBAC-controlled RAG assistants and knowledge-base tools with human review, web crawlers, and sanitization checks.
  4. Train custom sequence-tagging models (GECToR-style) for a copy-compliance system that makes up to 200 edits per campaign, checking text against internal policy and gambling law.
  5. Build ERP-integrated batch-payment checks with digital signatures and audit trails, player-welfare risk assessment on highly sensitive personal data, and automated legal screening for new betting markets.
  6. Build the VPC networking and ingress/egress controls, defined in Terraform, that keep regulated data inside the compliance boundary.
  7. Work to AWS best practice, with architecture reviewed by the client's AWS-partner engineering team.
builtregulated AI platform
AWSBedrock AgentCoreAI AgentsEnterprise ArchitectureCompliance
— Amsterdamown venture — co-founded, alongside the Sherpa Digital role● active

Theseuslabs

Co-Founder & CTO

Technical founder. Leads architecture and engineering for two products: a Rust learning platform and a creator fan-token platform.

  1. Build rust-skill.com, a Rust learning platform in Next.js and TypeScript, with multi-agent workflows on Claude and OpenAI.
  2. Integrate a Rust code-analysis engine for compiler-accurate evaluation.
  3. Design the TypeScript backend, including vector search, content pipelines, and adaptive difficulty.
  4. Implement multi-agent workflows generating challenges, evaluating solutions, and adjusting difficulty.
  5. Deliver MVP in three months and onboard the first paying subscribers.
  6. Build curve.fan (FanCurve), a creator fan-token platform on the Internet Computer: eight Rust canister types with per-creator ICRC-1 ledgers, bonding-curve pricing, sharded user profiles, and automated cycle management.
  7. Ship curve.fan's Next.js 16 frontend with multi-chain auth (Internet Identity, Sign-In With Ethereum, Solana) and an Axum analytics microservice on Cloud Run backed by Postgres, GCS, and BigQuery.
builtrust-skill.comcurve.fan
RustTypeScriptAIMulti-AgentVector Search
— International

Several Crypto Platforms

Co-Founder & CTO

Co-founded and led engineering across several on-chain crypto platforms, owning protocol design, architecture, and launch.

  1. Architected and implemented fully on-chain P2P engines using Rust and Internet Computer smart contracts (canisters).
  2. Built deterministic on-chain state machines with decentralized randomness, verifiable identity, and auditable state transitions.
  3. Directed launchpad development with on-chain identity, onboarding flows, and settlement pipelines.
  4. Processed thousands of on-chain transactions across dozens of unique wallets.
  5. Helped close a EUR 200,000 pre-seed by providing technical validation and a clear roadmap.
  6. Led community communication and product direction.
builtseveral crypto platforms
RustInternet ComputerCanistersOn-ChainProtocol Design
— Munich/Amsterdam

BIYU

CTO (promoted from Senior Full Stack Developer)

Joined as a senior full stack developer and promoted to CTO. Led platform architecture across web, backend, and mobile.

  1. Owned architecture across web, backend, and mobile; set technical direction and delivery strategy.
  2. Took BIYU from its first codebase to a production platform.
  3. Refactored critical NestJS services, improving reliability and reducing operational overhead.
  4. Led engineering through code reviews, sprint planning, and technical standards.
  5. Built BIYU's React Native mobile app for iOS and Android with deep logistics integration.
  6. Built backend features using NestJS and TypeORM across TypeScript microservices.
builtBIYU
— Munich/Oslo

Pickatale

Senior Full Stack Developer

Owned mobile and backend features across iOS, web rendering, and email services.

  1. Implemented core features in Pickatale's iOS app using Swift and Objective-C.
  2. Built a custom EPUB rendering pipeline in React for book playback.
  3. Built a multi-region email service in NestJS with dynamic template rendering.
— Munich/Amsterdam

SMAL Code

Principal Developer

Led a small team delivering 3D visualization and enterprise tooling.

  1. Led a team of four developers across sprints, architecture planning, and code quality enforcement.
  2. Developed Unity-based 3D configurators and visualization tools for enterprise clients like Elgato.
  3. Created advanced Three.js product inspectors for interactive product exploration.
  4. Built technician/customer communication tools for ChargePoint's operational workflows.

Early career / –

Developer roles across SMAL Code, Ziba Design and Freelogic GmbH — full-stack work (React, Angular, Swift, PHP, Django), Unity and Three.js 3D configurators, and internal tooling automation. Award-winning design and front-end work in this period, including the Vodafone Devices Website.

  • iF DESIGN AWARDCommunication Design Excellence— Vodafone Devices Website
  • Red Dot Design AwardInnovative Product Design — Honourable Mention— muun mattress