The climber

Nine years of building backend systems that hold up under load.

Senior software engineer designing, implementing, and operating production backend systems in Python. I specialize in complex web-based services — distributed-system architecture and event-sourcing — and I've delivered 10+ products across finance, healthcare, and science, driving technical decisions and mentoring the engineers around me.

The route so far

Professional experience

1. 01

   Aug 2017 → Present · Full time

   Software Engineer → Technical Lead

   Kellton Europe (formerly Tivix)

   Progressed from individual contributor to technical lead across multiple projects in finance, healthcare, and science.

   • Designed and delivered backend systems in Python (Django, FastAPI) for 10+ client products, owning architecture from API design through deployment on Kubernetes/AWS.
   • Partnered with design and product teams to translate requirements into scalable API contracts and data models.
   • Mentored engineers through feature implementation, raising code quality and shipping velocity; hosted 6+ company meetups.
2. 02

   Nov 2019 → Dec 2023 · Part time

   Senior Engineer → Product Owner / Lead Architect

   DoveMed Ltd.

   Part-time technical lead and architect for digital health products, held alongside my full-time role — building consumer-facing products for U.S. patients and providers.

   • Led a team of 4 engineers to architect and deploy healthcare applications within a 3–4 month timeframe.
   • Designed and implemented an API handling 40,000+ unique users daily.
   • Owned the lifecycle of 10+ digital products built by 3 independent teams, using data usage to drive architectural improvements.

Gear & equipment

Technical skills