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Versatile and results-driven Software Engineer and Co-Founder with deep expertise in AI-powered application development, cloud architecture, and full-stack engineering. Built and deployed a RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) system and agentic AI workflows using OpenAI, with vector search powered by pgvector on PostgreSQL, to automate legal document analysis including data ingestion pipelines for unstructured text. Co-designed and architected a full Azure cloud infrastructure from the ground up, including VMs, PostgreSQL, Key Vault, Web Apps, and a Django/Nginx/Redis/Gunicorn backend.

Experienced in Java, Scala, and Python for building secure, production-grade APIs and data-intensive applications, with a strong focus on sensitive data handling, performance optimization, and scalable systems.

Co-Founder & Software Engineer - DataPassports

(2020-11 - 2026-05)

• Designed and deployed a RAG system and agentic AI pipeline using OpenAI and pgvector (PostgreSQL) for semantic search, enabling autonomous multi-step document analysis and automated extraction of key clauses from unstructured legal text.
• Built data ingestion pipelines to parse, chunk, and embed unstructured legal documents, storing vectors in PostgreSQL via pgvector for fast semantic retrieval.
• Architected the full Azure cloud infrastructure from scratch, including VMs, PostgreSQL Server, Key Vault, and Web App services, ensuring security, scalability, and cost efficiency.
• Built and owned the backend engine in Python, deployed via Django on a VM with Nginx, Gunicorn, Redis, and Docker — handling all layers from API design to containerized deployment.
• Led development of secure, production-grade APIs in Java, Scala, and Django with PostgreSQL, handling sensitive business data with strict confidentiality and integrity.
• Built advanced data processing workflows with Spark and Scala, achieving a 20% performance gain while ensuring secure handling of sensitive datasets.
• Automated CI/CD pipelines and cloud deployments, resulting in 25% improved scalability and 15% reduced operating costs.
• Mentored junior developers and raised coding standards, reducing bug reports by 40% and increasing team efficiency.

Web Master / Software Engineer - Empress of Canada

(2016-03 - 2022-12)

• Designed and implemented a scheduling application that reduced scheduling time by 50% and improved employee productivity by 30%.
• Built and deployed customer-manager interaction platforms with modern web technologies.
• Took on operational leadership responsibilities, managing a team of 10+ people — developing strong crew coordination and decision-making skills under real-world pressure.

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science - Haute École de la Province de Liège, Belgium (2013)