Vlad

Currently an Applications Engineer at a legal AI company. Previously I have mostly worked in policy research and political campaigning, while also completing a PhD part-time in philosophy. I have maintained a life-long parallel interest in digital technologies and through personal passion projects, I have gained hands-on experience with everything from Assembly and C to Prolog and Haskell, via JavaScript.

Applications Engineer at Luminance Technologies Ltd (2024-06 – Present)

Worked across the full depth of the stack in the Backbone Javascript/Typescript Web App (from the Frontend to the forked nodesql driver in the Backend), but also the Javascript Datamanager server, the Java document ingest server, the Python LLM-orchestration Server, and the Postgres database.

• Developing medium-to-large greenfield features
• Adding features and extended functionality to existing code
• Deep refactors of old and very old code - including to generic components that are used extensively downstream
• Performance optimisation
• Stability bug-fixes on tight schedules in response to urgent client complaints

Researcher at Dr Azeem Ibrahim (Strategic Studies Institute, US Army War College) (2014-05 – 2024-06)

Researcher for Dr Azeem Ibrahim, supporting academic and policy research, writing and editing work for various public policy projects – focusing on topics including international human rights, geopolitics, and UK foreign policy.

Web Designer and Administrator at King's College London (2015-05 – 2020-09)

Developed, set up and maintained the website of the Philosophy and Medicine project, a London-wide interdisciplinary forum exploring the intersection of the two disciplines - as a self-hosted WordPress site.

Philosophy Department blog at King's College London (2016-10 – 2020-02)

Maintained the website/blog of the Philosophy Department at King's College London - as a hosted WordPress site.

Tutoring (2014-04 – 2019-04)

Tutored 10+ clients at A-Level and undergraduate level, on topics such as formal logic and programming (in Python and GameMaker), as well as academic writing.

Strategy & Development Consultant at HIBS London (startup education development consultancy) (2013-01 – 2014-12)

Led strategy and delivery for the expansion of HIBS business operations in Bucharest and Cluj, Romania. Led a team of UK delegates to establish partnerships with local recruitment agencies, facilitated negotiations, handled the translation aspect of the exchanges and closed 10 deals over the course of two weeks.

PhD in Philosophy – King's College London (2014-01 – 2022-12)

MPhil in Philosophy, with focus on Identity, Economics and Evolutionary Ethics – University of Cambridge (2012-01 – 2013-12)

BA (Hons) in Philosophy – King's College London (2009-01 – 2012-12)