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Senior AI Engineer | LLM, RAG, Agentic Systems | Enterprise Modernization · Remote

Prishtina, Kosovo
Only remote
BSc Computer Science (Univ. of Prishtina); MSc Data Science studies (Universum College)
Prishtina, Kosovo
Only remote
BSc Computer Science (Univ. of Prishtina); MSc Data Science studies (Universum College)

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About me

30+ years in enterprise software; since 2024 building production LLM, RAG and agentic systems with governed execution (RBAC, approvals, audit trails). Public-finance, tax and legacy modernization for Deloitte, World Bank, GOPA. Remote from CET, English, B2B via Inovativi SH.P.K.

Java (Programming Language)Data MigrationEnterprise Architecture FrameworkPython (Programming Language)PostgreSQLMachine LearningOracle DatabasesSoftware ArchitectureSolution ArchitectureTypeScriptEnterprise Application IntegrationChatbotsLarge Language ModelsPrompt EngineeringGenerative AIDocker
LLM Applications & RAG
Expertise in building production LLM applications using OpenAI and Anthropic APIs, open-weight and local models including Llama, Qwen, and Mistral via Ollama and LM Studio. Proficiency in embeddings, Qdrant vector search, retrieval design, structured outputs, prompt engineering, tool calling, MCP, document AI, and provider abstraction.

Agentic & Enterprise Systems
Design and implementation of agentic systems using PLAN to EXECUTE to COMPOSE orchestration, permission-filtered tools, sub-workflow design, RBAC, approvals, audit trails, idempotency, validation, shadow systems, reconciliation, data migration, and legacy integration.

Evaluation & Reliability
Development of custom LLM evaluation harnesses, metrics and benchmark cases, repeated runs, baseline and guarded A/B comparisons, prompt regression, groundedness, abstention, quality gates, deterministic mocks, automated testing, and observability.

Applied ML & NLP
Applied machine learning and NLP foundation using Python, pandas, NumPy, scikit-learn, and PyTorch. Experience in data preparation, feature engineering, time-series analysis, regression, classification, clustering, model evaluation, NLP, text processing, and embeddings.

Backend & API Development
Backend development with FastAPI, TypeScript, Next.js, NestJS, Java, Spring Boot, REST and OpenAPI, WebSockets, queues, PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server, Redis, Qdrant, MinIO, Docker, Vercel deployments, and Linux.

AI-Native Delivery
Delivery using Claude Code, Codex, workflow discovery, rapid vertical slices, direct client implementation, feedback loops, technical documentation, training, and operational handover.

Enterprise & Solution Architecture
Enterprise and solution architecture covering event-driven and modular systems, revenue administration, public finance, HR, legal information, real estate, CRM, DACH sales and marketing operations, e-services, and SME workflows.

Digital Government & Public Finance Systems
Delivery of tax-administration and digital-government systems including SIGTAS, e-filing, e-payment, reconciliation, vehicle and driver services, HR, data migration, and enterprise integration across multiple international engagements.

Experience

Professional experience10+ years
Freelancer since2007

Languages

EnglishFluentSerbianFluentAlbanianNative speaker

Project history

Principal AI Engineer & Technical Lead

INOVATIVI SH.P.K.
Building production LLM applications, RAG pipelines, and agentic workflows using OpenAI, Anthropic, and open-weight/local models. End-to-end delivery from prototype through Python/FastAPI and TypeScript integration, automated testing, deployment, monitoring, user validation, and technical handover. Designing controlled execution layers connecting models to databases, APIs, CRM/admin tools, documents, messaging channels, and legacy systems. Building repeatable LLM evaluation suites and modernizing public-finance and HR platforms.

Full-Stack & Systems Engineer

INOVATIVI CLIENT ENGAGEMENT - NOXOLO SYSTEMS / Q-WISE
Delivered full-stack and systems engineering across web applications, backend services, integrations, data flows, deployment, troubleshooting, and production support, collaborating in a two-person engineering team with shared implementation, code-review, and delivery responsibility.

Enterprise Architect

KSAGEN SH.P.K.
Architected systems for German-market sales operations, CRM, workflow coordination, reporting, analytics, and integration.

Enterprise Software Architect & Technical Lead

INOVATIVI SH.P.K.
Progressed from hands-on developer and lead developer to solution and enterprise architect. Delivered tax-administration and digital-government systems including SIGTAS, e-filing/e-payment, reconciliation, vehicle and driver services, HR, data migration, and enterprise integration while leading discovery, architecture, planning, client communication, documentation, training, and support.

Enterprise Architect

INOVATIVI CLIENT ENGAGEMENT - ASSEMBLY OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOSOVO (KOSOVO PARLIAMENT)
Provided enterprise architecture for a multi-year digitalization and modernization programme, aligning parliamentary and administrative processes with integrated systems, digital workflows, and phased implementation roadmaps.

International Public Finance & Revenue Modernization Consultant

GOPA WORLDWIDE CONSULTANTS
Modernized revenue-administration and public-finance systems for the Seychelles Revenue Commission, covering architecture, tax-platform design, integrations, e-services, data migration, implementation planning, and capacity building.

Senior Consultant - Fiscal Transparency & Public Finance Modernization

DELOITTE
Worked with Deloitte's New York team on a fiscal-transparency project for Honduras, developing, testing, deploying, and bringing the SEFIN public-finance portal to production.

Solution Architect

INOVATIVI CLIENT ENGAGEMENT - KOSTT
Designed and oversaw integration across asset management, corporate applications, e-forms, archives, staffing workflows, and public web channels within the enterprise infrastructure.

International Public Finance & Revenue Modernization Consultant

WORLD BANK / CHEMONICS
Delivered international public-finance and revenue-administration assignments focused on IT strategy, tax-system modernization, SIGTAS process improvement, e-registration, e-filing, e-payment, systems integration, and institutional capability.

Business Systems Analyst, Solution Architect, Lead Developer, Project Manager

Earlier Software, Public-Sector & Consulting Experience
Began professional programming in 1995; earlier roles included hands-on development, database engineering, solution architecture, and project leadership for SIGTAS, payment reconciliation, HR, licensing, web, integration, and e-service solutions across the Tax Administration of Kosovo, KPMG-supported programmes, Kosovo Pensions Trust, Ministry of Health, Kosovo Agency for Privatization, Crown Agents, and Repron.

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