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Forward Deployed Engineer | Full-Stack TypeScript, Integrations & Applied AI

Gödöllő, Hungary
Worldwide
B.Sc. in Business Information Systems, Corvinus University of Budapest
Gödöllő, Hungary
Worldwide
B.Sc. in Business Information Systems, Corvinus University of Budapest

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About me

Hands-on Forward Deployed Engineer with 20+ years of delivery. Since 2017 embedded in client teams across banking, insurance and the public sector, taking loosely defined business problems to production: discovery, architecture, full-stack TypeScript implementation and rollout.

Argo CDGitOpsLLMJavaScriptAmazon Web ServicesMicrosoft AzureContinuous DeliveryContinuous IntegrationDevOpsPostgreSQLMongoDBNode.jsSoftware ArchitectureRedisSystems DesignTypeScriptOpenapiEvent-driven ArchitectureReact.jsIbm MqGenerative AIVue.jsKubernetesApache KafkaReact NativeRestful ApiTerraformOracle Cloud InfrastructureDockerMicroservices
Full-Stack TypeScript Development
Extensive hands-on delivery across the full stack using TypeScript, JavaScript, Node.js, Fastify, AJV, React, Vue.js, and React Native, covering both frontend and backend implementation in production environments.

Integration Engineering
Deep expertise in integration-heavy delivery using Kafka, IBM MQ, NATS, OpenAPI, AsyncAPI, REST APIs, partner and e-invoicing integrations, and adapter-based provider replacement across regulated industries.

Applied AI & LLM Orchestration
Design and implementation of governed LLM agent platforms including agentic workflows, model routing, spend governance, PII redaction, DLP boundaries, and quality gates for AI-authored code.

Cloud & DevOps
Production deployments on Azure, Oracle Cloud, and AWS using Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, ArgoCD, and GitOps for CI/CD and observability.

Data & Search
Experience with PostgreSQL including row-level security, MongoDB, Redis, and Azure AI Search, including replacing legacy search providers with modern adapter-based implementations.

API Design & Spec-Driven Development
Introduction and governance of API spec-driven development using OpenAPI and AsyncAPI, including internal developer platform foundations with service templates and internal packages.

Architecture & Platform Design
End-to-end ownership of architecture decisions including microservice platform redesign, observability, API design-first governance, and scalable high-traffic public-sector systems.

ERP & FinOps Platform Development
Mapping and digitizing contract-to-cash workflows into modular capability platforms with approval trails, tamper-evident audit logs, and e-invoicing integrations including NAV Online Szamla.

Stakeholder Communication & Team Enablement
Problem discovery and scoping, translating business workflows into systems, stakeholder communication from engineers to leadership, and enabling and mentoring client teams.

Experience

Professional experience10+ years
Freelancer since2017

Languages

EnglishFluentHungarianNative speaker

Project history

Principal Engineer - Governed LLM Agent Platform

MONAD SYSTEMS - Software Factory
Built an agent-based platform that turns a task note into a reviewed pull request against production repositories. All model traffic crosses a fail-closed PII service with deterministic Hungarian and English recognizers, reversible per-run tokenization, hash-chained egress audit, per-project spend ceilings, and a pinned no-training provider allowlist. Instrumented review-gate pass rate and change-failure rate using TypeScript, Fastify, PostgreSQL, React, Kubernetes, and OpenRouter.

Principal Engineer - ERP and FinOps Platform

MONAD SYSTEMS - moduLedger
Mapped the contract-to-cash workflow for Hungarian service SMEs and government suppliers into 24 capability modules with approval trails and tamper-evident audit logs. Spec-first Fastify services with generated OpenAPI and AsyncAPI clients, PostgreSQL with row-level security, and e-invoicing integrations including Szamlazz.hu, Billingo, and an in-house NAV Online Szamla adapter verified against the NAV test environment. 400+ merged pull requests over two years.

Founder & Principal Engineer (client-embedded delivery)

MONAD SYSTEMS
Work embedded in client engineering organizations, turning business problems into shipped systems: platform redesigns, partner integrations, high-traffic public services, and search modernization. Own engagements end to end including scoping with stakeholders, architecture, hands-on frontend and backend implementation, CI/CD and observability, and enablement of client teams. Build reusable foundations including spec-first API templates, internal developer platform pieces, and delivery quality gates.

Engineer - Hungarian Election System

IdomSoft
Redesigned the architecture and implemented the full frontend for the Hungarian national Electoral Information System on Oracle Cloud and Kubernetes/GitOps stack. The system now handles millions of requests per day without operational glitches.

Principal Engineer, embedded

Fizz (OTP Group)
Replaced a slow and flaky third-party search provider with an Azure AI Search implementation behind an adapter pattern, achieving major speed gains and several hundred thousand USD in annual savings. Led the microservice platform redesign around observability and API design-first governance. Cut CI feedback to the development environment from roughly 1 hour to about 6 minutes and stood up new feature teams and the platform team.

Lead Architect & Principal Engineer

Netrisk
Designed and led implementation of a Kafka-based event-driven insurance platform on Azure with GitOps delivery, enabling robust real-time integration with multiple insurance partners. Ran the client CTO search and coached the selected CTO into the role.

Full-Stack Engineer, embedded

Magyar Bankholding
Introduced API spec-driven development using OpenAPI and AsyncAPI over Kafka and IBM MQ in a regulated banking environment. Helped build Internal Developer Platform foundations with service templates and internal packages, improving delivery consistency and service start-up time across teams.

Independent Engineering Consultant

Self-employed
Delivered backend services, APIs, web and mobile applications across multiple production client engagements, advising startups and product teams on architecture while staying hands-on in their codebases.

Lead Full Stack JavaScript Developer, JavaScript Division Lead

Virgo Systems
Led the 12-engineer JavaScript division delivering social and e-commerce products, staying hands-on across Node.js services, frontend frameworks, and AWS infrastructure. Reformed recruitment and built a company-wide mentoring network. Technologies: Node.js, Vue.js, Backbone.js, Webpack, Redis, MongoDB, AWS.

Frontend and Web Application Engineer

LogMeIn, Virgo Systems, Sense/Net Inc, Docler Holding, Consulting Ltd.
Frontend and web application engineering across product (LogMeIn BoldChat), social, portal, and utility-sector client systems.

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