Senior Java backend tech lead, now in Paris, France. 11+ years shipping production systems at NASDAQ and Cisco, and these days building applied AI tools with LLMs.
My career, as a little game. Play to unlock my skills, or scroll down for the classic version.
Each level is a real role, in order. The last one is the boss level: tech lead on NASDAQ's SMARTS trade surveillance platform.
Each job is a level. Click a company or a job first, then use ↑ ↓ to move between levels: the ? block turns into a ★ and the details unlock.
Senior tech lead on NASDAQ's SMARTS trade surveillance platform: led a Spring AspectJ + Jackson alerting framework (15% less dev effort).
Delivered 500+ subscription migrations and moved APIs from Java 7 to Java 11.
Built SMARTS Java alerts and deployed 350+ subscriptions across APAC, EMEA and NSAC, remote from Paris.
Set-top box startup UI with VOD and live events.
Five years on set-top box software: EPG features, MPEG-DASH, DRM and the Viasat Ukraine project.
A Java tool for multilingual UI string translation, used across projects.
Personal projects where I practise applied AI end to end: from prompt to production.
GenAI web app that scores a resume against a job post: skill-by-skill breakdown, company and role summary, and a cover letter checked against the resume.
Automated job-tracking pipeline: daily digests, fit scoring, resume tailoring and outreach, open-sourced in 2026.
Interactive map of where Paris cherry and magnolia trees bloom each spring.
Ranked like chess pieces: the queen is the strongest piece on the board.
Main expertise. Java 7 to 11 upgrades, framework-level work, production depth.
Claude API, Gemini API, LLM integration, LangGraph agents, GitHub Copilot.
Spring AOP and AspectJ, Jackson, the structured alerting framework at NASDAQ.
Git, Jenkins pipelines and plugins, JUnit, Bash scripting.
Scrum, code reviews, high-level design, mentoring new hires.
Python, FastAPI, Docker, Kubernetes basics, C++ basics, AWS basics, OTT tech.
Two stories behind the bullet points: one from work, one I built on my own.
A few things about me outside work.
Favourite dish: masala dosaTwo personal blogs where I write outside of code.
Recipes I try, tweak and sometimes rescue. Notes from my kitchen experiments.
Read the cooking blog ↗Writing and creative pieces, the side of me that isn't about backends.
Read the creative blog ↗Looking for a senior backend or applied AI role in Paris, hybrid or remote. Happy to talk about Java (the code or the coffee ☕), trade surveillance, or turning LLMs into tools people use.