konan
Senior Product Engineer & Ai Architect
Full-stack engineer who ships products fast and thinks like a founder. I own entire features from concept to users, architect systems that scale, and make product decisions that drive growth. Deep technical craft and genuine enthusiasm for solving hard problems.
Experience: 6 years
Yearly salary: $80,000
Hourly rate: $45
Nationality: 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Residency: 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Experience
Senior Software Engineer
CliveAI 2024 - 2025
Led the scaling of a fintech backend, optimizing high-volume transaction processing and reducing latency by 60%. Designed microservices in Node.js, Go, and Python, enabling modular, fault-tolerant infrastructure, improving system resilience by 50%. Developed a high-performance recursive web scraper that automated large-scale data extraction, increasing accuracy by 35%. Enhanced RAG pipelines by optimizing indexing and caching strategies, which improved AI knowledge retrieval efficiency by 40%. Managed deployments and cloud infrastructure on GCP, implementing CI/CD to reduce downtime and accelerate feature rollouts. Led technical interviews, onboarded, and trained junior developers using Ethersjs and Kubernetes, reducing onboarding time and increasing team efficiency.
Lead Software Engineer
Fusion Block Labs 2023 - 2024
Directed development of an AI Agent for Smart Contract Auditing, enforcing security standards & minimizing vulnerabilities. Engineered a Community Management Agent with RAG pipelines, integrating Telegram and Discord to enhance community. Orchestrated containerized infrastructure with Kubernetes and Docker, accelerating deployment and optimizing scalability. Architected a high-availability backend with NestJS, achieving 99% uptime, supporting modular, scalable APIs. Designed and implemented a performant Next.js UI, enhancing user interaction and experience across platforms.
Backend Software Engineer Intern
HNG Tech 2023 - 2023
Graduated in the top 1%, ranking among the best out of 20,000+ participants. Led a team of 60 members to deliver an MVP - AI FOR HOMEWORK. Optimized task-specific LLM personas with OpenRouter, increasing task efficiency by 35%. Architected a multi-tenant backend for a reusable SaaS boilerplate, improving scalability by 70%. Enhanced information retrieval and generation with RAG techniques, speeding up data access by 35%.
Full-Stack Software Developer
LightAlpha Dao 2021 - 2023
Deployed token smart contracts on EVM, optimizing transactions and cutting gas fees by 35%. Built RESTful APIs with Express.js and MongoDB for user management, raffles, and referrals. Enhanced transactions with crypto technology, improving payment efficiency and security by 30%. Scaled marketing solutions for Crypto/NFT projects, expanding user base and boosting engagement by 65%.
Skills
ethereum
golang
python
rust
solana
solidity
typescript
web3js
full-stack
english