About Me
I started in civil engineering, moved to Germany for grad school, then taught myself to code. Seven years later, I've shipped enterprise software, government systems, and a dozen personal projects.
Civil Engineering, Polytechnic University of Tirana
BSc in Civil Engineering. Scored 90-100% in algebra and analysis, the mathematical foundation that later made self-teaching programming natural.
TU Dresden, Germany
MSc ACCESS program at one of Germany's top technical universities. Completed 30/120 credits. Gained German C1 proficiency and rigorous European academic exposure. Decided to pivot to software.
Self-taught Developer, First Projects
Taught myself Python and JavaScript. Built two full-stack applications as backend lead: AACE (membership management for Albanian Civil Engineering Association) and Orange (multi-tenant driving service for an Austrian client). Flask/SQLAlchemy backends, Vue.js 2 frontends, PostgreSQL, production deployments.
CData Software, Enterprise Experience
Started in technical support diagnosing client issues, promoted to software development within a year. Worked in a 100GB+ enterprise Java codebase with SVN, Jira, code reviews, and test-per-ticket discipline. The only traditional employment on my record, and it gave me enterprise workflow fluency.
Independent Builder, Video & Data Systems
Built a 7-service video management pipeline (TypeScript/Node.js), deployed OpenAI Whisper on AWS SageMaker for e-Albania government services, and started what would become the automated trading system.
AI-Augmented Development Era
Early adopter of LLM-assisted development since GPT-4 launched. Now using Claude Code daily as primary development workflow. Built trading agent framework, self-hosted infrastructure (veron3), manga/comic platforms, and multiple SvelteKit applications, all AI-augmented. This is the way I work now: directing AI to ship at 3x velocity.