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 (Advanced Computational and Civil Engineering Structural Studies) at one of Germany's top technical universities. 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.