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Senior Software Engineer & Engineering Leader | MLOps | Cloud & Infrastructure | Full Stack

LT-10109, Litauen
Weltweit
MSc in Computer Science, Vilnius University, Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics (2006-2008)
LT-10109, Litauen
Weltweit
MSc in Computer Science, Vilnius University, Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics (2006-2008)

Skills

BroadcomVmware-InfrastrukturVmware VirtualisierungVmware Vsphere
LLM & MLOps Engineering
Expertise in LLM Developer Workflows, Advanced Inference, MCP Integrations, Agents, and MLOps. Founder of an AI benchmarking and certification platform (Protorikis.com) with hands-on experience deploying and optimizing AI models on-premises and in the cloud.

Cloud & Infrastructure-as-Code
Deep knowledge of Cloud & Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform, VCF, AWS, GCP, and VPS. Delivered Terraform Providers with 10M+ downloads and led VMware Cloud Foundation automation initiatives from concept to release.

Software Engineering & Programming
Broad programming proficiency across Python, Java, Go, C++, C#, JavaScript/TypeScript, React, and Ruby. Extensive experience building REST APIs, SDKs, Developer Tooling, and full-stack applications across enterprise and startup environments.

Virtualization & Containerization
Hands-on experience with Kubernetes (including custom CRDs and Operators), Docker, and VMware/Broadcom platforms for building and managing containerized workloads at scale.

Database Replication & High Availability
Strong background in database replication, high availability, and scalability using MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Oracle, and ClickHouse, including distributed consensus and quorum systems.

Engineering Leadership & People Management
13+ years of tech leadership experience managing teams of 5 to 25 engineers, defining IaC strategies, building distributed teams, and collaborating with global stakeholders and enterprise customers.

DevOps & CI/CD
Proficiency in DevOps workflows and CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and GitHub Actions, enabling reliable and automated software delivery across multiple projects and organizations.

Financial & Quant Systems
Experience designing and delivering real-time, mission-critical financial systems, including a securities trading platform awarded Best Trading Platform in Lithuania in 2007.

Open Source Development & Community Engagement
Track record of open source development with projects exceeding 10M+ downloads. Active community engagement through conference presentations, YouTube content creation, and technical knowledge sharing.

Product Ownership & Requirements Management
Experience in product ownership covering requirements gathering, design, roadmaps, specifications, documentation, and customer support across enterprise and startup environments.

Erfahrung

Berufserfahrungmehr als 10 Jahre
Freelancer seit2025

Sprachen

GermanGrundkenntnisseEnglishverhandlungssicher

Projekthistorie

MLOps, Full Stack Engineer, Founder

Protorikis.com
Launched SaaS and open-source AI inference agent as an AI benchmarking and certification platform. Runs an AI-focused YouTube channel covering LLM inference, model architecture, and agentic coding. Providing consulting to companies on deploying and optimizing AI models on-premises.

AI Model Evaluation Engineer (Code Generation)

Stealth AI startup
Trained and evaluated AI coding agent by analyzing complex public GitHub pull requests exceeding current LLM reasoning capabilities. Explained intent, requirements, and architecture for the model, reviewed AI agent generated code, and delivered feedback to improve model reasoning, correctness, and code quality.

Lead Software Engineer, Cloud Platform

Shuttle.dev
Launched Neptune.dev, an AI/MCP tool for developers and vibe coders that builds project code into a Docker container, provisions cloud resources, and deploys applications in a single AI prompt. Productized a Python POC into an MCP service and AWS API platform. Conducted technical evaluation of Shuttle's Rust-based platform, pulled a team of 6 engineers, and prepared Kubernetes platform integration for Google GCP. Technologies: Python, MCP, Amazon AWS (ECS, ECR), REST API, Rust, GitHub Auth, GitHub Actions, Kubernetes, GCP.

Senior Development Manager

Broadcom Software
Led VMware Cloud Foundation 9 automation initiatives, delivering Terraform Provider for VCF Automation from concept to release. Defined IaC strategy, built distributed team, and collaborated with global stakeholders. Released provider published in Terraform Registry and GitHub. Technologies: Go, REST API, VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), Container Service Extension (CSE), VKS, Kubernetes, Jenkins.

Senior Development Manager (Hands-on)

VMware Inc.
Launched and grew Terraform Provider for VMware Cloud Director, reaching 10M+ downloads and becoming VMware's top provider. Delivered 30+ releases, launched Go SDK for Cloud Director, scaled department's largest automated test suite, and designed Bitnami integration with Terraform and VMware cloud. Championed redesign of automation plugin framework from tightly coupled Java to modular REST API architecture. Technologies: Go, REST API, VMware Cloud Director, NSX, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Agile/Kanban.

Staff Engineer 2

VMware Inc.
Designed and implemented REST API unifying VMware replication engines across different technology providers for DBaaS cloud platform. Extended Kubernetes-based micro-services for VMware's cloud automation product (vRA). Built vRealize Orchestrator integration for disaster recovery and developed vRealize Operations pack for VMware cloud observability. Technologies: Java, Kubernetes, VMware Cloud Stack.

Staff Engineer

VMware Inc.
Supported VP of Engineering on DBMS SaaS delivery and M&A of Lithuanian cloud firm. Developed high availability and replication integrations (VMs, MySQL, MSSQL, PostgreSQL) and AWS support for VMware's DBaaS product. Contributed to Ruby based installer, built QA automation with Jenkins, and coordinated open/closed-source releases and licensing. Technologies: Java, Open-source DBMSes, Ruby, VMware Cloud Stack, AWS.

Senior Software Engineer

Continuent Inc.
Developed heterogeneous replication software (MySQL-Oracle, PostgreSQL-MySQL, MongoDB). Built schema migration tools and JavaScript-enabled replication filters. Used distributed JGroups library for high-availability logic. Managed releases for Tungsten Replicator, advocated in open-source community and conferences, extended and maintained installer in Ruby, and supported customers in troubleshooting DBMS replication and HA issues. Technologies: Java, Ruby, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Oracle, Open-source DBMS Replication, HA.

Head of Software & IT Department

Finasta (Invalda INVL)
Established, built, and led 20+ engineers and managers of a software and IT division at Lithuania's leading brokerage. Designed and developed OMX/NASDAQ real-time securities trading platform (awarded Best Trading Platform in Lithuania, 2007). Delivered dividends management system, built financial data feeds for web portal, directed investment fund trading platform covering 50%+ of sales, and ran all systems with minimum downtime. Technologies: C#, Java, MSSQL, Web-based platforms, PHP.

Full-Stack Programmer

Elektronine Prekyba
Built e-commerce system (order to invoice with credit management). Developed multimedia advertisement platform for supermarkets (C++, DirectX). Created domain name checker application for effectively participating in the domain market (C++). Technologies: full-stack, C++, MSSQL.

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