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AI Integration & Agents
LLMs doing real work inside real products. MCP servers, retrieval, evals and agent workflows that actually reach users.
Berlin · Available now, remote
Senior software engineer
building AI-native systems.
Twenty years of software in production. I build backend systems and AI features for product teams, remote and flexible, and spend the rest of my hours building open-source tools in public.
20+
Years in production
850+
GitHub stars
2005
Founded Level09
10
Open-source projects
What I do
§ 01 · SERVICESFIG 0.202
Backend & Product Engineering
Python, APIs, data and modern web. Schema to production, handed over documented so your team can run it.
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Civic & Data Platforms
Open data, accountable systems. Bayanat documents human rights violations for SJAC and partner organisations. OpenStadt maps how fairly public infrastructure is distributed across German cities.
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Technical Advisory
Architecture reviews, hiring help, and clear second opinions on the decisions that actually matter.
Fixed-scope engagements
§ 01.1 · OFFERSClear scope, clear outcome, fixed price quoted after a 30-minute call.
1 week01
AI feature audit
Review of an existing LLM feature or prototype: architecture, failure modes, cost, evals and security.
Written report with a prioritised fix list.
Enquire2 to 3 weeks02
Prototype to production
Take a working AI prototype to production: retrieval, evals, monitoring, authentication and deployment.
A live feature, handed over documented to your team.
EnquireMonthly, 2 days a week03
Monthly senior capacity
Senior backend and AI capacity for a fixed monthly fee. For teams that need steady help, not a full-time hire.
One accountable engineer, written updates, cancel monthly.
EnquireSelected work
§ 02 · WORKPOSITEMTYPEYEAR
01Bayanat↗
Open-source platform SJAC uses to document human rights violations. US State Department Internet Freedom Award.
02Enferno↗
Flask framework with Vue 3 and production auth. 569 GitHub stars.
03ReadyKit↗
SaaS starter on Enferno. Launched on Show HN, sponsored by Chargebee.
04stk↗
Async Python SaaS framework designed so coding agents can operate and extend the apps built on it.
05OfferBrief↗
Dubai property intelligence with AI analysis over 1.6M+ transactions and 9.5M+ rental contracts.
06watchd↗
Local control plane for AI agent work that funds agent loops by verified outcomes.
07zant↗
Edge application starter with shared actions for people and AI agents.
08NosyAgent↗
Personal AI assistant with engineered long-term memory, built on the Claude API.
09FigureKit↗
Curated visual styles for AI agents over MCP, so figures fit the text they explain.
10OpenStadt↗
Civic tech mapping public infrastructure equity.
11ZigLag↗
Self-hosted invoicing software, built on stk.
§ 03 · ABOUT
Human before engineer.
I founded Level09 Studios in 2005 and have been writing software ever since: enterprise systems for international media groups, Bayanat for human rights documentation, and the open-source projects that put my name on the map.
Today I work independently from Berlin, remote and flexible, and spend the rest of my hours on open source.
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