Senior Engineer · Product Systems

Kmilo — I design calm, resilient applications and distributed systems.

20+ years delivering production software across startups and large organizations. I focus on architecture that scales, teams that ship, and experiences that feel effortless.

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What I do

  • Design end-to-end systems that stay fast under real-world load.
  • Lead platform refactors that reduce cost and improve reliability.
  • Turn complex requirements into clean product decisions.

Based in Europe · Available for consulting and leadership roles.

Signature strengths

  • Distributed systems architecture, observability, and resilience.
  • Product-focused engineering: discovery, delivery, and iteration.
  • Design systems and UX flows that reduce friction for users.
  • Mentoring senior engineers and growing tech leadership.

Engineering principles

  • Build for clarity first, then scale with data.
  • Automate the boring, instrument the risky.
  • Own the customer experience end-to-end.
  • Bias toward maintainability over cleverness.

Selected impact

  • Re-architected a real-time platform to 10x throughput with 30% lower infra cost.
  • Led a multi-region migration with zero-downtime cutover.
  • Built a design system that cut UI delivery time in half.
  • Standardized CI/CD pipelines across 40+ services.

What teams hire me for

  • High-stakes migrations and modernization.
  • Architecting APIs and event-driven backends.
  • Stabilizing systems under growth or complexity.
  • Building strong engineering culture.

Toolbox

Rust Go Python Node.js PostgreSQL Kafka gRPC Docker Kubernetes Terraform Prometheus OpenTelemetry

Focus areas

  • Platform reliability engineering.
  • Domain-driven architecture and service boundaries.
  • High-performance data pipelines.
  • Security and compliance readiness.

Engagement model

I partner with teams as a principal engineer or fractional architect. Expect a clear plan, focused execution, and systems that stay clean after the handoff.