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Jean Carlo Hilger

@jeancarlohilger

I’m a senior full-stack software engineer combining scalable backend systems with AI-driven product automation.

Zimbabwe
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What I'm looking for

I’m looking to build and modernize production systems in ambiguous, cross-team environments—combining backend scalability, frontend modernization, and pragmatic AI automation—while improving reliability, testing strategy, and developer experience end to end.

I’m a senior full-stack software engineer with 5+ years of experience evolving complex production systems across web platforms, internal tools, and industrial-facing applications. I’ve adapted microservice-based applications for SaaS distribution, extended internal uses of open-source libraries to unblock product-critical features, and strengthened reliability in multi-application environments through architectural decisions and cross-team integrations. I also focus on practical performance and delivery improvements—leading end-to-end testing strategy work to reduce QA bottlenecks and delivering frontend reliability gains like a recording persistence solution that significantly reduced recording-loss incidents.

Across roles, I modernized legacy frontends (including a Vue.js refactor aligned to framework standards), optimized database execution by tuning triggers and stored procedures, and contributed to system redesigns that improved performance and sync reliability. I’ve led applied AI and computer vision efforts—building and deploying an industrial object counter under low-end hardware constraints—and I prototype with OpenAI to automate meeting minutes, summarization, and document generation. I’m energized by ambiguous problem spaces and by improving developer experience through staging deploy automation, Swagger-based API documentation, and internal documentation initiatives.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

OP

Senior Full-Stack Engineer

OptidataCloud

Nov 2022 - Dec 2025 (3 years 1 month)

Adapted microservice-based applications to support a SaaS distribution model, enabling free trials ahead of an industry event. Implemented OpenAI-powered automations and improved reliability with AI integrations, frontend recording persistence, calendar sharing (CalDAV/SOAP), and a reduced QA bottleneck testing strategy.

AN

Full-Stack Software Engineer

Animati

Mar 2021 - Nov 2022 (1 year 8 months)

Optimized database performance across critical flows by improving triggers and stored procedures, reducing execution costs. Modernized a Vue.js application by refactoring legacy patterns to align with framework standards and improve maintainability and frontend performance.

LO

Software Engineer

LoyLegal

Jun 2020 - Sep 2020 (3 months)

Reimplemented an Ember.js application from version 1 to 3 to address security and maintainability concerns. Collaborated with the tech lead to restructure the architecture and unblock future feature development.

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