Thanos Psaridis

Developing Kotlin-based Android applications and services for AI-enabled industrial wearable barcode scanners, integrating agentic-AI capabilities into backend services using Ktor and the Koog framework, and building real-time communication with MQTT, BLE, and IoT technologies.

Developed and maintained the Home Connect Android application, led migration to Kotlin DSL, introduced feature flags and A/B testing, and mentored junior developers within a 200-person SAFe release train.

Led the full rewrite of the WG-Gesucht Android application in 100% Kotlin, owning architecture and technology decisions, managing task breakdown and estimation, and mentoring a team of junior developers.

Built Kotlin/Java software and SDKs for smart-metering systems, developed EN 13757-compliant libraries, reverse-engineered C/C++ firmware, and led a distributed team with CI/CD and code review enforcement.

Developed backend services and APIs in Kotlin, Java, and Spring Boot, designed data access layers on PostgreSQL and MongoDB, and worked with GitLab CI/CD and JIRA in Agile teams.

Designed and delivered custom software for clients across backend, mobile, and desktop environments using Java, Kotlin, and C/C++, owning projects end-to-end and contributing to open-source.

Taught Algorithms, Arduino, C/C++, Math, and Calculus.

Bachelor of Science in Informatics Engineering with focus on Computing Techniques and Software Engineering.

Studied Music Theory and Composition.