Kian Shahriyari

Hello, my name is Kian. I am a backend developer with ten years of professional experience. Together with my company SymbolicLabs, I implement software projects for my clients – from classic software development to machine learning, RAG, chatbots, etc. My skills range from classic software development to AI engineering. These include:Software Development:* Web development with PHP (Laravel, Symfony, Yii), Python (Fastapi, Flask), React, VueJS, Typescript and Javascript * Database systems: Relational databases (Mysql, PostgreSQL), NoSQL (MongoDB, ArangoDB) * Cloud solutions: AWS S3 (Lambdas, Buckets etc.) * Infrastructure: Kubernetes, Docker, ELK Stack, Grafana * Support and further development of legacy systems * Modernization of legacy systemsAI Engineering / ML:* Langchain and Langsmith * RAG * Document intelligence, document processing (PDFs) * Prompt techniques like llm as-a judge * Open Source/Self Hosted LLMs like Qwen 2.5, LLaMA etc. * Finetuning of LLMs * Machine learning, Pytorch * Knowledge-based systemsTechnical Knowledge / Domain-Specific Knowledge:* Insurance industry (GDV, BiPRO, workflows) * eCommerce * Development of SaaS platforms * Development and consulting for software startups