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    "summary": "Senior software engineer with 14+ years of experience building payment systems and broadcast-grade cloud platforms. Deep Java/Spring backend expertise combined with full DevOps ownership: Kubernetes, GitOps, observability, and AWS infrastructure for 24/7 production systems. Experience integrating LLM APIs into production workflows. Available for consulting through own Latvian company, focused on reliability and cost optimisation for SaaS teams on Kubernetes/AWS.",
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      "summary": "Cloud playout / broadcast SaaS — channel origination for linear TV.",
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        "Core engineer on a greenfield cloud playout platform running 24/7 for broadcasters, on the project since its start",
        "Own architecture and system design: Java/Spring Boot microservices, HLS media pipelines, S3-backed segment delivery, CloudFront distribution",
        "Built and operate the Kubernetes platform: GitOps with ArgoCD, Helm, Cilium networking, Prometheus/Grafana observability",
        "Operate the AWS estate (EC2, S3, CloudFront, ElastiCache, SES, IAM, CloudTrail): capacity planning, incident response, security, cost optimisation"
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      "endDate": "2015-09",
      "summary": "Payment systems for the Nordic market.",
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        "Payment terminal estate-management system: certificate lifecycle (issue/revoke), remote software package distribution, terminal fleet monitoring",
        "E-commerce payment systems and payment service provider integrations",
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      "position": "Software Developer",
      "startDate": "2011-07",
      "endDate": "2012-07",
      "summary": "POS terminal management software.",
      "highlights": [
        "Fleet overview of issued POS terminals, certificate issuance and revocation, remote package installation"
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        "LLM API integration",
        "Anthropic Claude",
        "OpenAI",
        "AI-assisted engineering"
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