15 years · 58+ projects · 100K+ users

Engineer who ships scalable systems at every layer.

Founder-engineer and full-stack lead with 15 years building production web, mobile, and cloud systems across finance, logistics, public-sector, and startup environments — including direct, contract, and client-delivery work.

  • End-to-end ownership
  • AI-integrated workflows
  • Microservices & cloud-native
  • Mentorship that compounds
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Luka Dodelia
Full-Stack · Lead Engineer
Reading, PA · Open globally · Contractor/B2B only for US companies
15+
Years
58+
Projects
100K+
Users
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Skills & technologies

Languages

  • TypeScript
  • JavaScript
  • Python
  • Swift
  • Java
  • C/C++
  • PHP

Frameworks & runtime

  • React
  • React Native
  • Node.js
  • Bun
  • Hono
  • Express
  • Drupal

Databases

  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL
  • MongoDB
  • Redis

Cloud & infrastructure

  • AWS
  • GCP
  • Azure
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • CI/CD
  • Cloudflare

Architecture

  • Microservices
  • Distributed systems
  • Serverless
  • REST APIs
  • GraphQL
  • IoT protocols
  • AI workflows

Leadership

  • Team building
  • Mentorship
  • Code review
  • Agile
  • Tech strategy
  • Stakeholder collab
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By the numbers

Years shipping
15+

Production web & mobile across finance, logistics, IoT.

Projects delivered
58+

Full-stack products at PickTek for international clients.

Users served
100K+

International users on apps I led to production.

Mentees promoted
80%

Of 10 junior engineers reached senior within three years.

Scalability gain
5×

Improvement after driving microservices adoption.

UDP reliability
99.99%

Custom protocol shipped on AlienGreen IoT devices.

App ratings
4.8★

Apple-featured for design and accessibility.

Ventures founded
2

From zero to production: LumaLogistics & AlienGreen.

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Full-stack engineer with end-to-end product ownership, from prototype through production.

Full-Stack Focus

Senior Full-Stack · AI Integration

Web, mobile, AI workflows, and infrastructure shipped end-to-end.

End-to-end product ownership
Prototype through production at Connected Financial, LumaLogistics, NovuGens.
AI-integrated workflows in production
TypeScript AI pipelines woven into core financial processing.
Cross-platform mobile, Apple-featured
React Native apps, 4.7–4.8☆, thousands of iOS users.
Founder-engineer instincts
Two ventures founded from zero, scaled to production users.
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Experience

  1. Connected Financial Solutions

    Lead Engineer · Hands-On Full-Stack Client/company location: London, UK · Work arrangement: remote/client delivery
    2022 — 2025

    Built and owned a comprehensive financial platform for US and UK banking clients — complete product lifecycle from prototyping through production. Integrated TypeScript-based AI workflows into core financial processing pipelines.

    • Loan management
    • AI-integrated pipelines
    • Bank-grade security
    • 0 → production

  2. LumaLogistics Platform

    Founding Engineer · Full-Stack Pennsylvania, USA
    2020 — 2022

    Co-founded and led technology strategy for a logistics platform serving truckers and dispatchers across the US. React Native app rated 4.7☆ by 5,000+ users; salary-calculation tool delivering $1K–$5K annual income increases per trucker.

    • 5K+ users · 4.7★
    • Sub-100ms APIs
    • Paperless ops
    • Route optimization

  3. PickTek

    Intern → Lead Engineer Tbilisi, Georgia
    2009 — 2020

    Progressed from high-school intern to Lead Engineer over 11 years. Shipped 58+ full-stack products for the World Food Programme — Senior Engineer / contractor via PickTek, Rome/remote, 2013–2017. Led an 8-person team serving 100,000+ international users; drove microservices adoption for 5× scalability.

    • 58+ projects
    • 8-person team led
    • 5× scale gain
    • 10 mentees → 80% senior

  4. NovuGens Pension Management — select project

    Lead Engineer · Full-Stack Washington D.C., USA
    2018 — 2021

    Designed and delivered an enterprise pension platform serving organizations with 10K–200K retirees. UX-focused mobile app validated with 3,000 seniors at 95%+ satisfaction. GDPR-aligned security across all sensitive data.

    • 30K+ retirees
    • 95%+ satisfaction
    • Docker Swarm
    • GDPR security

  5. AlienGreen IoT Smart Home — select project

    Founding Engineer · Full-Stack Tbilisi, Georgia
    2017 — 2019

    Co-founded an IoT venture; engineered a proprietary UDP protocol at 99.99% reliability. Built infrastructure that scaled from 5 test devices to thousands of production units. Apple-featured for design and accessibility, 4.8☆ across platforms.

    • 99.99% reliability
    • Apple Featured
    • 4.8★ rating
    • OTA updates

  6. World Food Programme (WFP)

    Senior Engineer Rome, Italy
    2013 — 2017

    Built and maintained large-scale web properties and internal analytics platforms (including wfp.org) for one of the world’s leading humanitarian organizations. Supported concurrent high-priority initiatives across a globally distributed engineering organization.

    • wfp.org
    • Internal analytics
    • Distributed teams
    • PHP · Drupal · JS

  7. Georgian Regional bank

    Junior Engineer Tbilisi, Georgia
    2010 — 2013

    Developed a mobile application consolidating the bank’s full suite of customer services into a single platform.

    • Mobile banking
    • First professional role
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Featured projects

Banking · Fintech

Connected Financial Solutions

London, UK · 2022 — 2025

A comprehensive financial platform for US and UK banking clients. Loan management across land, equipment, and term products. AI-integrated TypeScript pipelines woven into core processing.

  • Python
  • TypeScript
  • React
  • AWS
  • PostgreSQL
  • AI workflows
API response
<100ms
Lifecycle
0→Prod
Markets
US + UK
Compliance
100%
Logistics · Mobile

LumaLogistics

Pennsylvania, USA · 2020 — 2022

Co-founded a platform that revolutionized trucking and dispatch operations. React Native app rated 4.7☆ by 5,000+ users; salary tool delivering $1K–$5K annual income increases per trucker.

  • React Native
  • Node.js
  • Kubernetes
  • MongoDB
  • Microservices
Active users
5K+
App rating
4.7★
Income lift / user
$1K–5K
Response time
<100ms
Pension · Enterprise

NovuGens Pension

Washington D.C. · 2018 — 2021

A pension platform that seniors actually love. Validated with 3,000 seniors at 95%+ satisfaction. Used by 30K+ retirees with GDPR-aligned security across all sensitive data.

  • React
  • React Native
  • Docker Swarm
  • PostgreSQL
  • GDPR
Satisfaction
95%+
Retirees served
30K+
Org size
10–200K
Compliance
GDPR+
IoT · Smart Home

AlienGreen IoT

Tbilisi, Georgia · 2017 — 2019

Co-founded an IoT venture from concept to a widely adopted smart home solution. Engineered a proprietary UDP protocol at 99.99% reliability; OTA update system extended device lifespan by three years.

  • Custom UDP
  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL
  • C/C++
  • Swift
  • OTA updates
Reliability
99.99%
App rating
4.8★
Devices scaled
5 → 1000s
Lifespan +
3 yrs
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Honors & education

Research · 2013–2015

High-Complex Topology Research

Research contributor at Tbilisi State University. Co-authored a theorem proof executed on German supercomputing infrastructure.

Education · 2011–2016

B.S. Computer Science & Engineering

Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University. Specialized in advanced algorithms, distributed systems, and complex network topologies.

Open to the right fit

Let’s build something thoughtful together.

Open to full-time employee roles outside the US, and contractor/B2B engagements with US companies. Whether you’re scaling a startup or modernizing enterprise systems — happy to talk.

lukadodelia@gmail.com
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