Imre Gelens
Engineering leader specializing in AI product development, with hands-on experience building production LLM systems, RAG pipelines, and agentic frameworks. Proven track record leading teams and delivering AI-powered products in legal tech, enterprise software, and renewable energy.
Work Experience
Freelance AI Engineer & Technical Advisor
Building production AI systems by integrating LLMs, retrieval pipelines, and agentic frameworks. Advising startups on AI product strategy and engineering architecture.
Achievements:
- Integrated LLM capabilities into an enterprise procurement platform, from architecture through deployment.
- Designed and built RAG pipelines for engineering documentation search and chatbot knowledge retrieval.
- Advised startups on AI product strategy and engineering architecture.
Technologies used:
- LLMs (GPT, Claude, Mistral)
- RAG (OpenSearch, pg_vector)
- Agentic Frameworks
- Python
- TypeScript
- AWS
- Docker
Tech Lead/CTO
Uncover is a legal tech solution which leverages LLMs to improve the work experience of lawyers and reduce the cost of legal advice. This role was 80% hands-on and 20% strategy/management.
Achievements:
- Delivered a fully secure, ISO27001 compliant enterprise B2B SaaS solution based on LLMs which ran at multiple large law firms.
- Ran our own LLM infrastructure on Azure cloud.
- Hired and managed a team of 2 engineers.
Technologies used:
- LLMs/LangChain
- GPT-3/GPT-4
- OpenSearch
- Postgres
- Python
- AWS
- Azure
- Node.js/React.js
- Docker
VP of Engineering
AMMP is a software platform for monitoring distributed solar energy assets. The company is mainly focused towards the African continent. This role was 80% hands-on and 20% management.
Achievements:
- Helped the team move from manual deployment without tests to TDD/CI/CD.
- Implemented a large amount of serverless and containerized microservices.
- Hired and managed a team of 2-4 engineers.
Technologies used:
- Python
- Postgres
- Serverless
- Docker
- AWS
- Node.js
- Vue.js/Nuxt.js
- GraphQL
- MQTT
Freelance IT, Data & Analytics Specialist
Completed multiple DWH/BI projects at several clients mainly using the Microsoft BI stack.
Technologies used:
- Power BI
- SQL Server
- SSIS
- SSAS
Technical Founder
SilkSage was a new approach to online sales of sustainable apparel using data-driven personalization and unified shopping experience.
Achievements:
- Built and launched an e-commerce platform from scratch that generated revenue.
- Managed a team of 3 people using Scrum methodology.
- Closed and integrated 15 brands into the platform.
Technologies used:
- Python
- Vue.js/Nuxt.js
- Node.js
- GraphQL
- MongoDB
- Serverless
- AWS
- Google Cloud
(Senior) Consultant Data & Analytics
Technical and business development of the analytics platform SOFY (www.kpmgsofy.com). Also worked on multiple BI projects and large IT implementation projects in different roles.
Achievements:
- Worked on the SOFY analytics platform with 50+ deployments including several at Fortune 500 companies.
- Was part of several multi-million IT and BI implementation projects.
- Was promoted to senior consultant in 2 years.
Technologies used:
- PowerBI
- QlikSense
- SQL Server
- Python
- JavaScript
- Azure
- SAP
Skills & Tools
AI & Machine Learning
- LLMs (GPT, Claude, Mistral)
- RAG & Vector Search
- Agentic Frameworks
Programming Languages
- Python
- Node.js (JavaScript/TypeScript)
Infrastructure
- AWS (ECS, Lambda, EC2 a.o.)
- Azure (AI Services)
DevOps
- CloudFormation, CodePipeline
- GitHub Actions
- Gitlab CI
Frontend
- Vue.js/Nuxt.js
- React.js/Vite.js
Others
- LangChain
- OpenSearch
- GraphQL
- REST APIs
- Postgres
- MongoDB
- Serverless.js
- DynamoDB
- MQTT
- SQL Server
- Neo4j
- Power BI
- Docker
Education
- MSc Mechanical EngineeringDelft University of Technology2012/09 - 2015/03
- BSc Mechanical EngineeringDelft University of Technology2006/09 - 2011/09
- Minor Business AdministrationErasmus University Rotterdam2010/02 - 2010/06
Language
- Dutch(Native)English(Fluent)
- French(Limited)German(Limited)