Dimitrios Piliouras is a Senior Software Engineer with 14 years of experience building and modernizing backend systems, currently focused on workflow execution engines and LLM integrations at Humble/HumbleAI. He brings deep Clojure expertise from leadership roles at UserTesting, Elcom, and Fexco, and a proven track record rewriting legacy services and simplifying complex database schemas. His background includes backend integrations for payments and acquirer-merchant systems, significant exposure to NodeJS/Ruby and frontend stacks like React/Reagent, and practical experience with third-party tooling such as Slack, Airtable, Notion and Stripe. Dimitrios also has an academic foundation in NLP and biomedical text-mining from long-term research at the University of Manchester, which informs his recent work with large language models. He mentors junior engineers and frequently tackles the hardest architectural problems in production systems. Based in Manchester, he combines research-driven rigor with pragmatic, readable code—echoing his belief that programs are written for people to read.
14 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
MPhil, Computer Science, MPhil, Computer Science at The University of Manchester
Bachelor's degree, Computer, Bachelor's degree, Computer at The University of Salford
Master of Philosophy, Mining and Mineral Engineering, Master of Philosophy, Mining and Mineral Engineering at University of Manchester
Contributions:46 commits, 46 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 3 months
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Dimitrios Piliouras - Senior Software Engineer at HumbleAI