Summary
Ivan Helmot is a freelance software engineer with an MSc in AI and over a decade of hands-on experience in Python scripting, web development, and large-scale data systems. He builds robust web scrapers and full-stack solutions using ExtJS frontends with Python/PHP backends, and is comfortable across Java, NodeJS, C/C++, and JavaScript. His background spans databases (Postgres, Cassandra, MongoDB, Elastic), Big Data tooling (Hadoop, Spark), and AI techniques including image processing and deep learning with TensorFlow. He also brings practical expertise in cloud deployments (AWS, GCP, DigitalOcean), real-time streaming, VOIP, and low-level networking (UDP hole punching, tunneling). Notably, Ivan pairs production engineering with blockchain and GPU/kernel programming experience, making him effective on both application and systems-level problems. Based in Gainesville, FL, he operates as an independent contractor delivering pragmatic, research-informed solutions for data-intensive and networked applications.
8 years of coding experience