Summary
Nikos Pitsillos is a backend engineer with a decade in software and four years focused on building scalable APIs and microservices in Python and Go. He blends hands-on engineering at startups and research-driven roles—spanning AI research and data engineering—with recent production experience at Jina AI, Talking Medicines, STV Group and currently Welltech. Comfortable across the stack, he has a strong academic foundation from an MSci in Software Engineering and has tutored algorithms, Python and data science, highlighting his ability to communicate complex ideas. Colleagues value his self-starter approach developed during early internships where he automated manual workflows and shipped practical solutions quickly. Notably, he moves fluidly between research prototypes and production systems, making him effective at turning ML/AI concepts into reliable backend services.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
MSci Software Engineering, MSci Software Engineering at University of Glasgow