Summary
Vlad Kahoun is an AI software developer with nine years of hands-on experience building backend systems, decentralized protocols, and AI-driven products from concept to production. Based in San Francisco with roots in Czechia, he combines recent work integrating and fine-tuning LLMs for AI assistants with a history of Python and Ruby on Rails projects across fintech, e-commerce, mobile, and crypto. He has founded and prototyped decentralized data and identity projects, contributing to research-grade protocols like a decentralized HTTP concept and custom DID/VC implementations. Comfortable shipping APIs, front-end integrations, and bespoke modules, he often operates as a one-person product engine on freelance engagements. Notably, his background blends practical product deployments (banking onboarding, ride apps, crypto exchange modules) with exploratory work on decentralization and distribution systems.
9 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Czech Technical University in Prague
English, Czech, Slovak, German