Location: Toronto, Canada (ET; overlap US and UK hours)
Remote: Yes
Willing to relocate: No
Contract only, via my own Canadian company (W-8BEN). Not seeking employment.
Technologies:
* FinTech: banking APIs, payment processing, ledger and card systems, crypto exchange integration
* AI/ML: PyTorch, OpenAI/Anthropic APIs, RAG, vector DBs, MLOps, evaluation and model-risk tooling
* Core: Go, Python, Rust, Node.js, AWS/Azure/GCP, Terraform, Kubernetes
* Architecture: event-driven systems, microservices, high-frequency trading platforms
Recent achievements:
* Led FinTech transformations for banking systems ($100M+ daily volume)
* Architected AI/ML platforms with 98% infrastructure cost reduction
Resume: Upon request
Email: dev (at) azdv.co
Seeking: Fractional CTO and principal architect work where regulated finance meets AI. Payments and core banking modernisation, and the evaluation, model-risk and audit-evidence side of AI inside a regulated institution.
Remote: Yes
Willing to relocate: No
Contract only, via my own Canadian company (W-8BEN). Not seeking employment.
Technologies:
* FinTech: banking APIs, payment processing, ledger and card systems, crypto exchange integration
* AI/ML: PyTorch, OpenAI/Anthropic APIs, RAG, vector DBs, MLOps, evaluation and model-risk tooling
* Core: Go, Python, Rust, Node.js, AWS/Azure/GCP, Terraform, Kubernetes
* Architecture: event-driven systems, microservices, high-frequency trading platforms
Recent achievements:
* Led FinTech transformations for banking systems ($100M+ daily volume)
* Architected AI/ML platforms with 98% infrastructure cost reduction
Resume: Upon request
Email: dev (at) azdv.co
Seeking: Fractional CTO and principal architect work where regulated finance meets AI. Payments and core banking modernisation, and the evaluation, model-risk and audit-evidence side of AI inside a regulated institution.