About me
Frank David Lee · AI Engineer & Senior Fullstack Developer · Hamburg, Germany
I'm a fullstack developer with more than ten years of experience – from frontends for communication and embedded systems to browser gaming platforms and my own AI products. My core is TypeScript with Angular and Node.js; since 2025 that includes Python for machine learning, and since 2026 React/Next.js, Java and Spring Boot.
In 2025 I trained as a Data Scientist at Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne with Liora (formerly DataScientest), and building on that, completed the Machine Learning Engineer (RNCP Level 7) and MLOps certificates in January 2026 – with Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow, MLflow, CI/CD and model serving. Since then I've been building LLM products that work beyond the demo: Arbeitseule has been in production on AWS since September 2026 – with a cost budget, versioned AI scores, backups to S3 with restore drills, CloudWatch monitoring, deployments via GitHub Actions and legal texts that move with every feature. For heyAppa, the AWS infrastructure is defined as code in Terraform.
I orchestrate my own development with AI agents. For that I built App-Leitstand: approvals bound to content and source revision, an MCP server for Claude Code and a LangGraph pilot. I use AI where it creates value – and I build the cost side first.
Focus
LLM products in production
Tiered model choice, hardened prompts, cost and quota control, honest states instead of polished answers.
Agent orchestration
Human in the loop, binding approvals, MCP, LangGraph and observability.
Fullstack development
TypeScript with Angular, React/Next.js and Node.js, Java and Spring Boot (since 2026) – plus Python and SQL.
Operations and security
Deployment on AWS with Terraform (infrastructure as code) and GitHub Actions, maintenance windows, off-host backups with restore drills, monitoring and access control.
Data protection
GDPR as part of the definition of done – legal texts move with every feature.
Background
- since 07/2026
Own AI products
Arbeitseule, App-Leitstand, heyAppa
Designing, building and operating Arbeitseule (in production since September 2026), building App-Leitstand for agent orchestration and developing the language-learning app heyAppa.
- 12/2026 – early 2027
Java Development with AI
neuefische, Hamburg
Bootcamp covering Java, Spring Boot and React, finishing with a capstone project.
- 02/2026 – 07/2026
Senior Fullstack Developer
Whow Games GmbH, Hamburg
Browser gaming platforms in an agile team: Angular, TypeScript, PHP and Node.js; tracking migration (client and server side), GDPR consent management, internal dashboards, code reviews and monitoring.
- 03/2025 – 01/2026
Machine Learning Engineering
Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne with Liora (formerly DataScientest)
Data Scientist certificate (09/2025), followed by Machine Learning Engineer (RNCP Level 7) and MLOps (01/2026): Python, machine and deep learning with PyTorch and TensorFlow, monitoring with MLflow, CI/CD, orchestration with Airflow, deployment and model serving, LLMs. Projects: Star-Rating-Prediction (data science) and Movie Recommender (MLOps).
- 01/2018 – 02/2025
Software Developer
Wenzel Elektronik GmbH, Schleswig-Holstein
Web configuration and communication apps for public address, intercom and embedded systems: Angular, Node.js, Electron, RxJS and Redux, plus Qt/QML, MQTT and C++; Docker, Kubernetes and GitLab CI/CD.
- 12/2016 – 12/2017
Software Engineer
Brunel, Hamburg
Responsive web applications with AngularJS and Node.js.
- 07/2015 – 06/2016
WordPress & JavaScript Game Developer
Digital agency, Auckland (New Zealand)
WordPress and e-commerce projects; development of the 2D game Jet Hero.
- Degree
B.Sc. Media Informatics
FH Wedel University of Applied Sciences
Java, C/C++, UI/UX, 2D/3D game development; bachelor thesis with Node.js. 3rd place at the MultiTOUCH Programming Contest 2011 (C++/OpenGL).
Tools
Languages
German and Polish (native), English (fluent), Spanish and Korean (basic)
Let's talk.
The fastest way to reach me is by email or on LinkedIn.
Open to roles as AI Engineer, Agentic AI Engineer, Product AI Engineer or Senior Fullstack Developer – in Hamburg or remote.