I'm a Staff Software Engineer with 8+ years building production-grade AI systems, real-time platforms, and autonomous vehicle software. I specialize in agentic and voice AI, LLM-powered products, and full-stack architecture—from greenfield design to customer-facing delivery. I have a proven track record leading end-to-end product lifecycles in high-growth startups and enterprise environments across Europe and the UAE, focusing on practical agentic AI, tool calling, routing, guardrails, and performance optimization to deliver reliable, scalable solutions.

Aleksandar Mechkaroski

I'm a Staff Software Engineer with 8+ years building production-grade AI systems, real-time platforms, and autonomous vehicle software. I specialize in agentic and voice AI, LLM-powered products, and full-stack architecture—from greenfield design to customer-facing delivery. I have a proven track record leading end-to-end product lifecycles in high-growth startups and enterprise environments across Europe and the UAE, focusing on practical agentic AI, tool calling, routing, guardrails, and performance optimization to deliver reliable, scalable solutions.

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I’m a Staff Software Engineer with 8+ years building production-grade AI systems, real-time platforms, and autonomous vehicle software. I specialize in agentic and voice AI, LLM-powered products, and full-stack architecture—from greenfield design to customer-facing delivery.

I have a proven track record leading end-to-end product lifecycles in high-growth startups and enterprise environments across Europe and the UAE, focusing on practical agentic AI, tool calling, routing, guardrails, and performance optimization to deliver reliable, scalable solutions.

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Work Experience

Staff Software Engineer at CozmoAI
November 1, 2025 - Present
Reduced voice AI roundtrip latency from ~2s to 950ms (TTFT avg 550ms), architected agent systems handling real-world complexity—tool execution, multi-step flows, structured outputs, and safe failure modes. Reduced customer operational costs by ~25% through workflow automation, replacing manual support and sales processes. Led full customer delivery lifecycle—requirements capture, technical design, implementation, rollout, and iteration—as part of a 5-person field engineering team.
Senior Software Engineer / Team Lead at Aurora Labs
October 1, 2022 - October 1, 2025
Built and shipped an LLM-powered investment recommendation platform, driving 10% increase in active usage, 5% growth in paying customers, and 8% average portfolio growth among active platform users. Developed AI-based fault detection systems for autonomous vehicle binary code, improving software reliability and reducing critical failure rates—adopted by several enterprise clients. Led full product lifecycle—architectural planning, implementation, testing, deployment, and cross-team alignment. Mentored engineers and set execution standards through design reviews, delivery planning, and quality gates.
Software Engineer at Lunatech
May 1, 2021 - September 1, 2022
Designed and deployed scalable backend services using Java (Quarkus) and PostgreSQL, focusing on maintainability and performance. Implemented Python-based computer vision and object detection pipelines for real-time, safety-critical autonomous vehicle processing.
Contract Software Engineer at IBM (via Musala Soft)
February 1, 2019 - May 1, 2021
Developed a seller chat system that reduced operational costs by over $120M, streamlining enterprise-scale communication workflows. Delivered full-stack features across enterprise-grade systems serving high-volume operations.
Software Engineer at Musala Soft
April 1, 2017 - May 1, 2021
Built a real-time peer-to-peer communication system using WebRTC, Node.js, and Angular, serving live production traffic. Developed an identity and access management service handling authentication and authorization at scale using JWT and Node.js.

Education

M.Sc. in Computer Science at Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje
January 11, 2030 - April 14, 2026
B.Sc. in Computer Science at Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2019

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Software & Internet, Media & Entertainment, Transportation & Logistics