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Hi, I’m Damir Olejar, an AI Application Developer and Technology Consultant with 14+ years of experience designing and delivering AI-powered solutions. I advise on feasibility, architecture, and MVP roadmaps for AI products, translating complex concepts into practical plans that stakeholders can act on. I’ve built scalable AI tools—from customer support chatbots to automated writing assistants—using modern NLP, LLMs, and cloud-native architectures. I enjoy bridging technical and non-technical teams to ship impactful features.…Hi, I’m Damir Olejar, an AI Application Developer and Technology Consultant with 14+ years of experience designing and delivering AI-powered solutions. I advise on feasibility, architecture, and MVP roadmaps for AI products, translating complex concepts into practical plans that stakeholders can act on. I’ve built scalable AI tools—from customer support chatbots to automated writing assistants—using modern NLP, LLMs, and cloud-native architectures. I enjoy bridging technical and non-technical teams to ship impactful features.

Damir Olejar

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Hi, I’m Damir Olejar, an AI Application Developer and Technology Consultant with 14+ years of experience designing and delivering AI-powered solutions. I advise on feasibility, architecture, and MVP roadmaps for AI products, translating complex concepts into practical plans that stakeholders can act on. I’ve built scalable AI tools—from customer support chatbots to automated writing assistants—using modern NLP, LLMs, and cloud-native architectures. I enjoy bridging technical and non-technical teams to ship impactful features.…Hi, I’m Damir Olejar, an AI Application Developer and Technology Consultant with 14+ years of experience designing and delivering AI-powered solutions. I advise on feasibility, architecture, and MVP roadmaps for AI products, translating complex concepts into practical plans that stakeholders can act on. I’ve built scalable AI tools—from customer support chatbots to automated writing assistants—using modern NLP, LLMs, and cloud-native architectures. I enjoy bridging technical and non-technical teams to ship impactful features.

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Hi, I’m Damir Olejar, an AI Application Developer and Technology Consultant with 14+ years of experience designing and delivering AI-powered solutions. I advise on feasibility, architecture, and MVP roadmaps for AI products, translating complex concepts into practical plans that stakeholders can act on.

I’ve built scalable AI tools—from customer support chatbots to automated writing assistants—using modern NLP, LLMs, and cloud-native architectures. I enjoy bridging technical and non-technical teams to ship impactful features.

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Work Experience

AI R&D, Lead Developer at Ross Video

January 1, 2025 - February 1, 2026

Provided strategic technical consultation on AI feasibility, architecture, and integration for broadcast and newsroom products, advising stakeholders on computer vision, audio understanding, and NLP solutions. Designed and delivered an AI-driven customer support chatbot using LLMs, RAG, and semantic search, enabling autonomous troubleshooting and reducing support escalations. Built AI-assisted newsroom tools including a multimodal video search system (Metamorph) and an automated script-writing assistant (Scriptor), demonstrating end-to-end AI application development from concept to production. Collaborated with product owners and journalists to define requirements, scope timelines, and communicate technical trade-offs, ensuring alignment across engineering and non-technical teams.

Software Engineer, NLP at Purolator / SalesChoice

February 1, 2021 - January 1, 2025

Led modernization of a flagship AI sales analytics platform, replacing legacy code with Python/Java microservices and RESTful APIs serving 100,000+ users. Directed a cross-functional team of 10 engineers through full SDLC using Agile/Scrum, managing project scoping, sprint planning, and delivery roadmaps; reduced production bugs by 50%+. Engineered NLP and machine learning pipelines using LLaMA 2 and BERT, improving opportunity prediction accuracy from approximately 75% to approximately 90%. Served as key technical liaison to business stakeholders, translating architectural decisions and NLP capabilities into actionable product requirements and business impact.

Full-stack Developer at Tovi Health

March 1, 2020 - February 1, 2021

Designed and validated an NLP prototype for health data using Apache Spark, Java, spaCy, and LangChain, delivering 30% additional functionality to internal data science platforms. Partnered with Product and Research leads to align technical execution with roadmaps, accelerating project delivery by 20% through clear requirements translation and cross-functional workflow optimization. Mentored junior developers and established engineering best practices, strengthening team throughput and code review processes.

Back-end Java Developer at Redhive

May 1, 2019 - March 1, 2020

Engineered a property-assessment search capability using ElasticSearch and Java/Spring, improving retrieval speed and usability for field specialists. Integrated predictive models for appraisal data analysis with authentication and validation, bridging AI/ML capabilities into business workflows. Architected scalable backend services with Spring Boot and MySQL, focusing on reliability and clean API boundaries.

Back-end Java Developer at CGI Inc.

November 1, 2016 - May 1, 2019

Enhanced backend services for a large-scale Banking 360° platform using Java (JEE), Scala, and RESTful microservices, improving code maintainability by 30% and interface responsiveness by 40%. Reduced post-release defects by 30% through rigorous unit and integration testing with Mockito and JUnit. Managed full-lifecycle technical documentation for four concurrent projects, including requirements gathering, logical design, and test-driven development roadmaps.