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Self-taught software engineer who started coding while working a day job — frustrated by bad software, decided to build better. I shipped a full-stack bar ordering app on evenings and weekends and later won hackathons across three continents, building autonomous AI systems in production. No CS degree, but a track record of shipping real things: AI agents, RAG pipelines, Web3 apps, and SaaS products. I’m looking for a team that values what you build over where you studied.…Self-taught software engineer who started coding while working a day job — frustrated by bad software, decided to build better. I shipped a full-stack bar ordering app on evenings and weekends and later won hackathons across three continents, building autonomous AI systems in production. No CS degree, but a track record of shipping real things: AI agents, RAG pipelines, Web3 apps, and SaaS products. I’m looking for a team that values what you build over where you studied.

Vid Ferdin

Full Stack Developer, Web Developer, AI Developer, +2

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Self-taught software engineer who started coding while working a day job — frustrated by bad software, decided to build better. I shipped a full-stack bar ordering app on evenings and weekends and later won hackathons across three continents, building autonomous AI systems in production. No CS degree, but a track record of shipping real things: AI agents, RAG pipelines, Web3 apps, and SaaS products. I’m looking for a team that values what you build over where you studied.…Self-taught software engineer who started coding while working a day job — frustrated by bad software, decided to build better. I shipped a full-stack bar ordering app on evenings and weekends and later won hackathons across three continents, building autonomous AI systems in production. No CS degree, but a track record of shipping real things: AI agents, RAG pipelines, Web3 apps, and SaaS products. I’m looking for a team that values what you build over where you studied.

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Self-taught software engineer who started coding while working a day job — frustrated by bad software, decided to build better. I shipped a full-stack bar ordering app on evenings and weekends and later won hackathons across three continents, building autonomous AI systems in production.

No CS degree, but a track record of shipping real things: AI agents, RAG pipelines, Web3 apps, and SaaS products. I’m looking for a team that values what you build over where you studied.

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Independent AI Developer at Self-employed

December 1, 2025 - Present

Built Svetla Stran — a fully autonomous Slovenian news portal monitoring 80+ sources, selecting stories, and publishing articles without any human writing. Full pipeline: scraping → LLM analysis → editorial decisions → publishing. Built Visioneer — an autonomous AI agent with multi-layer memory, MCP server integrations, and Claude API. Set a goal, it researches, plans, and executes tasks independently. Designed and deployed production-grade AI products independently, handling infra, prompting, backend, and frontend end-to-end.

Hackathon Builder – Solo at ETHGlobal Buenos Aires

November 1, 2025 - November 1, 2025

Solo-built Ronin — an on-chain autobattler using Oasis ROFL, running game logic inside a Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) with results cryptographically verified on-chain. Designed the full game loop, smart contract architecture (Solidity), and Next.js frontend with WebSocket multiplayer within the hackathon timeframe.

Hackathon Builder at ETHGlobal Taipei

April 1, 2025 - April 1, 2025

Part of the team that built an AI Dungeon Master — a conversational AI system running live tabletop RPG sessions, dynamically adapting story and world state to player decisions. Won first hackathon prize. Focused on AI agent architecture and prompt engineering.

Customer Support Specialist at Zavarovalnica Triglav d.d.

May 1, 2023 - September 30, 2025

Handled high-volume customer queries across phone and email for one of Slovenia's largest insurance companies. Worked daily with CRM systems, internal databases, and clunky back-office tools.