Extensive years of experience architecting, developing and maintaining from startup to enterprise codebases. Taken leadership roles for managing teams with multidisiplinary backgrounds and deliver products

Evangelos Syrmos

Extensive years of experience architecting, developing and maintaining from startup to enterprise codebases. Taken leadership roles for managing teams with multidisiplinary backgrounds and deliver products

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Extensive years of experience architecting, developing and maintaining from startup to enterprise codebases. Taken leadership roles for managing teams with multidisiplinary backgrounds and deliver products

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Experience Level

Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Intermediate
Intermediate
Intermediate
Intermediate

Language

English
Fluent
Greek, Modern
Fluent

Work Experience

Lead Backend Engineer (Contract) at Cisco (CA, USA) via KissMyButton
November 1, 2025 - Present
Led the architecture of a multi-agent orchestration system on a multi-cloud enterprise product (confidential). Designed and developed a multi-agent setup for on-prem multi-agent orchestration using LangGraph and AWS Bedrock AgentCore, including AWS API Gateway and Lambda. Integrated complex Kubernetes APIs with async Python and implemented MCP protocol via Pydantic/FastMCP. Coordinated Agile sprint planning and delivery of standalone services into the core product.
Lead Backend Engineer (Contract) at Cisco via KissMyButton
November 1, 2024 - Present
Led the architecture of a multi-agent orchestration system on a multi-cloud enterprise product (confidential). Designed and developed multi-agent orchestration on-prem using LangGraph and AWS Bedrock AgentCore, including AWS API Gateway and Lambda integration. Integrated complex Kubernetes APIs with async Python and implemented MCP protocol using Pydantic and FastMCP. Coordinated Agile sprint planning to deliver standalone services into the core product.
Senior Backend Engineer (Contract) at Estimate One
October 1, 2023 - October 1, 2024
Implemented an LLM-based RAG pipeline for evaluating construction documents using Golang and NodeJS. Integrated Datadog APM with custom traces to improve observability and reduce incident-to-response time. Built text extraction with NodeJS lambda functions using AWS S3 and AWS SQS. Planned migration to microservices using strategic OKRs while maintaining 100% operational continuity for clients.
Software Engineer at K3Y
October 1, 2023 - October 1, 2025
Designed and developed K3Storage for cloud-native storage of real-time 5G telemetry data and ML model artifacts, reducing data retrieval latency by 30%. Integrated Kafka and Elasticsearch for high-availability delivery and indexing. Built and deployed K3MDC malware detection software attestation module, reducing manual intervention by 80% during pre-deployment verification. Deployed services to Kubernetes with HPA and observability, reducing downtime by 25% under variable workloads. Implemented end-to-end observability with Prometheus and OpenTelemetry, reducing root-cause analysis and troubleshooting time by 50%. Used FastAPI and MinIO to extend S3 capabilities for ML datasets.
Software Engineer (Project-based Contract) at Frederick University Mobile Device Lab
June 1, 2023 - July 1, 2024
Reduced integration complexity by 40% by architecting a modular API gateway for heterogeneous data streams. Coordinated integration with the EnterCY mobile app team to support contextualized recommendations. Led development of an IoT framework for smart tourism integrating real-time and historical smart-city data sources.
Software Engineer / Architect (Freelance Contract) at Xrfos
June 1, 2023 - July 1, 2024
Designed and documented a scalable microservices architecture using gRPC and ConnectRPC. Deployed Keycloak and PostgreSQL with automated backup strategies. Integrated MinIO for S3-compatible storage and introduced GitLab Flow for structured deployments. Built telemetry-enabled services with OpenTelemetry and Prometheus, using KEDA-based autoscaling on Kubernetes. Delivered CI/CD strategies with Argo CD and progressive delivery patterns to achieve zero-downtime deployments and improved rollback performance.
Software Engineer / Research Associate (Project-based Contract) at IHU i-INFOS Lab
January 1, 2022 - July 1, 2024
Presented project outcomes at Beyond 2023 and authored deliverables for EU health-tech stakeholders. Improved data traceability by 60% using OpenTelemetry for IoT message pipelines and ROS integrations. Co-led a robotic disinfection system (HiGien), secured €90K in EU funding, and managed a team of 5 engineers. Developed and deployed a LoRaWAN-based water monitoring system for IWET, enabling real-time environmental monitoring.
Software Engineer at DomX
October 1, 2021 - March 1, 2022
Led distributed stress-testing for Fed4Fire+, simulating 50k+ concurrent clients and identifying architecture optimizations that improved throughput by 20%. Proposed a cost-optimized architecture projected to reduce hosting expenses by 50% annually. Participated in smart EV charging software (OCPP v1.6/v2.0.1), developed simulation models, and authored deliverables.
Software Engineer (Unpaid R&D Project) at IHU i-INFOS Lab
July 1, 2018 - June 1, 2022
Designed and maintained a reproducible simulation pipeline adopted by new lab researchers. Benchmarked 5+ algorithms in virtual environments before deploying to physical UGVs, reducing field-testing time by 70%. Developed a simulation-first environment using ROS1/Gazebo for UGV pathfinding and swarm robotics testing.

Education

PhD at International Hellenic University
January 11, 2030 - July 13, 2026
MSc at International Hellenic University
January 11, 2030 - July 13, 2026
BSc at Alexander Technological Institute of Thessaloniki
January 11, 2030 - July 13, 2026
PhD at International Hellenic University
January 11, 2030 - July 13, 2026
MSc at International Hellenic University
January 11, 2030 - July 13, 2026
BSc at Alexander Technological Institute of Thessaloniki
January 11, 2030 - July 13, 2026

Qualifications

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Telecommunications, Healthcare, Education, Professional Services, Computers & Electronics, Other