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    "name": "Dan Labkovsky",
    "label": "Full-Stack Developer",
    "email": "Dan@DanLabs.net",
    "phone": "+49 1577 4496866",
    "url": "https://DanLabs.net",
    "summary": "At 35 years old, I have spent 20 years learning technology by building. I am a curious, hands-on learner who adapts quickly to unfamiliar stacks and enjoys working through problems to find clean, practical solutions.",
    "location": {
      "city": "Berlin",
      "countryCode": "DE",
      "region": "Berlin"
    },
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        "network": "GitHub",
        "username": "labdan",
        "url": "https://github.com/labdan"
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        "url": "https://linkedin.com/in/dan-labkovsky"
      }
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    "workAuthorization": "Germany / EU",
    "drivingLicense": "Class B",
    "availability": "Open to remote, hybrid, or on-site roles in Germany and the EU; open to relocation"
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      "name": "Pariton.AI GmbH",
      "location": "Berlin, Germany",
      "position": "Full-Stack Developer",
      "startDate": "2025-10",
      "endDate": "2026-06",
      "summary": "First engineering hire; assumed the Head Engineer role within three months and owned features across the full development lifecycle from concept to delivery.",
      "highlights": [
        "Built backend services with TypeScript, NestJS, Node.js, and PostgreSQL, and modern frontend interfaces in Angular.",
        "Implemented asynchronous processing and integrations using queues, cron jobs, webhooks, and background workers.",
        "Created and maintained Kubernetes manifests, Helm charts, namespaces, secrets, ingress, deployments, and services on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE); troubleshot pods and cluster workloads.",
        "Ran containerized GitOps delivery with Docker, GitHub Actions, and Argo CD; handled Google Cloud Platform (GCP) concerns including IAM, secret management, DNS, TLS certificates, reverse proxies, and OAuth.",
        "Configured observability dashboards, alerts, logs, and distributed traces with Grafana, SigNoz, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, and Langfuse.",
        "Supported code quality through test-driven development (TDD), unit tests, Playwright end-to-end (E2E) tests, and coverage-focused automated testing in continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD).",
        "Built AI-driven automation, including an n8n-based patent discovery workflow that evaluated new patents, supported freedom-to-operate analysis, created work packages, and generated PDF reports for Zentrales Innovationsprogramm Mittelstand (ZIM) projects, as well as engineering reports.",
        "Developed e-commerce analytics dashboards and internal full-stack tools, including admin interfaces and an Electron desktop application."
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        "TypeScript",
        "Angular",
        "NestJS",
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        "Helm",
        "GitHub Actions",
        "Argo CD",
        "GitOps",
        "Terraform",
        "n8n",
        "Google Cloud Platform",
        "Grafana",
        "SigNoz",
        "Prometheus",
        "OpenTelemetry",
        "Langfuse",
        "Playwright",
        "Redis",
        "BullMQ",
        "Stytch",
        "Postman"
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    {
      "name": "Independent Contracts",
      "location": "Remote",
      "position": "DevOps / Platform Engineer",
      "startDate": "2023",
      "endDate": "2025",
      "summary": "Independent contract work supporting managed Kubernetes platforms and production infrastructure for SaaS teams.",
      "highlights": [
        "Operated and scaled production workloads on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), including Helm charts, ingress, autoscaling, secrets, and zero-downtime rolling deployments.",
        "Automated continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) and infrastructure as code (IaC) with Docker, GitHub Actions, and GitOps, standardizing releases across multiple client environments."
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      "category": "Professional Experience"
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      "name": "DanLabs.net",
      "location": "Remote",
      "position": "Full-Stack & Mobile Developer",
      "startDate": "2020",
      "endDate": "2020",
      "summary": "Freelance contract work - React Native and Expo app development under my own DanLabs banner.",
      "highlights": [
        "Built and shipped cross-platform React Native apps with Expo, from prototype to app-store release.",
        "Developed the Node.js REST APIs, authentication, and background services powering the apps."
      ],
      "category": "Professional Experience"
    },
    {
      "name": "Ivory Computer Store",
      "location": "Nazareth, Israel",
      "position": "Branch Manager",
      "startDate": "2016",
      "endDate": "2017",
      "summary": "Ran a computer and mobile retail branch: service, repair, sales, and team coordination.",
      "highlights": [],
      "category": "Earlier Technical Roles"
    },
    {
      "name": "John Bryce at Ha'Emek Hospital",
      "location": "Israel",
      "position": "IT Systems Implementation",
      "startDate": "2012",
      "endDate": "2013",
      "summary": "Led a hospital-wide move from paper workflows to a centralized electronic system.",
      "highlights": [],
      "category": "Earlier Technical Roles"
    },
    {
      "name": "Freelance",
      "location": "Israel",
      "position": "Web Developer",
      "startDate": "2006",
      "endDate": "2009",
      "summary": "Built custom client websites with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, PHP, MySQL, WordPress, osCommerce, and CodeIgniter.",
      "highlights": [],
      "category": "Earlier Technical Roles"
    },
    {
      "name": "R.S. Computers",
      "location": "Israel",
      "position": "Computer Technician",
      "startDate": "2006",
      "endDate": "2008",
      "summary": "PC repair and diagnostics.",
      "highlights": [],
      "category": "Earlier Technical Roles"
    },
    {
      "name": "Meta Advertising",
      "location": "Remote",
      "position": "",
      "startDate": "2020",
      "endDate": "2022",
      "summary": "Provided technical support for large advertiser accounts.",
      "highlights": [],
      "category": "Other Experience"
    },
    {
      "name": "Jüdische Gemeinde zu Köln",
      "location": "",
      "position": "Armed Security",
      "startDate": "2022",
      "endDate": "2023",
      "summary": "",
      "highlights": [],
      "category": "Other Experience"
    },
    {
      "name": "Jüdische Gemeinde zu Berlin",
      "location": "",
      "position": "Armed Security",
      "startDate": "2018",
      "endDate": "2019",
      "summary": "",
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      "category": "Other Experience"
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    {
      "institution": "Ben-Gurion University of the Negev",
      "area": "Software Engineering",
      "studyType": "University studies - not completed",
      "startDate": "2014",
      "endDate": "2017",
      "score": "",
      "courses": [],
      "location": "Be'er Sheva, Israel",
      "summary": "Not finished; relocated to Germany in 2018."
    },
    {
      "institution": "Igal Alon High School",
      "area": "Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, and English",
      "studyType": "Accelerated Mofet Excellence program",
      "startDate": "2003",
      "endDate": "2009",
      "score": "",
      "courses": [],
      "location": "Haifa, Israel",
      "summary": "Completed the accelerated Mofet Excellence program one year ahead of schedule."
    },
    {
      "institution": "Startup Seeds",
      "area": "Technology Incubator for Young Entrepreneurs",
      "studyType": "Course",
      "startDate": "2007",
      "endDate": "2009",
      "score": "",
      "courses": []
    },
    {
      "institution": "Israel Management Center",
      "area": "Young Business Leadership (Hamil)",
      "studyType": "Course",
      "startDate": "2007",
      "endDate": "2007",
      "score": "",
      "courses": []
    },
    {
      "institution": "HaNoar HaOved VeHaLomed",
      "area": "Youth Movement Guidance & Counseling",
      "studyType": "Course",
      "startDate": "2006",
      "endDate": "2006",
      "score": "",
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      "name": "Frontend",
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        "TypeScript",
        "JavaScript (ES6+)",
        "RxJS",
        "HTML5",
        "CSS3/SCSS"
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      "keywords": [
        "React",
        "React Native",
        "NgRx",
        "Canvas API",
        "p5.js"
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        "NestJS",
        "REST API design",
        "PostgreSQL migrations and backups",
        "Queues",
        "Cron jobs",
        "Webhooks",
        "Unit testing",
        "Playwright end-to-end (E2E) testing",
        "Test coverage",
        "Automated testing"
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        "TypeORM",
        "JSON Web Token (JWT)",
        "OAuth 2.0 (OAuth2)",
        "Microservices",
        "GraphQL",
        "Redis",
        "BullMQ",
        "Query optimisation",
        "Python",
        "Java",
        "C",
        "Go",
        "PHP",
        "CodeIgniter",
        "MySQL"
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        "Docker Compose",
        "Kubernetes",
        "Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)",
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        "Namespaces",
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        "Continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD)",
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        "Identity and Access Management (IAM)",
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        "DNS",
        "TLS certificates",
        "Reverse proxies",
        "Firewalls",
        "Tailscale/VPN",
        "Grafana",
        "SigNoz",
        "Prometheus",
        "OpenTelemetry",
        "Dashboards",
        "Alerts",
        "Logs",
        "Distributed traces"
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        "Terraform",
        "Infrastructure as code (IaC)",
        "GitLab CI"
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        "OpenAI API",
        "Anthropic API",
        "Gemini API",
        "Local large language models (LLMs)",
        "n8n",
        "Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)",
        "Embeddings",
        "Vector databases",
        "Prompt engineering"
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      "name": "AI & Automation - working knowledge",
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      "keywords": [
        "Langfuse",
        "Large language model tracing"
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        "Git",
        "GitHub",
        "GitLab",
        "VS Code",
        "Cursor",
        "Postman",
        "Agile/Scrum",
        "Linux",
        "Bash",
        "Kotlin",
        "Android Studio",
        "GameMaker Studio 2",
        "Adobe Photoshop",
        "Microsoft Office",
        "CRM/ERP systems",
        "Liniar",
        "ERPnext",
        "PC building and repair",
        "Basic robotics"
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      "language": "Hebrew",
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        "Chess",
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      "description": "Personal portfolio site built with vanilla JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Vite, and a custom Canvas particle engine.",
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        "JavaScript",
        "HTML",
        "CSS",
        "Vite",
        "Canvas API"
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      "name": "Stocks Screener",
      "description": "Personal stock-screening application on a self-hosted Linux home server that I built and administer.",
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        "Linux",
        "Self-hosting",
        "Systems administration"
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      "name": "E-commerce Analytics Dashboard",
      "description": "Unified sales and business data from several platforms into a dashboard with product, channel, and regional breakdowns.",
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        "Analytics",
        "Dashboards"
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      "description": "React Native Android apps, a GameMaker Studio 2 game, and p5.js creative-coding sketches.",
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        "React Native",
        "Android",
        "GameMaker Studio 2",
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