Franco De Waal

AI Systems Engineer

About

I build software systems with an emphasis on clarity, reliability, and long-term maintainability.

My work focuses on AI-driven automation, backend architecture, and production-grade integrations. I design workflows that reduce complexity and scale without excessive abstraction.

Currently working on agent-based systems, RAG pipelines, and multi-vendor AI orchestration.

Interested in problems that sit at the intersection of engineering constraints, decision-making systems, and practical automation.

Principles

Selected Work

AI Agent Engineer — GrowFactory
Jul 2024 - Present
Built and deployed AI-driven services integrated into complex business workflows. Led end-to-end delivery of full-stack features with multi-vendor AI model integration (OpenAI, Gemini, OpenRouter).
Technical Product Manager — SeekTruth
Jan 2023 - 2025
Developed Chrome extension for real-time political bias analysis. Created AI algorithms for detecting political leanings and contextual framing in news articles.
Lead Software Engineer — Midnight Programming
Feb 2020 - Sep 2022
Created software solutions in C#, C++, and Python. Scaled from 0 to 3000+ users while leading a team of three.

Technical Focus

Languages

Python
TypeScript
JavaScript
SQL

Systems

FastAPI
PostgreSQL
Docker
Redis

AI/ML

LangChain
RAG Systems
Vector DBs
LLM Integration

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