9.15/10
AUEB GPA
BSc Informatics, valedictorian and top of department.
AI Software EngineerAthens / EU
Dimosthenis Gkontolias — I build softwarethat makes complexthings feel obvious.
AUEB valedictorian, Quar.gr founder, and AI product engineer working across retrieval, cloud data, and interfaces people can actually operate.
01 / AI product
TalkToGreekData
A conversational analysis surface that turns Greek economic datasets into streamed answers and visual evidence.
10+
cafes in production
Quar.gr is live with QR menus, admin editing, and analytics.
785k
training listings
TrackSights depreciation model over 71 features, R² = 0.946.
23k+
economic data points
TalkToGreekData turns 207 metrics into conversational analysis.
Flagship proof
Two systems.
Two different kinds of proof.
TalkToGreekData demonstrates the AI role fit. Quar demonstrates the product judgment and production ownership behind it.
AI engineering proof
TalkToGreekData.gr
Natural-language exploration over Greek economic data, designed as a product rather than a model demo.
My roleBuilt the FastAPI + React/TypeScript application, connected Gemini 2.5 Pro, and designed the data-to-chart interaction model.
- Works over 23,000 data points and 207 metrics.
- Streams responses with SSE and can render 12 chart types.
- Turns static economic datasets into an interactive analysis surface.
FastAPIReactTypeScriptGeminiRAGSSE
Founder and production proof
Quar.gr
A live QR menu platform that has to work for non-technical operators after the launch post is forgotten.
My roleDesigned and built the product end-to-end: React/TypeScript frontend, Fastify backend, Firebase data layer, admin flows, deployments, and customer-facing UX.
- Serving 10+ cafes in production, with 300+ commits behind the product.
- Admin panel supports drag-and-drop menu editing, images, multilingual content, and GA4 analytics.
- Real business constraints: onboarding, reliability, content updates, and support for non-technical owners.
ReactTypeScriptFastifyFirebaseGA4Tailwind
Selected systems
The range behind
the positioning.
Cloud data, AI tooling, frontend delivery, discovery systems, and technical communication. Curated for signal, not volume.
03Erasmus+ data internshipFeb - Jun 2026
TrackSights OEM data pipeline
Provider-based data collection for official car configurator data and a depreciation model for automotive pricing.
Role signal: Built brand providers, normalized messy OEM data into a canonical schema, and helped turn raw JSON into warehouse-ready datasets.
04Content creator + resource hub2026
Demos Vibes
A Greek AI tools and workflows channel paired with a static resource hub for every video.
Role signal: Created the content architecture, the demosvibes.gr site, searchable resource pages, SEO metadata, JSON-LD, and the short-form education loop around it.
05AI/event discovery engine2026
CSEventFinder
A high-recall tracker for computer science, startup, fintech, AI, developer, conference, and hackathon events in Greece.
Role signal: Built the crawl, extraction, scoring, review-label, SQLite, FastAPI, and Vite app loop.
06Privacy-first browser tool2026
QR Style Studio
A client-side QR style generator with custom shapes, frames, logos, export options, and scannability safeguards.
Role signal: Built the browser-only generator, export pipeline, logo sanitization, SVG escaping, and security-focused UI.
07AI code review CLI2026
BoomAI
AI-powered code-review and auto-fixing CLI for C#/Unity projects using static analysis plus LLM patch planning.
Role signal: Combined Semgrep, DevSkim, Roslyn-style checks, Gitleaks, chunked review planning, and patch application into one CLI flow.
08Hospitality frontend2026
Nero Website
A polished cafe/bar/restaurant website for Nero in Neo Irakleio, built around real venue photography, fast menu/map actions, and QuaR-backed menu paths.
Role signal: Designed and built the React/Vite/TypeScript experience, structured data, image gallery, language picker, motion layer, and Playwright QA around verified venue facts.
09Game backend2025
AthensSecret VR/MR backend
Backend API for a multiplayer VR/MR game set around Athens secrets.
Role signal: Worked on authentication and backend services connecting the game experience to persistent data.
Proof ledger
High standards,
held for a while.
Academic and competition signals matter less than shipped work, but they make the pattern easier to trust.
Panhellenic exams
19,150/20,000National exam score in 2021-2022, before entering AUEB Informatics.Model school finish
19.3/20Graduated from Anavrita Model Public High School with a 19.3/20 grade.Hackathon finals
2x finalistFinalist at Hamburg ChefTreff Hackathon and Athens AceIn AI Hackathon.Experience
From data teams
to founder work.
The common thread is ownership: understand the messy part, make it reliable, and leave the system easier to operate.
Check full CVFeb 2026 - Jun 2026
Data Analyst Intern
TrackSights ApS · Denmark / Erasmus+
Worked in the data team on automotive OEM collection and depreciation modeling.
- Reverse-engineered configurator data for Audi, Hyundai, and Mercedes-Benz across BE, DE, DK, ES, FR, IT, NL, and SE.
- Built provider-pattern scrapers and canonical Pydantic schemas, then moved JSON through GCS, BigQuery, and Dataform.
- Added warehouse assertions and worked on a depreciation model trained over roughly 785k listings and 71 features, reaching R² = 0.946.
Jun 2025 - Present
Founder / Full-stack Engineer
Quar.gr · Athens
Building a production QR menu platform for real cafes and non-technical operators.
- Designed the product, admin UX, data model, deployments, and customer support loop.
- Built multilingual menus, drag-and-drop editing, media handling, and analytics.
- Learned to balance engineering polish with the messy reality of real users.
Jul 2025 - Oct 2025
Software Developer Intern
Dalia Labs FZE LLC · Dubai
Worked on dashboard frontend components and production UI features.
- Implemented frontend components and UI improvements for dashboard workflows.
- Collaborated inside a fast-moving software team and shipped reviewed code.
- Strengthened habits around component quality, visual polish, and maintainability.
May 2024 - May 2025
Website and app developer
Freelance / Medical sector · Remote
Built professional websites for healthcare practitioners and a Flutter patient-record app.
- Delivered client websites for doctors and medical professionals.
- Built karteles_asthenwn, a Flutter app for patient medical records.
- Handled requirements, delivery, support, and non-technical stakeholder communication.
Creator layer
I build the thing.
Then I make it
understandable.
Demos Vibes is my public lab for AI tools and workflows in Greek. Every short demo points back to a reusable resource, so communication becomes part of the engineering feedback loop.
Working stack
Tools in service
of shipped systems.
The stack behind the work above, organized by how I use it rather than as an undifferentiated keyword cloud.
Languages
- Python
- TypeScript
- JavaScript
- Java
- C#
- C++
- SQL
- R
- Dart
Frontend
- React
- Next.js
- Tailwind CSS
- shadcn/ui
- Vite
- Framer Motion
Backend and data
- FastAPI
- Node/Express
- Django
- Flask
- ASP.NET Core
- PostgreSQL
- BigQuery
- Redis
AI and automation
- RAG
- LLM APIs
- PyTorch
- scikit-learn
- Playwright
- Selenium
- AI coding agents
- Cursor
- GitHub Copilot
Cloud and ops
- Docker
- Terraform
- GCP
- Firebase
- Git
- CI/CD
- Dataform
Recruiter FAQ
Answers without the scroll hunt.
01What roles is Dimosthenis Gkontolias strongest for?
AI Software Engineer roles where React, TypeScript, Python, FastAPI, RAG systems, cloud data work, and practical product engineering meet real users.
02Which projects should a recruiter inspect first?
Start with TalkToGreekData.gr for AI product engineering, Quar.gr for production ownership, TrackSights for data depth, and Demos Vibes for the ability to explain and distribute technical work.
03Is Dimosthenis also a content creator?
Yes. Demos Vibes is his Greek AI tools and workflows channel, with Instagram, TikTok, X, and Threads handles plus a reusable resource hub at demosvibes.gr.
04Where is he based and what languages does he work in?
He is an EU citizen based in Athens. He is a native Greek speaker, has English C2/ECPE, and German B2/OSD.
05How can recruiters contact him?
The fastest path is email at dgodolias18@gmail.com or LinkedIn. The portfolio also includes a downloadable CV and a vCard contact file.
Next role
The fastest way to
see the full picture.
Open to AI Software Engineer roles where I can ship production features, learn fast, and stay close to users.