AI Agents Need Backend Engineers
A scaffold for explaining why production agents depend on permissions, state, retries, observability, and integration with real systems.
Production AI systems for regulated workflows
Hey, I’m Jan.
I’m a senior software engineer in fintech, former CTO/co-founder, and applied AI systems builder. These days I work on backend architecture, agentic workflows, AI enablement, and reliable automation in regulated environments.
Most of this site is about building AI systems that survive contact with production: agents, evals, backend integration, auditability, reliability, and the organizational work required to make AI useful.
I write about production AI agents, backend systems for AI workflows, evals, fintech infrastructure, healthcare/longevity AI, and engineering leadership in the AI era.
What this site is about
- Production AI agents
- Backend systems for AI workflows
- Evals, observability, and reliability
- AI enablement for engineering teams
- Fintech infrastructure
- Healthcare and longevity AI
- Engineering leadership and career growth
Start here
All writingBuilding AI Systems That Survive Production
A scaffold for notes on the gap between promising prototypes and AI systems that hold up under real users, policies, failures, and operational pressure.
From Workflow Automation to Agent Platforms
A scaffold for how internal automations can evolve into safer, auditable platforms for agentic work.
My Notes on Becoming an AI-Native Engineer
A scaffolded notebook on skills, habits, and systems for engineers moving from traditional software into AI-native work.
What Healthcare AI Can Learn from Fintech
A scaffold for applying fintech lessons about traceability, risk controls, and reliability to healthcare AI.
Why Evals Are the New Integration Tests
A scaffold for treating evals as part of the engineering contract rather than as a research artifact.
Selected work
All projectsReceipt collection agent
Agentic workflow from transaction scanning to Slack outreach and receipt attachment.
AI enablement repo
Shared skills, agents, MCP configs, and standards for internal AI adoption.
Agent gateway / actor model
Infrastructure thinking for auditable agent actions across backend services.
Financial services backend systems
Payment verification, integrations, regulated workflows, and reliability work in fintech.
Healthcare/longevity research
Market, product, and technology exploration for tailored medical examination services.
Speaking / advisory
I’m open to thoughtful conversations, writing, speaking, and advisory work around production AI systems, AI enablement, fintech infrastructure, and healthcare/longevity AI.
- Building AI Agents That Survive Production
- AI in Regulated Domains: Reliability Before Magic
- How Backend Engineers Can Lead the AI Wave
- Agentic Systems: Architecture, Evals, and Governance
Contact
Reach out for speaking, writing, advisory, or thoughtful conversations about AI systems in fintech, healthcare, or engineering organizations.