Lead engineer and architect, with a founder's instinct for what to build.
Berlin. One of the first engineers at Parloa, pre-seed to ~$3B, and a VC-backed founder myself. A generalist who builds faster and more secure, and challenges the idea before building it. From marketing pipelines to scalable full-stack products, from long-running AI agents to landing pages with the tracking to prove they work.
Why I get called
A decade across the whole stack, and a founder's eye because I have been one. One senior person who builds it faster and more secure than an agency, without the overhead, challenges the idea before writing a line, and tells you what to skip.
In their words.
“Alican took over the entire build of Up & Under and delivered the whole product end to end. He was a real sparring partner on every big decision, and his architecture was so well thought through that the platform was scalable and future-proof from day one.”
“Alican helped us architect our SaaS foundation and delivered hands-on full-stack work across every layer of the platform. He operates with the mindset of a technical co-founder, not a contractor.”
“Alican's decade of experience blends deep full-stack and AI expertise with an entrepreneurial edge. He is the person you want on the hard architectural calls.”
“Alican built standalone data connectors for Zendesk and Slack, a CLI tool, and set up our entire repository architecture. His expertise in modern web technologies moved our product forward fast.”
“Alican built our medical platform across three phases: document management, AI-powered consultation transcription, and a real-time voice and chat system. He gave us a foundation that can handle future growth.”
More work under NDA
A lot of my client work cannot be shared publicly. Happy to walk through it and share references on a call.
Ask for referencesWhat I do.
Build
Full-stack web and mobile, from a first version to a product at scale. Auth, payments, AI integration, and the architecture to keep it fast and secure as it grows.
See how I buildAdvise
An architecture review, a second opinion, or a senior on call. I challenge the plan, find the risk early, and tell you what to fix before you build, raise, or scale.
See advisory workAgentic AI
AI built into your product: integration, agents, and the verification to keep them honest. Try the live demo of an agent that knows when it is unsure.
See AI systemsAn agent proposes. A verifier and a human decide.
Most AI demos answer confidently, even when wrong. I build systems that know when they are unsure. The agent reads and writes the language around a decision made on cited, versioned facts. A verifier blocks anything ungrounded, and high-stakes calls route to a human. Every run is a replayable audit trail. Try it: flip the same question between a naive bot and the verified agent.
Cited, versioned knowledge
Facts live in an inspectable claim store, never baked into model weights. No fine-tuning.
Verifier hard-blocks
Hard constraints are walls, not penalties. The system is never confidently, silently wrong.
Replayable audit log
Every retrieve, tool call, verdict, and human decision is appended and reviewable.
Architecture-first agentic coding.
I start with the system map. When the model sees your architecture, it stops guessing and starts reasoning. The setup determines the output.
What you get.
- Direct access. You talk to me, not a PM or a junior.
- Predictable scope and pricing.
- Senior judgment on architecture and product, not just execution.
- AI-augmented delivery, end to end.
What it costs.
Starting points, not rigid packages. Every engagement is scoped and priced after a call.
Project build
A full-stack product, from a first version to launch. Add a mobile app for €5k.
- Auth, full-stack, and payments
- Email and transactional services
- AI integration where it helps
- Mobile add-on, +€5k
Monthly retainer
An ongoing senior partnership: architecture, product calls, and hands-on execution with flexible scope.
- Architecture and product decisions
- Hands-on execution
- Flexible scope, month to month
Architecture review
A fixed-scope review of your codebase and architecture. I find the risk early and give you what to fix, how to fix it, and in what order.
- Codebase and architecture review
- What to fix, and how to fix it
- A target architecture and a fix order
Not sure where to start? The architecture review is the smallest way in. Fixed scope, from €2k, and it stands on its own.
Read about the reviewFrom first call to live.
A free intro call to start, fixed scope before any work begins, and a short bedding-in window after handoff.
Intro call
A free 30-minute call to understand scope, constraints, and whether we are a fit.
Proposal and scope
Clear scope, timeline, and milestones agreed upfront. No hourly surprises.
Build
Weekly updates, async communication, and continuous delivery you can follow.
Handoff
Production deployment, documentation, repo transfer, and a short bedding-in window after.
Where I build the thing before I write about it.
Interactive tools, working notes, and the architecture I actually use in production. Made to be useful, not frequent.
New tools and notes, when they land.
I publish when there's something worth your time, not on a schedule. Drop your email and I'll send new tools and notes from the bench.
Working with startups, founders, and senior teams across Berlin, the US, and the EU.
Get in touch to discuss your project. Strategy calls are free.
