# Gilad Maoz — AI/LLM and Cloud-Native Platform Engineer

> I build production AI/LLM systems on Cloudflare's edge. 15
> years of platform engineering, an open source contributor,
> and a blog about why I keep doing it.

Budapest, Hungary. Remote across the EU.

## Pages

- [Home](https://maoz.dev/): Overview, services, and contact — the entry point for senior platform and consulting engagements
- [About](https://maoz.dev/about.md): Career journey — QA/automation through DevOps to AI/LLM platform engineering across 8 companies
- [Services](https://maoz.dev/services.md): Four core consulting offerings — AI infrastructure, Cloudflare-native architecture, fractional technical leadership, and DevOps modernization
- [Work](https://maoz.dev/work.md): Selected work — thriv.es (AI product studio), HansCard (language learning app), ShellGems (technical blog)
- [Contact](https://maoz.dev/contact.md): Contact form, FAQs, engagement details, and response expectations

## Core Expertise

- [AI Infrastructure & LLM Integration](https://maoz.dev/services.md#1-ai-infrastructure--llm-integration): Production LLM systems on Cloudflare Workers AI, multi-model routing via OpenRouter, LangGraph orchestration, Langfuse observability. Production LLM routing pattern from nxty.ai.
- [Cloudflare-Native Architecture](https://maoz.dev/services.md#2-cloudflare-native-architecture--migration): Workers, AI Gateway, Vectorize, D1, R2 — globally distributed edge computing. Migrated nxty.ai from Vercel + Supabase + OpenAI → Cloudflare Workers.
- [Fractional Technical Leadership](https://maoz.dev/services.md#3-fractional-technical-leadership): Tech lead / engineering manager engagements. Cross-functional coordination, technical strategy, hands-on delivery. Most recently tech lead for 6 devs at nxty.ai.
- [DevOps & Infrastructure Modernization](https://maoz.dev/services.md#4-devops--infrastructure-modernization): Terraform IaC, AWS CDK, CI/CD optimization, cloud migration (AWS/GCP/Azure → Cloudflare), legacy system modernization.

## Key Projects

- [thriv.es](https://thriv.es/): Two-founder AI product studio (Budapest + Tel Aviv). Self-funded. A growing shelf of open-source products at github.com/thriv-es demonstrates the studio's stack and delivery process. Open to client engagements.
- [HansCard](https://card.evilurge.com/): Solo side project — spaced-repetition language-learning web app with Tatoeba-sourced authentic sentences. React + TypeScript + Vite + Chakra UI + Supabase.
- [ShellGems](https://www.evilurge.com/): Personal technical blog documenting shipped work — Cloudflare Workers, Firebase, LLM agents, CI/CD patterns. Hugo static site on Firebase Hosting.

## Optional

- [GitHub](https://github.com/evilurge): Profile and side-project repos
- [GitHub — thriv-es](https://github.com/thriv-es): A growing shelf of open-source products (Movers, Transcriber, Slides-Maker, Prompt-Builder, Domain-Knowledge, Cloudflare-Auth, and counting)
- [LinkedIn](https://linkedin.com/in/gilad-maoz): Professional profile
- [Contact Gilad](mailto:gilad@maoz.dev): Direct email for consulting inquiries and engagements