HKO Engineering

Product Engineering · Cloud Architecture · DevSecOps

We build, scale, and secure production systems.
End-to-end technical delivery — from your spec to shipped product.

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100×
Infra scaling
at EdgeIQ
99.95%
Uptime SLA
over 2+ years
<4 wks
First contact to
working PoC
11
Certifications
AWS, CNCF, Linux
Product Engineering

End-to-end systems — from first commit to production.

Go, TypeScript, Svelte, React. APIs, data pipelines, AI integrations.

This looks like
  • – Building an IoT platform processing billions of events
  • – Shipping an AI SaaS from zero to private beta
  • – Taking a desktop tool to the cloud in under 3 months
Cloud Architecture

Kubernetes at every scale. Air-gapped government clouds to hyperscale SaaS.

AWS, Terraform, Helm. Multi-cloud, hybrid, on-premises.

This looks like
  • – Designing deployment strategies for air-gapped environments
  • – Scaling infrastructure 100× without downtime
  • – Building multi-tenant cloud platforms with security isolation
DevSecOps & Supply Chain

Secure-by-default pipelines. Container signing, SBOMs, vulnerability management.

Cosign, Trivy, Kyverno, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI.

This looks like
  • – Implementing supply chain security for regulated environments
  • – Reducing false-positive alerts by 95% with observability
  • – Building open-source tooling for container image verification

Also available, per engagement Product Design & UX, Growth & Content, and Strategy & Research — senior collaborators from our network, brought in when your engagement needs them. How we engage →

Selected Work
Chief of Staff — AI Executive Assistant

An AI-powered inbox for startup CEOs that reads everything and surfaces only what matters. Solo-built, currently in private beta.

Next.js 15 TypeScript PostgreSQL Redis Claude API AWS
getcos.ai →
OCI Explorer — Container Supply Chain Inspector

Open-source tool that visualizes container image structure, SBOMs, signatures, and vulnerabilities. Shipped in 2 weekends, 10 releases.

Go Svelte 5 Tailwind CSS 4 Trivy Cosign SLSA
ociexplorer.dev →
EdgeIQ Symphony — IoT Device Management at Scale

Platform for managing millions of connected devices. Scaled 100× to 10K msg/sec while maintaining 99.95% uptime over 2+ years.

Go TypeScript AWS Kubernetes MQTT DataDog OpenTelemetry
edgeiq.ai →
milia.io — Cloud Infrastructure for Tax Software

Built the complete AWS cloud platform for a German tax & accounting SaaS. Platform acquired by Visma.

AWS CDK ECS Fargate PostgreSQL Spring Boot Next.js
milia.io →
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Writing
hko.sh ↗
OCI Explorer: From Prototype to Product in Two Weekends
How 10 releases across two weekends turned an inline-JS prototype into a production Svelte 5 supply chain security tool.
DevSecOps
The Spectrum of AI Agent Personalities
Comparing agent architectures from obedient interns to autonomous companies — and the management challenges at each level.
AI & Systems
Moving Fast Without Breaking Things
A 5-part series on feedback loops that actually work — dev containers, preview environments, structured logging, DORA metrics.
Product Engineering
If It’s Bad for Developers, It’s Worse for AI
What the DORA 2025 report reveals about the connection between developer experience and AI effectiveness.
DevOps & AI

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Located in Europe (CET). Remote-first. US timezone overlap available.

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