Available for relocation
Yves De Boeck
Data & AI Engineer
Building production-grade data platforms, cloud infrastructure, and AI systems that solve real industrial problems.
About
Who I am
I'm a Belgian engineer with a deep passion for building systems that work in the real world — not just on paper. My career spans full-stack web development, IoT, cloud infrastructure, data engineering, and AI — and I'm most energised when those disciplines intersect.
I hold two master's degrees from the University of Antwerp, where I graduated magna cum laude. After being offered a PhD in AI for autonomous vehicles, I chose industry to work on concrete problems at scale.
Over the past six years I've worked across energy, healthcare, and industrial IoT — building everything from embedded device firmware to production ML pipelines. I'm currently looking to bring this experience to an ambitious team in Toronto, Zurich, or Australia.
MSc Computer Science Engineering (magna cum laude)
University of Antwerp
Offered a PhD in AI/simulation for autonomous vehicles — chose industry to solve real-world problems.
React, FastAPI, embedded C++ on Yocto — from device to cloud.
Databricks, PySpark, dbt, Delta Lake. Batch and streaming at scale.
RAG systems, LLM agents, MLOps with Azure AI Foundry and MLflow.
Experience
Where I've worked
Atlas Copco
Data & AI / Full Stack / Cloud Engineer
Jan 2024 – Present
Belgium
- ›Designed and built a cloud-native IoT fleet management platform on Azure, ingesting real-time telemetry from industrial compressors worldwide via MQTT and IoT Hub, streamed live to the frontend via WebSockets.
- ›Wrote the embedded C++ component on a custom Yocto OS for compressor controllers, bridging the internal MQTT bus with the Azure IoT Hub.
- ›Built and maintained production APIs consumed by field service technicians on customer sites.
- ›Set up a Databricks data platform from scratch: medallion architecture, PySpark, dbt, Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, DLT — ingesting SQL, JSON, XML, Kafka, and text sources in batch and streaming.
- ›Developed a RAG-based internal knowledge app using Azure AI Search and Prompt Flow, deployed across multiple departments with per-department document indexes.
- ›Created an agentic AI assistant (similar to OpenClaw) using Azure Agent Framework (Semantic Kernel) and Azure AI Foundry, integrated with Slack — handling ticket management, PR reviews, security assessments, and CI/pipeline status reports.
- ›Built an agentic security scanner published as an Azure DevOps task: auto-detects stack, runs scanners, triages findings, fixes code in an agentic loop, and auto-generates a PR for final fixes.
- ›Full IaC with Bicep and Terraform across all projects; CI/CD with Azure DevOps and Jenkins.
TrinetX
Software Engineer
Sep 2021 – Dec 2023
Ghent, Belgium
- ›Full-stack development on a large-scale healthcare analytics platform (Java/Spring + React) used by hospital networks worldwide.
- ›Built ETL services in Python processing healthcare data across Vertica, Snowflake, Redis, and MongoDB.
- ›Designed and built a new observability service for ETL processes from scratch, including architecture decisions, CI/CD setup, and AWS cloud deployment.
- ›Operated in a strict TDD, SOLID, domain-driven design environment with Jenkins and GitLab CI.
Essent
AM Software Engineer – Billing Processes
2020 – Sep 2021
Belgium
- ›Analysed and resolved issues across Java, PHP, and Python applications in a custom SAP billing ecosystem.
- ›Wrote complex PostgreSQL and MySQL queries to debug and fix billing logic, sharpening deep SQL expertise.
Projects
What I've built
A mix of open-source personal projects and professional systems built in production environments.
OpenClaw
A personal AI assistant for my development workflow. Persistent memory with semantic search, tool use, and a clean web UI. Inspired the agentic assistant I later built at Atlas Copco.
Lens
Stock intelligence platform that evaluates companies through the lens of legendary investors (Graham, Buffett, Lynch, O'Neil, Dividend). Radar chart visualisation with per-profile deep-dive dashboards.
Memry
Turns PDFs into structured study material: summaries, Q&A flashcards, and spaced-repetition review powered by AI.
IoT Fleet Management Platform
End-to-end cloud platform for monitoring and controlling a global fleet of industrial compressors. Real-time telemetry via MQTT → IoT Hub → WebSockets → live dashboards. Remote commands, firmware updates, and embedded C++ on Yocto.
Agentic Security Scanner
Azure DevOps task that auto-detects the stack, runs security scanners, triages findings with an LLM agent, then enters an agentic fix-validate loop until everything passes and auto-generates a PR.
Finance App
Personal finance tracking and analysis app with expense categorisation, investment tracking, and visualisations.
RAG Knowledge Assistant
proDeployed multiple instances of an internal knowledge app across Atlas Copco departments, each with a custom Azure AI Search index over their documents. Built with Prompt Flow for orchestration and evaluation.
Databricks Data Platform
proBuilt a production data platform from scratch using the medallion architecture — PySpark, dbt, Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, DLT — ingesting SQL, JSON, XML, Kafka, and text in batch and streaming modes.
Skills
Tech stack
Languages
Data Engineering
AI / ML
Cloud & Infrastructure
Backend
Frontend
Certifications
Verified expertise
Credentials across Databricks, Azure, AWS, and software engineering fundamentals.
Databricks Data Engineering Professional
Databricks
Databricks Data Engineering Associate
Databricks
Azure Data Engineer Associate (DP-203)
Microsoft
Azure AI Engineer Associate (AI-102)
Microsoft
AWS Solutions Architect
Amazon
Professional Scrum Master
Scrum.org
Oracle Java SE 8 Professional
Oracle
Certified Associate in Python
Python Institute
Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)
Microsoft
Azure Data Fundamentals (DP-900)
Microsoft
Azure AI Fundamentals (AI-900)
Microsoft
Contact
Let's work together
I'm actively looking for Data & AI Engineer roles in Toronto, Zurich, and Australia. If you're building something ambitious with data or AI, I'd love to hear about it.
yves.deboeck@ydb-solutions.com
GitHub
@ydb-solutions
Yves De Boeck
Open to relocation
Toronto · Zurich · Australia