AI Software EngineerAthens / EU

Dimosthenis Gkontolias — AI products. Built for everyday use.

I build AI applications, data pipelines, and software for small businesses. Based in Athens, AUEB valedictorian, and founder of Quar.gr.

Dimosthenis Gkontolias smiling outdoors
DimosthenisBased in Athens, Greece
AI product

TalkToGreekData

I built a way to ask questions about Greek economic data and get answers with charts.

Selected work

2026

AI application

TalkToGreekData.gr

Ask a question about the Greek economy. Get an answer grounded in data, with charts to explore it.

  • Works over 23,000 data points and 207 metrics.
  • Streams responses with SSE and can render 12 chart types.
TalkToGreekData.gr homepage with English product overview and workspace preview
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2025 - Present

Founder & developer

Quar.gr

Digital menus that cafe owners can update themselves. I build the product and support the businesses using it.

  • Serving 10+ cafes in production, with 300+ commits behind the product.
  • Admin panel supports drag-and-drop menu editing, images, multilingual content, and GA4 analytics.
Quar.gr product homepage showing a QR menu phone preview
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More projects

Feb - Jun 2026

TrackSights OEM data pipeline

Provider-based data collection for official car configurator data and a depreciation model for automotive pricing.

2026

Demos Vibes

A Greek AI tools and workflows channel paired with a static resource hub for every video.

Other projects 5
2026

CSEventFinder

A high-recall tracker for computer science, startup, fintech, AI, developer, conference, and hackathon events in Greece.

2026

QR Style Studio

A client-side QR style generator with custom shapes, frames, logos, export options, and scannability safeguards.

2026

BoomAI

AI-powered code-review and auto-fixing CLI for C#/Unity projects using static analysis plus LLM patch planning.

2026

Nero Website

A polished cafe/bar/restaurant website for Nero in Neo Irakleio, built around real venue photography, fast menu/map actions, and QuaR-backed menu paths.

2025

AthensSecret VR/MR backend

Backend API for a multiplayer VR/MR game set around Athens secrets.

Experience

From an automotive data team in Denmark to building and running my own software business.

Check full CV

Education

AUEB · BSc Informatics
Valedictorian · GPA 9.15/10

Hackathon finalist · Hamburg & Athens

Feb 2026 - Jun 2026

Data Analyst Intern

TrackSights ApS · Denmark / Erasmus+

Worked in the data team on automotive OEM collection and depreciation modeling.

More about this role
  • Reverse-engineered configurator data for Audi, Hyundai, and Mercedes-Benz across BE, DE, DK, ES, FR, IT, NL, and SE.
  • Built provider-pattern scrapers and canonical Pydantic schemas, then moved JSON through GCS, BigQuery, and Dataform.
  • Added warehouse assertions and worked on a depreciation model trained over roughly 785k listings and 71 features, reaching R² = 0.946.

Jun 2025 - Present

Founder / Full-stack Engineer

Quar.gr · Athens

Building a production QR menu platform for real cafes and non-technical operators.

More about this role
  • Designed the product, admin UX, data model, deployments, and customer support loop.
  • Built multilingual menus, drag-and-drop editing, media handling, and analytics.
  • Learned to balance engineering polish with the messy reality of real users.

Jul 2025 - Oct 2025

Software Developer Intern

Dalia Labs FZE LLC · Dubai

Worked on dashboard frontend components and production UI features.

More about this role
  • Implemented frontend components and UI improvements for dashboard workflows.
  • Collaborated inside a fast-moving software team and shipped reviewed code.
  • Strengthened habits around component quality, visual polish, and maintainability.

May 2024 - May 2025

Website and app developer

Freelance / Medical sector · Remote

Built professional websites for healthcare practitioners and a Flutter patient-record app.

More about this role
  • Delivered client websites for doctors and medical professionals.
  • Built karteles_asthenwn, a Flutter app for patient medical records.
  • Handled requirements, delivery, support, and non-technical stakeholder communication.

Sharing what I learn

I make short videos about AI tools and workflows in Greek. Each video comes with a page of links and resources so you can try it yourself.

Tools I work with

Languages

  • Python
  • TypeScript
  • C#
  • SQL
  • Dart

Frontend

  • React
  • Next.js
  • Tailwind CSS
  • shadcn/ui
  • Vite

Backend and data

  • FastAPI
  • Node/Express
  • PostgreSQL
  • BigQuery
  • Redis

AI and automation

  • RAG
  • LLM APIs
  • PyTorch
  • scikit-learn
  • Playwright

Cloud and ops

  • Docker
  • Terraform
  • GCP
  • Firebase
  • CI/CD

Contact

Let's talk

Open to AI Software Engineer roles where I can ship production features, learn fast, and stay close to users.