Melkon Hovhannisyan builds AI systems, backend architecture, and technical teams. His work spans fintech, cybersecurity, logistics, e-commerce, and cloud infrastructure.
As Co-founder & CTO of Direlli, he leads engineering and product work for clients. Earlier, he built backend systems at Bridgewise, finance automation at Datarails, and security software at Zerocopter.
His AI work is practical. It includes LLM integrations, agent workflows, retrieval systems, and automation pipelines. The goal is to make AI useful in real business work.
Melkon is a WorldSkills Web Technologies Champion. He served as WorldSkills Champions Trust Representative for Asia in 2023-2024. He has also published Forbes Technology Council articles.
Melkon is based in Barcelona, Spain. Melkon.Tech gives founders, teams, journalists, and event organizers a clear view of his work, writing, recognition, and contact paths.
Melkon.Tech goes beyond a short bio. It explains what Melkon builds, where he has worked, and how he runs software projects. The pattern is simple: clear product thinking, reliable engineering, and AI only where it adds value.
Melkon helps teams turn AI experiments into workflows they can trust.
A good AI product still needs dependable systems underneath it.
Melkon works where product choices and engineering choices meet.
For founders, hiring teams, and investors, Melkon reviews what decides whether a plan ships.
Every field Melkon works in has its own hard requirement:
So the work starts with the business process, not the tech label. The system must fit the users, the data, the approvals, and the real cost.
Many projects stall between a good demo and a daily product. The real version needs auth, permissions, analytics, monitoring, error handling, and reliable deployment. That middle ground is where Melkon is strongest.
For AI projects, the useful questions are specific:
Those answers shape the system more than the model name does.
For backend work, the goal is reliability without extra process. Melkon can:
He can join as a senior builder, technical lead, CTO advisor, architecture reviewer, or automation partner. The goal is simple: working software, better decisions, and a system that is easier to run. Typical outcomes:
His background in WorldSkills, Forbes Technology Council, and startups helps visitors verify the context. The pattern is simple: learn the domain, reduce guesswork, choose a reliable design, and keep business impact visible.
Melkon Hovhannisyan has worked on AI, fintech, cybersecurity, e-commerce, logistics, and platform projects.
Core backend contributor at an AI-powered financial intelligence platform that raised $45M. Worked on infrastructure, reliability, and cost-conscious systems for high-volume financial workflows.
Backend and AI engineering for a finance automation platform that raised $175M. Contributed to platform components and AI-powered workflows used by finance teams.
Software engineering experience connected to one of the world's largest community platforms, with work around reliability, performance, and AI-driven product capabilities.
Built microservices, security infrastructure, and deployment workflows for Europe's first hacker-powered security marketplace.
Automated CRM and logistics workflows, improving internal operations through integrations, data flow, and process automation.
Developed e-commerce features, CMS integrations, and enterprise systems for global retail and software brands.
Melkon has 7+ years of experience across fintech, cybersecurity, logistics, and e-commerce. He builds products where reliability, cost, and business impact matter.
He is Co-founder & CTO of Direlli, a former Forbes Technology Council member, and a WorldSkills Web Technologies Champion.
His core tools include Python, FastAPI, Django, AWS, Kubernetes, LLMs, PostgreSQL, Docker, React, and TypeScript. His main focus is backend architecture, cloud infrastructure, and applied AI.
Melkon is a WorldSkills Web Technologies Champion. He represented Armenia in Web Technologies at WorldSkills Competition 2022 Special Edition.
He later served as WorldSkills Champions Trust Representative for Asia (2023–2024).
He is a former Forbes Technology Council member. His articles cover cloud engineering, ML security, startup strategy, retail technology, local production, and project management.
As an AWS Certified Solutions Architect and Cisco Cybersecurity specialist, Melkon holds industry certifications that back his hands-on expertise in cloud infrastructure and security.
Melkon shares engineering notes, open-source work, startup updates, and ideas on AI and backend systems.
For background, open-source work, press links, or a project conversation, start below.
Practical articles by Melkon on AI, cloud cost, backend systems, developer workflows, and Forbes topics.
Notes from Melkon's WorldSkills Conference 2024 panel on TVET, skills competitions, apprenticeships, and industry partnerships.
Featured articles, press links, and recognition from WorldSkills, Forbes, and the tech community.
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