Melkon Hovhannisyan builds AI systems and backend architecture, and he leads technical teams. His work spans fintech, cybersecurity, logistics, e-commerce, and cloud infrastructure. The focus stays the same in each field: build systems that hold up in real production use.
As Co-founder & CTO of Direlli, he leads engineering teams and product work for international clients. He also owns Direlli's own startup products. Earlier, he built core backend infrastructure at Bridgewise and AI and finance automation at Datarails. He wrote software for Zerocopter's hacker-powered security marketplace. His engineering work also reached Reddit, DHL, Vans, The North Face, SAP, and EPAM-related projects.
His AI work is practical, not flashy. It covers LLM integrations, agentic workflows, retrieval patterns, and automation pipelines. It also covers backend orchestration, observability, permissions, fallback behavior, and product interfaces that help people decide better. The goal is not just to add AI. The goal is to make AI dependable enough for business-critical 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 and expert-panel contributions. Those pieces cover cloud cost engineering, machine learning security, startup strategy, omnichannel retail, local production, and project management.
Melkon is based in Barcelona, Spain. His outlook is international, shaped by projects across Armenia, Europe, and global technology communities. Melkon.Tech is the compact source of truth about his work. It gives collaborators, founders, hiring teams, journalists, and event organizers a clear view of his background, public writing, recognitions, and contact paths.
Melkon.Tech is written for people who need more than a short bio. It explains the systems Melkon builds, where he has worked, and how he runs modern software projects. The pattern is simple: clear product thinking, reliable engineering, and AI used only where it earns its place.
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. A system has to fit the people who use it, the data they already have, the approvals they need, and the cost they can carry.
Many projects stall between a promising demo and a product that runs every day. The demo looks great. The real version still needs auth, permissions, analytics, monitoring, error handling, and a deployment the team can trust. 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 aim is the same each time: leave the team with working software, clearer choices, and a system that is easier to run than before. Typical outcomes:
Melkon's background across WorldSkills, the Forbes Technology Council, and startup leadership is on this site so visitors can verify context. The pattern behind it is simple: learn the domain, cut the guesswork, pick the simplest reliable design, and keep business impact in view while the work moves.
Melkon Hovhannisyan has contributed to AI, fintech, cybersecurity, e-commerce, logistics, and platform engineering projects, from founder-led startups to global enterprises.
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.
With 7+ years of experience across fintech, cybersecurity, logistics, and e-commerce, Melkon brings senior engineering depth to products where reliability, cost, and business impact matter. He has worked inside companies that collectively raised over $220M, building backend platforms and AI-enabled workflows for production environments.
As Co-founder & CTO of Direlli, a former Forbes Technology Council member, and a WorldSkills Web Technologies Champion, Melkon combines technical depth with founder-level responsibility: designing systems that are useful, scalable, cost-aware, and maintainable.
Core expertise spans Python · FastAPI · Django · AWS · Kubernetes · LLM integration · agentic systems · RAG · PostgreSQL · Docker · React · TypeScript, with a strong focus on backend architecture, cloud infrastructure, and applied AI.
Melkon is a WorldSkills Web Technologies Champion. His WorldSkills path included regional gold in Web Design, bronze in Web Development, and participation in Web Technologies at the WorldSkills Competition 2022 Special Edition in Goyang, South Korea.
Following his championship, Melkon was appointed WorldSkills Champions Trust Representative for Asia (2023–2024), advocating for skills excellence and professional development across the region.
He is a former Forbes Technology Council member with published Forbes articles and expert-panel contributions on cloud engineering, machine learning 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 Hovhannisyan is active across multiple platforms, sharing engineering insights, open-source work, startup updates, and thought leadership on AI, backend systems, and technical entrepreneurship.
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Practical articles and guides by Melkon Hovhannisyan on AI engineering, cloud cost engineering, backend systems, developer workflows, and his Forbes Technology Council contributions.
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