# notorious

> notorious is the software consulting practice of Marios Kanakis, a backend engineer and team lead based in Athens, Greece. He designs and builds services, APIs and infrastructure, reviews and evolves system architecture, and works as a part-time technical lead.

Contact: hi@notorious.gr

## Services

- Backend development: services, APIs and background workers in C#/.NET and TypeScript/Node.js (Fastify, Express), from data model to production, including payments, authentication and third-party integrations. PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Redis, RabbitMQ, BullMQ, Docker, Kubernetes on AWS, Azure or bare metal, GitLab CI/CD.
- Architecture: choosing and evolving the shape of a system (well-structured monolith, modular monolith, or microservices where the split pays off). REST API design, event-driven messaging, domain boundaries, incremental migration.
- Technical leadership: part-time technical lead covering code and architecture review, roadmap and tech-debt planning, backend hiring and mentoring.
- AI-assisted engineering: day-to-day work with coding agents such as Claude Code, and helping teams adopt them with clear project context, small reviewed changes and tests.
- Websites: websites and online shops for small businesses (Next.js, WordPress, WooCommerce, DigitalOcean), including AADE myDATA integration.

## Current project

- [forkast](https://forkast.gr): a daily profit and loss statement for small businesses in Greece, built from a business's own AADE myDATA invoices and daily register.

## Background

- 2024–present: Software Engineering Team Lead, Kaizen Gaming. Migrated login and authentication from a monolith to microservices.
- 2023–2024: Lead Software Engineer, Reydix. Split a monolithic CMS into services; REST APIs; AWS and GitLab CI/CD.
- 2021–2023: Senior Software Engineer, Fairlo. Core Credit API (transactions, repayment plans, payment-provider integrations).
- 2016–2021: ORamaVR, MarXact, FORTH. .NET Core services, telemetry pipelines, low-latency messaging for GNSS receivers on Kubernetes, graphics research.
- MSc Computer Science (Software Engineering & Green IT), University of Amsterdam, cum laude, 2020. BSc Computer Science, University of Crete, 2017.
- Publications: "Machine Learning for Computer Systems: A Survey" (ACM, 2022); "Rapid Reconstruction and Simulation of Real Characters in Mixed Reality Environments" (Springer, 2018).

## Links

- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/marios-evangelos-kanakis-a671a913b/)
- [GitHub](https://github.com/mkanakis)