Senior engineer and tech lead with 16+ years building production systems
and, more recently, AI-native products as co-founder of Shelfy, Resoly, and
a senior engineer at Momntum.ai.
Strong opinions on engineering quality, model output evaluation, and how
AI-assisted tools reshape developer workflows.
Comfortable giving direct, opinionated feedback on what good engineering looks like.
George Chkhvirkia
Senior AI Engineer & Tech Lead
Tbilisi, Georgia
About
Highlights
AI-Assisted Engineering Workflows
Daily user of Claude Code and other AI-assisted coding tools
across real product development at Shelfy and Momntum.ai. Hands-on experience
evaluating model output quality, recognizing when LLM suggestions need pushback,
and distinguishing useful reasoning from confident-sounding noise.
LLMs, AI Memory & Advanced Prompting
Hands-on experience across frontier and open-source LLMs
(Claude, GPT, Qwen, DeepSeek, NVIDIA Nemotron, served via OpenRouter and similar),
including fine-tuning, AI memory and knowledge base management,
and advanced prompting, versioning, and evaluation for building
reliable, context-aware AI agents in production.
Engineering Leadership & Standards
8+ years in tech lead and CTO roles across Terminal, BehaveHealth,
and multiple co-founder positions. Defined technical direction, set code review
standards, and mentored engineers across Rails, React, and AI products.
AI Model Fine-Tuning & Research Automation
Fine-tuned T5 and GPT-2 for summarization, tagging, and research automation.
Optimized AI models to analyze and extract insights from large volumes of research papers.
Open Source Contribution
Contributed to the
Apartment
gem, improving dependency management and enhancing multi-tenant support in Rails applications.
Experience
Senior Product & Software Engineer @
Momntum.ai
03 / 2025 - 04 / 2026
Built an AI assistant with persistent memory, third-party integrations,
and multiple communication channels including WhatsApp, ElevenLabs voice,
Twilio calls, and an embeddable widget.
Designed and managed the data relationships between customers, businesses,
and products to power analytics for marketing and outbound campaigns.
Co-Founder, Senior Product & AI Engineer @
Shelfy
2025 / -
Implemented the knowledge base and memory layer for AI agents,
enabling them to manage large user knowledge base resources at scale.
Co-Founder, Tech Lead, Ai Engineer @
Resoly.ai
2023 / 2024
Ai-enhanced web resource organizer and research tool.
Senior Backend Developer + React Developer @
BehaveHealth Corp.
2022 / 2025
Best ALL-IN-ONE software for behavioral health providers.
Lead Back-End + React Developer @
BehaveHealth
2016 / 2018
Helps medical facilities to manage patient and employee info.
- Developed Rails API with multitenant database architecture.
- Complex employee permission system.
- First version of project's mobile Web-App built with ReactJS.
CTO @
Terminal
2016 / 2017
Developed a feature-rich, highly customized Rails-based CRM for a chain of local co-working spaces.
- Built a sophisticated employee management system to handle complex workflows.
- Defined technical direction and standards for the engineering team.
Rails Developer @
Rever.Co
2015 - 2016
Refactored a large, legacy codebase into a modular, maintainable structure.
Thoroughly documented and tested the code to ensure long-term stability.
Details & Contacts
Tech Stack
- Python
- TypeScript / JavaScript
- React / React Native / Vue
- Ruby / Rails
- Elixir
- Postgres / MySQL
AI Tools & Workflows
- Claude Code (daily)
- LLM fine-tuning (T5, GPT-2)
- Prompt design, versioning & evaluation
- Open-source LLMs (Qwen, DeepSeek, NVIDIA Nemotron) via OpenRouter & similar
- AI memory / knowledge base systems
- Voice & messaging agents (ElevenLabs, Twilio, WhatsApp)
Current Interests
- AI / LLM development & evaluation
- Engineering taste in AI-assisted workflows
- System Design