About me

Kobe De Maeseneire

Portrait of Kobe De Maeseneire, software and AI engineer

I'm a product-minded software and AI engineer from Antwerp, Belgium. What drives me is not just writing code, but building things that solve real problems for real people.

I often describe myself as a developer, but the work that gives me the most energy sits at the intersection of software, product and business. I like asking whether there is a real problem, who would pay for it, how users would find it, and what needs to be true for it to scale.

That mindset shows up in the way I work. I enjoy building things from scratch, talking to users, shaping features, making decisions and seeing the impact of what gets shipped. I learn fastest by doing: start with an idea, build, hit the hard parts, and improve through real feedback.

My strongest instinct is ownership. I am at my best when I can be involved in the full journey: idea validation, customer conversations, product direction, technical architecture, implementation and launch.

What I work with

Languages

TypeScriptJavaScriptJavaPythonSQL

Frontend

ReactViteTailwindCSSshadcn/ui

Backend & databases

Node.jsREST APIsAuthenticationPostgreSQLSupabase

AI engineering

OpenAI APIRAG & embeddingsSemantic searchAI agents & tool callingSpeech-to-text & TTS

Data engineering

PySparkETL pipelinesStar-schema warehousingVector embeddings

How I work

Product-first

I start with the problem, user and business case before choosing the technology.

Ownership

I like taking responsibility for the full path from idea to shipped product.

Build to learn

I move quickly, test assumptions in the real world and improve from feedback.