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AI Engineer & Full-Stack Developer

Edvard Bakken

AI engineer with a focus on AI agents, RAG pipelines, and workflow automation, combined with experience in full-stack web development, SEO/AEO, and data engineering.

Builds production-ready AI systems and data pipelines that integrate LLMs, embeddings, and vector search in the cloud.

Background as a CTO, founder, and consultant, with training in entrepreneurship from UC Berkeley and UiO. Brings both technical and business perspective to projects, with experience delivering solutions that improve efficiency and drive growth.

Key Qualifications

AI agents, Data pipelines, Full-stack development, SEO/AEO

Highlighted Projects

AI Agent for CRM Integrations

05.2025 – Present | Aiaey AS | AI Engineer & Project Lead

Built an AI agent to automate end-to-end CRM integrations for customers. The agent handled orchestration and validation, replacing manual coordination between business operations, developers, and clients. It was CRM-agnostic, supporting systems such as HubSpot, Salesforce, and Pipedrive.

Estimated to reduce onboarding effort by several hours per integration, improving efficiency and accelerating customer activation.

Tech: Mastra AI, AI SDK, OpenAI, Gemini, Next.js, TypeScript, PostgreSQL (Neon, Drizzle), Zod, Vercel

Product Recommendation System

2025 – Present | Own venture | AI Engineer & Founder

Built an AI-driven recommendation and publishing system for affiliate sites with hundreds of thousands of products across mixed verticals. Combined web scraping for product data enrichment, embeddings for recall and personalization, and generative AI for article creation.

Implemented a self-learning workflow that continuously updated recommendations and content, eliminating manual upkeep and creating a scalable SEO/AEO-driven traffic channel.

Tech: Mastra AI, AI SDK, OpenAI, Gemini, Next.js, TypeScript, Cloudflare, PostgreSQL (PGVector, Neon, Drizzle), Zod

Form Builder & Renderer

08.2024 – 05.2025 | Nettbureau AS | Technical Owner & Full-Stack Developer

Took technical ownership of a schema-based form platform for lead generation. Enhanced developer experience with strong typing and schema validation, and implemented async API checks and robust error handling. Supported marketing teams with A/B testing to optimize conversions.

Improved conversion rates by multiple percent and optimized the platform for large volumes of forms and variations across high-traffic campaigns.

Tech: TypeScript, Next.js, React, JSON Schema, Zod, XState, AJV, Vercel, Sentry, Optimizely

Business Data Directory

03.2023 – Present | Own venture | Founder & AI/Data Engineer

Developed the public business intelligence platform yra.no, offering ownership and role data for all Norwegian companies. Automated pipelines collected and enriched data from APIs, downloads, and web scraping, with frontend optimized for usability and SEO/AEO.

Grew the platform to thousands of daily users through organic search, providing a simpler and more transparent alternative to official registries.

Tech: TailwindCSS, PostgreSQL, Prisma, AWS Lambdas, Serverless Framework, Web Scraping, SEO/AEO, Mastra AI

E-Commerce Platform

08.2021 – Present | Own venture | CTO & Founder

Built the Norwegian e-commerce platform svipe.no to lower the barrier for SMBs to sell online, with deep payment integrations (Vipps, Stripe), multitenancy, and merchant onboarding. Developed features such as admin dashboards, reporting, notifications, and email integrations.

Onboarded hundreds of merchants and processed over 1M NOK in transactions.

Tech: TypeScript, Next.js, Node.js, Firebase, Firestore, Vercel, Stripe, Vipps

Kindergarten Directory

11.2023 – Present | Own venture | Founder & Full-Stack Developer

Developed the nationwide directory of Norwegian kindergartens barnehagelisten.no, making public data accessible in a user-friendly way for parents researching schools, with SEO/AEO-driven automation.

Grew the site to 10,000+ monthly visitors through organic search.

Tech: TypeScript, Next.js, Node.js, DynamoDB, D3.js, Vercel, SEO/AEO

Recruitment Website

09.2023 – Present | Fram Rekruttering | Consultant, Full-Stack Development

Maintained and extended framrekruttering.no through integrations with Sanity CMS and RecMan ATS as a niche recruitment platform focused on media, communication, and public affairs roles.

Improved candidate visibility and client acquisition through SEO consulting.

Tech: TypeScript, Next.js, Node.js, TailwindCSS, Vercel, SEO, Sanity

TMS SaaS

06.2019 – 08.2019 | Zendera AS | Full-Stack Developer

Contributed to the fleet management platform zendera.no by integrating and configuring a route optimization engine, developing a custom address search, and building interactive route visualizations.

The solution optimized resource allocation and utilization of drivers and vehicles, improving efficiency and reducing waste.

Tech: Go, JavaScript, PostgreSQL, Mapbox, APIs, Fuzzy Search

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