Rikus Beeken

I am a Software Engineer with extensive backend and systems experience deeply rooted in the fintech and card processing domain. My expertise lies in designing, modernizing, and optimizing high-availability, mission-critical payment infrastructure using C#, .NET, SQL Server, Azure, Kubernetes and Azure.

What sets me apart is my active practice in AI-assisted software engineering. I design and leverage custom AI agents, build automated engineering workflows, and utilize advanced prompt engineering to dramatically accelerate software development life cycles and enhance code reliability.

Throughout my career, I have balanced deep technical execution with leadership - having onboarded other developers, authored comprehensive system documentation, and maintained strict PCI DSS compliance standards as well as 24/7 production support under tight SLAs.

I am passionate about website design and have created many personal websites and smaller professional jobs as well.

Key Areas of Expertise:
💻 Backend Development & RESTful APIs (C#, .NET, SQL Server, Azure SQL)
🤖 AI Innovation (Custom AI Agents, Engineering Automation, Modern Tooling)
📈 Performance Engineering (Legacy code modernization, T-SQL query optimization)
🔒 Fintech Compliance & Security (PCI DSS Audits, High-Availability Systems)
👥 Technical Leadership (Developer onboarding, mentoring, cross-functional alignment)