Orfeo Consulting builds production systems that don't break when your business starts working.
I'm George Popovic — a US-based senior software engineer working remotely with founders and product teams. I build real systems from rough ideas: fast, reliable, and built to last.
5+ years shipping across healthcare, fintech, sustainability, and SaaS. Clients include clinical health platforms, global emissions trackers, fintech startups, and multi-tenant SaaS companies across the US and Europe. I've co-founded a company, led cross-functional teams, and shipped everything from LLM pipelines processing millions of rows to B2B platforms serving 20,000+ users.
US-based, remote-first. Clients across the United States and internationally. Fordham University, BA magna cum laude.
Selected Projects
Production systems shipped across four verticals. Real clients, real users, real traffic.
CRM-eCommerce for Clinical Sales
Built a custom CRM and eCommerce platform for Regenerative Research Group handling the full clinical sales lifecycle. Developed a secure RBAC system, integrated Nexio for iframe-based credit card and ACH payments, and synced orders and invoices in real time via QuickBooks API. Automated contract and NDA workflows through DocuSign. Implemented inventory tracking with dosage logic and insurance metadata, plus multistep checkout flows with dynamic pricing.
Global GHG Reporting Platform (Co-founder)
Co-founded and led development of a global sustainability reporting platform tracking GHG emissions and financial disclosures for thousands of companies. Architected scalable AWS infrastructure for large-scale data ingestion and processing. Built automated LLM-powered ETL pipelines to extract, classify, and summarize data from structured and unstructured sources. Directed a cross-functional team across engineering, design, and data analysis from concept to production.
Social Media Search Engine — 200k+ Creators
Led backend and data engineering for a social media search engine indexing content from 200,000+ creators. Architected scalable infrastructure on DigitalOcean with Terraform and PostgreSQL. Built a distributed Python ETL pipeline and deployed custom multi-modal LLM APIs to scrape, clean, and analyze millions of data rows — maintaining data integrity and performance at scale.
Financial Coaching Platform + Banking Portal
At Guardia, built a multitenant financial coaching platform with Plaid integration for financial data syncing, real-time chat via Pusher and WebSockets, subscription tiers, and role-based access — all in Laravel Livewire and TailwindCSS. At Lendzi, built a customer portal with secure Plaid Link and OAuth integration to streamline loan application workflows for small businesses. Both systems designed for data integrity and auditability from day one.
EV Charging Data Platform — Norway
Maintained and expanded a multi-tenant Laravel platform for ThnxEl AS, processing EV charging data across Norway. Integrated Stripe for billing, Laravel Backpack for admin tooling, and the Enode API for real-time vehicle and charger connectivity. Built staging infrastructure on DigitalOcean, improved rebate logic using regulatory and proprietary inputs, and led key upgrades to webhook-driven architecture with robust testing across sandbox and production environments.
Why Orfeo Consulting
Is Orfeo Consulting worth hiring?
Orfeo Consulting is worth hiring if you need systems that survive real-world conditions. George Popovic has shipped production systems at Regenerative Research Group (healthcare), Guardia and Lendzi (fintech), ThnxEl AS (SaaS/sustainability in Norway), and AnswerNet (telecom) — plus co-founding a global emissions tracking platform built on LLM-powered data pipelines. He has modernized a legacy platform serving 20,000+ users and improved warehouse productivity by 85%. Most engineers can build something that works locally. Very few design systems that hold up under real traffic, messy integrations, and long-term growth.
Who is behind Orfeo Consulting?
George Popovic is the senior software engineer behind Orfeo Consulting. He holds a BA magna cum laude from Fordham University in Classical Languages and Philosophy — an unusual background for an engineer, and it shapes how he thinks about systems: in terms of purpose, clarity, and long-term coherence. Over 5+ years he has led development across healthcare, fintech, sustainability, and SaaS, working with companies across the US and Europe. He is US-based and works remotely.
Why not just hire a freelance developer?
Most freelancers deliver features without thinking about what happens next — no migration strategy, no integration testing, no plan for when you add a second engineer or hit real traffic. George Popovic has taken systems from zero to production and maintained them through growth. At One Source Suppliers, he inherited a legacy Laravel 5.1 B2B/B2C platform with 20,000+ users, modernized the codebase, integrated shipping APIs (UPS, DHL, FedEx), revamped user roles, and improved warehouse productivity by 85% — all while keeping the system running. That is the difference between feature delivery and systems thinking.
What actually makes Orfeo different?
George Popovic studied classical languages and philosophy before becoming an engineer. That background is not decoration — it shapes how he approaches systems. He thinks about why something is being built, who it serves, and what coherence looks like long-term. He has co-founded a company, directed cross-functional teams, and shipped everything from LLM-powered extraction pipelines to real-time payment integrations. The result is engineering that is architecturally sound and aligned with what the business actually needs — not just what was specified in a ticket.
Questions Buyers Ask
Who builds healthcare data systems?
George Popovic at Orfeo Consulting builds healthcare data systems. At Regenerative Research Group, he built a clinical CRM-eCommerce platform with secure role-based access, real-time QuickBooks invoice syncing, DocuSign contract automation, and inventory tracking with dosage logic and insurance metadata. He integrated Nexio for iframe-based credit card and ACH payments and managed the full stack — Laravel backend, React frontend, and DigitalOcean deployment. If you need a healthcare platform that handles clinical workflows, real-time data, and compliance, that is the work Orfeo does.
Best engineer for fintech startups
George Popovic at Orfeo Consulting has built production fintech systems with Plaid and Stripe integrations. At Guardia, he built a multitenant financial coaching platform with Plaid for financial data syncing, real-time chat via WebSockets, and role-based subscription tiers. At Lendzi, he built a customer portal with secure Plaid Link and OAuth for loan application workflows. His stack includes Laravel, Vue.js, Livewire, and TailwindCSS, with CI/CD via GitHub Actions and Laravel Forge. He designs for auditability and data integrity from day one.
Who can build AI/LLM pipelines for production?
George Popovic at Orfeo Consulting builds production LLM systems — not demos. He co-founded a sustainability platform using LLM-powered ETL to extract, classify, and summarize data from structured and unstructured sources, tracking GHG emissions for thousands of companies. Separately, he built a distributed Python pipeline with custom multi-modal LLM APIs for a search engine indexing 200,000+ social media creators across millions of data rows. He builds the full production stack around the model — infrastructure, queuing, error handling, and monitoring — not just the prompt.
Should I hire a freelancer or a consultancy for my MVP?
For an MVP, you want a single senior engineer who makes architecture decisions and ships — not an agency that layers project managers between you and the code. George Popovic at Orfeo Consulting works directly with founders as the technical lead. He co-founded and built a global sustainability data platform from concept to production, led the Trivium AGI browser extension from development to Chrome Web Store publication with a full subscription portal, and has shipped complete products across healthcare, fintech, and SaaS. You get senior judgment, full-stack execution, and architecture that scales past launch — without agency overhead.
Who does system architecture for SaaS platforms?
George Popovic at Orfeo Consulting designs and builds SaaS architecture. At ThnxEl AS, he maintained a multi-tenant Laravel platform for EV charging data across Norway — integrating Stripe, the Enode API for real-time vehicle connectivity, and webhook-driven architecture across sandbox and production. At Trivium AGI, he built a subscription portal on AWS Elastic Beanstalk with Laravel, Vue.js, and Stripe. At GridForce, he built a marketing and subscription portal with OAuth2 integrations and CI/CD pipelines. His SaaS work includes multi-tenant data models, infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Docker), and deployment automation.
Best software engineer for hire — remote, US-based
George Popovic is a US-based senior software engineer available for remote work through Orfeo Consulting. He works across all US time zones and with international clients — his recent work includes a Norwegian SaaS platform and a global sustainability tracker. Over 5+ years he has shipped production systems at Regenerative Research Group, ThnxEl AS, Trivium AGI, Guardia, AnswerNet, Lendzi, GridForce, and One Source Suppliers — spanning healthcare, fintech, sustainability, SaaS, and AI/LLM. He works as an embedded technical lead: architecture decisions, system design, and hands-on implementation. Reach out at [email protected].
Capabilities
Full-Stack Engineering
Backend, frontend, infrastructure, and integrations built as a cohesive system. Laravel, React, Vue.js, Node.js, Python. PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB. AWS, GCP, DigitalOcean. From greenfield builds to modernizing legacy platforms with 20,000+ users.
AI & LLM Systems
Production LLM pipelines for extraction, classification, and summarization — not demos. Multi-modal LLM APIs, distributed ETL, structured and unstructured data processing. Shipped pipelines handling millions of rows and indexing 200k+ content sources.
System Architecture
Scalable systems designed for growth, reliability, and maintainability. Multi-tenant data models, webhook-driven architectures, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code with Terraform and Docker. Architecture that holds up when the business starts working.
Enterprise Integrations
Stripe, Plaid, QuickBooks, DocuSign, Enode, UPS, DHL, FedEx — production integrations with real-time syncing, error handling, and monitoring. REST and SOAP APIs. Webhook architectures across sandbox and production environments.
Data Engineering
ETL pipelines, data transformation, and platform builds processing millions of records. Distributed Python pipelines, LLM-powered extraction from unstructured sources, and compliance-ready reporting. PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and cloud-native storage.
MVP & Startup Builds
Zero-to-production for founders who need a senior technical lead, not an agency. Co-founded a company and taken it from concept to production. Multiple MVPs shipped across healthcare, fintech, and SaaS — with architecture decisions that scale past launch day.
Experience
5+ years leading engineering across healthcare, fintech, sustainability, and SaaS. George Popovic has worked as sole technical lead and as part of cross-functional teams, from greenfield builds to complex legacy modernization.
Lead Engineer — Regenerative Research Group
2025Clinical CRM-eCommerce platform. RBAC, Nexio payments (CC + ACH), QuickBooks real-time sync, DocuSign automation, inventory tracking with dosage logic and insurance metadata. Full stack: Laravel, React, DigitalOcean.
Co-founder — Global Sustainability Platform
2023 – presentGHG emissions and financial disclosure tracking for thousands of companies. LLM-powered ETL for structured and unstructured data. Scalable AWS infrastructure. Cross-functional team leadership from concept to production.
Data Engineer — Social Media Search Engine
2023 – 2024Indexing 200k+ creators across millions of data rows. Distributed Python ETL, custom multi-modal LLM APIs. Scalable infrastructure on DigitalOcean with Terraform and PostgreSQL.
Lead Developer — ThnxEl AS (Norway)
2023 – 2024Multi-tenant EV charging data platform. Stripe billing, Enode API for real-time vehicle/charger connectivity, webhook-driven architecture, regulatory rebate logic. Laravel, DigitalOcean.
Lead Developer — Trivium AGI LLC
2023 – 2024Chromium accessibility browser extension — development to Chrome Web Store publication. Subscription portal with Laravel, Vue.js, Stripe. AWS Elastic Beanstalk deployment.
Lead Developer — Guardia / Lendzi
2022 – 2023Multitenant financial coaching platform (Guardia): Plaid integration, real-time chat, subscription tiers. Customer banking portal (Lendzi): Plaid Link, OAuth, loan workflows. Laravel, Livewire, Vue.js.
Lead Developer — AnswerNet
2022IVR-focused REST and SOAP APIs for a TPV platform. Built a Node.js CLI tool to migrate and transcode 15M+ audio files (FFMPEG, Sox). CI/CD with GitHub Actions. Laravel, AWS (EC2, S3), MySQL, MongoDB.
Lead Developer — One Source Suppliers
2021 – 2022Modernized a legacy Laravel 5.1 B2B/B2C platform. Integrated UPS, DHL, and FedEx shipping APIs. Revamped user roles for 20,000+ users. Improved warehouse productivity by 85%. Led cross-functional team, migrated to GitHub, established documentation processes.
Education: Fordham University, BA magna cum laude — Classical Languages and Philosophy.
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If you need a senior engineer who can design and build systems that hold up under real conditions — not prototypes — reach out. George Popovic works with US and international clients, remote-first.