Pierre Colart

Senior AI/ML Engineer / Solution

Senior AI & Solution Engineer with 9+ years of experience designing secure systems and driving AI strategy. I lead POCs through to production and deploy responsible AI in regulated environments (SOC 2, GDPR), turning complex technical concepts into clear business value for non-technical stakeholders.

Experience

Passbolt

Status: present

Senior AI/ML Engineer / Solution

2022 — present4 yrs

Open-source password management solution used by governments and large organizations

Spearheaded the internal AI strategy, developing and deploying applications to optimize developer workflows and streamline internal operations.
Engineered a Generative AI-driven data collection engine to train, refine and deploy robust autofill and anti-phishing models from scratch.
Directed advanced cybersecurity initiatives, including AI-driven penetration testing and the automation of SOC 2 compliance audits using autonomous AI agents.
Architected and built the Windows application with native UWP, then upgraded it to Tauri 2.
Developed secure browser extensions with advanced cryptography using Node.js and a React-based component library.
Managed engineering teams and collaborated with product stakeholders to align AI initiatives with user needs and business objectives.

TypeScript
Node.js
React
Rust
Tauri
Generative AI

ColartBe

Freelance — Project delivery

2017 — 20258 yrs

End-to-end delivery for European institutions, startups and SMEs

Eight years of engagements taken from scoping through to production, with full ownership: architecture, development, deployment and handover to the client’s team.
Two main areas: AI applied to sensitive data for European institutions, and connected systems for consumer products.
Sole technical counterpart for non-technical business teams, from the first scoping workshop through to acceptance testing.

React
React Native
AdonisJS
TensorFlow
Mistral AI
IoT

Miind

Solution Architect

2022 — 20221 yr

National customs delivery system

Developed software solutions for national customs (Spring, Angular).
Designed the solution architecture and cloud infrastructure.
Java team lead and technical decision-maker for a team of 8 developers.

Java
Spring
Angular
Cloud

Luxhub

Solution Architect

2020 — 20222 yrs

Open-banking infrastructure for financial institutions

Designed and led PSD2-compliant payment applications (Java, Spring Boot, Vue.js).
Architected API marketplace transactions.
Developed Anti-Money Laundering (AML) models.
Defined integration and security standards in collaboration with client institutions.
Supervised a team of five developers, ensuring delivery, compliance and uptime of critical banking systems.

Java
Spring Boot
Vue.js
PSD2

Positive Thinking Company

Full-stack Engineer

2018 — 20202 yrs

Investment fund calculation and ingestion systems

Technical lead for an internal team of 10 Java/JavaScript developers.
Conducted technical interviews and established hiring standards.
Architected the fund calculation engine (Angular, .NET, Vue.js) — Kneip engagement.
Developed the fund import/export engine (Angular, .NET, Vue.js) — Kneip engagement.

Java
JavaScript
Angular
.NET
Vue.js

Projects⁵

European Commission — Sovereign RAG agentfeatured

Secure local deployment of a large-scale RAG system over sensitive documents

Designed and deployed a large-scale RAG agent built on open-source models (Mistral AI) and vector databases.

The architecture processes highly sensitive documents while guaranteeing strict GDPR and SOC 2 compliance: all processing stays local / on-premise, with no data leaving the infrastructure.

Mistral AI
Vector databases
RAG
On-premise

European Commission — Secure video conferencingfeatured

Real-time platform embedded in a classified channel

Built a real-time video conferencing platform embedded into a classified communication channel.

WebRTC
Real-time
Security

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2026This site — markdown content, continuous deployment

Bilingual static site generated from markdown files validated by a Zod schema. Every push to main triggers the build and publish. A print stylesheet produces a clean PDF from the same source.

Astro
React
Tailwind
GitLab CI

Source code

Cinextra — Ticketing and venue automation

Website, cash registry and IoT-driven screening control

Website and cash registry system.
Venue automation through IoT devices.
Screening forecasting model to support programming decisions.

Web
IoT
Forecasting

Domecho — Smart-home AI platform

Home automation predictions, OCR and visual analysis models

TensorFlow models for home automation predictions, alongside OCR and visual analysis models.
Integration of Zigbee and Z-Wave IoT devices.
Responsive web application (React, AdonisJS) and mobile app (React Native).

TensorFlow
React
React Native
AdonisJS
Zigbee
Z-Wave

Education

Generative AI for Cybersecurity Specialization

Jul 2026

Institution: LearnQuest

Cyber Security with AI Specialization

2025 — 2026

Institution: Macquarie University

Deep Learning Specialization

2023

Institution: Stanford University

Bachelor of Computer Science

2014 — 2018

Institution: HELMo — Liège, Belgium

Certifications

AI Agents for Cybersecurity

Jan 2026

Issuer: Starweaver
Credential ID: Credential ID : A9JTQTYAQUEQ

Google Cybersecurity Professional Certificate

Jan 2024

Issuer: Google
Credential ID: Credential ID : 186ef7aaae358de22c0c3764f03b49d5

TensorFlow Developer Professional Certificate

Jul 2023

Issuer: DeepLearning.AI
Credential ID: Credential ID : DHWZJ5GS8V7S

Skills

Backend

TypeScript
Java
Rust
C#
Python

Frontend

React
Angular
Vue.js

ML / AI

TensorFlow
PyTorch
RAG systems
LangChain
Vertex AI
Mistral Forge
Ollama

Security

SOC 2 / GDPR compliance
Cryptography
Risk analysis
Zero-trust architecture

Cloud & data

Vector databases
Azure
Google Cloud
Docker
CI/CD

Languages

French — native
English — fluent (B2)
Dutch — basic