Arielle Ostankova

About

BaseMunich / Berlin
AI & ToolsClaude, n8n, Notion, Openclaw
FrontendReactJS (Typescript / ES6+)
BackendNodeJs / Python
CloudAWS / GCloud
LanguagesEng, Ger, Ukr, Rus
E-mailarielle@ostankov.com

Software architect, startup founder, and AI automation specialist with 20+ years building digital products end-to-end - from system design and team leadership to hands-on development.

Currently AI Architect at BurdaForward, one of Germany's largest digital publishers, and founder of ArtwareStudio - an AI software agency building websites, automations, and agentic workflows. Core expertise spans AI architecture and agentic systems, frontend architecture (React / TypeScript), and full-stack delivery - turning complex AI capabilities into practical business tools.

What I Do

AI Software, Automation & Agentic Flows

Through ArtwareStudio: websites, workflow automation, and agentic systems that do the work for you

WebsitesAI AutomationAgentic WorkflowsAI AgentsClauden8nBusiness Process Automation

Technical Leadership / CTO

Architecture decisions, team building, and technical strategy from startup to scale

CTO as a ServiceTechnical StrategyTeam LeadershipStartup AdvisoryProduct DevelopmentScaling

Frontend Architecture & Full-Stack

Building performant, maintainable web applications with modern frameworks across the entire stack

ReactTypeScriptNode.jsPythonAWSGCloudDesign SystemsServerless

Projects

Own ventures and side projects

BurdaForward

AI architecture for BUNTE.de, CHIP.de and more brands.

AI Architect (contract). LLM + AI Automation + TypeScript + Python

ArtwareStudio

AI software agency - websites, automations, agentic workflows.

Founder. AI Agents + Next.js + n8n + Claude

Liltra

AI pronunciation coach.

Founder. AI/ML + Speech Recognition + React + Next.js

Building Radar

ML and NLP powered app for lead generation in construction industry.

Co-Founder, CTO. Python + ML + NLP + Crawling

All.Pics

Serverless album sharing web app.

ReactJS + GCloud + Firebase

Civs.IO

Browser Strategy Game

Typescript + ReactJS + PixiJS + Websockets

Talks

Ideas worth saying out loud

A 10-minute talk

The Sand Talks Back

A 10-minute pitch on why intelligence might not be something we create, but the feedback loop of matter becoming complex enough to notice itself.

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A founder talk

10x Yourself with AI

A tour of the five ways AI works for you — think, build, connect, store, orchestrate — and a five-day plan to ship your first automation this week.

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Pre-seed pitch · 2026

Liltra

The pre-seed pitch for Liltra — why pronunciation coaching is suddenly possible, why actors first, and the path from 17 actors who love it to 500 who pay for it.

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Experience

From hands-on developer through software architect to CTO and founder

May 2026 - current

BurdaForward

Contract, AI Architect

Contract

AI architecture for one of Germany's largest digital publishers (BUNTE.de, CHIP.de) - designing and building AI systems and workflows across the product landscape.

AI ArchitectureLLMAI AutomationTypeScriptPythonCloudDigital Publishing

2026 - current

ArtwareStudio

Founder, AI Software Agency

Founder

AI software agency in Munich. Websites, workflow automation, and agentic systems for small and mid-sized businesses - built with AI, delivered in days.

AI AgentsAgentic WorkflowsAI Automationn8nClaudeNext.jsSEOAgency

2025 - current

Liltra

Founder, AI/ML Engineer

Founder

AI pronunciation coach. Building speech recognition and AI feedback systems.

AISpeech RecognitionMachine LearningReactNext.jsStartupProduct Development

Jan 2025 - Aug 2025

Native Instruments

Contract, Senior Frontend Developer & Architect

Contract

Frontend architecture and development for music production software.

ReactTypeScriptFrontend ArchitectureDesktop AppMusic Tech

Jan 2023 - Jan 2025

Scheidt & Bachmann

Contract, Senior Frontend Developer & Architect

Contract

Internal tool-chain for data generation - Desktop React app.

ReactTypeScriptJestCypressMobxNode.jsJSON FormsMaterial-UI

Mar 2022 - Jan 2023

Roche

Contract, Senior Frontend Developer & Architect

Contract

Embedded Web Application for medical devices - Greenfield architecture and development.

ReactTypeScriptMedical DevicesGreenfieldGraphQLKeycloakMobx

Jan 2020 - Mar 2022

German Edge Cloud

Contract, Senior Frontend Architect

Contract

Industry 4.0: Factory digitalization - React application featuring heavy WebGL graphics.

ReactTypeScriptIndustry 4.0IoTWebGLUnity3DFrontend Architecture

Feb 2019 - Jan 2020

Muenchener Hypothekenbank

Contract, Senior Frontend Developer

Contract

Banking internal calculations app based on modern tech-stack as React Web App.

ReactTypeScriptReduxBankingFrontendFintech

Apr 2018 - Feb 2019

Constructor IO

US Remote Contract, Full-Stack Developer

Contract

Searchbox as a Service. JS, React, Micro-services, AWS, Python, Data Science.

ReactPythonAWSMicroservicesNLPFull-StackSearch

Jun 2017 - Apr 2020

ALL.PICS

Founder, Full-Stack Dev

Founder

Serverless photo sharing platform in NodeJS + ReactJS. Bootstrapped to hundreds of users as 1-person team.

ReactNode.jsServerlessGCloudFirebaseImage RecognitionWebSockets

May 2018 - Feb 2019

Civs.IO

Founder, Full-Stack Dev

Founder

Solo-developed online browser strategy game. ReactJS + PixiJS + ExpressJS + Websockets.

ReactPixiJSTypeScriptWebSocketsGame DevelopmentExpress.js

Nov 2016 - Apr 2018

Scout24

US Remote Contract, Full-Stack Developer

Contract

Full-stack web development with Scala, JS, AWS and micro-services.

ScalaJavaScriptAWSMicroservicesFull-StackReact

Apr 2015 - Oct 2016

Building Radar Gmbh

Co-Founder, CTO

Founder

CTO, responsibility for the technical side of the company. Building technology from scratch and scaling that up in terms of users, data size and tech team. Started as 3 co-founders and grown that up to 20+ people, terabytes of data and many happy costumers.

PythonMachine LearningNLPWeb CrawlingBig DataHadoopSparkCTOTeam Building

Feb 2014 - Apr 2015