2013 — 2015
Severon
Founder & CEO
Led product direction, partnerships, and mobile and web development.
ABOUT/CURRICULUM VITAE
Marek
Salurand.
Software engineer.
Creative technologist.
From an idea to something that works.
Building across software, design, and the physical world.
Based in Estonia · Building since 2012
Experience
01 / THE JOURNEY- Jun 2020 — presentCURRENT
Civitta
Senior Software Developer
Tallinn, Estonia · Hybrid
- Jun 2019 — Oct 2024
Unsinkable Robotics
Co-founder & Software Lead
Making the underwater world more accessible through robotics. Product development, software and hardware integration, machine vision, and communications.
ESA BIC · Northstar accelerator
- Dec 2015 — Jul 2017
Nunix
Developer
Mobile apps, games, and websites. From native experiences to playful interactions built with SpriteKit and Unity.
Earlier chapters 2012 — 2015
2012 — 2014
App Development Company
CTO
Led mobile development, project delivery, system architecture, and UI/UX.
2013
Tallinna Tudengipäevad
Web Developer
Responsive web development, mobile photo uploads, and a refreshed visual identity.
2012 — 2013
Estonian Student Unions
IT Specialist
Web development, server administration, and IT support.
Selected work
02 / IN PRACTICESoftware × hardware
Underwater robotics
Software, machine vision, and connected hardware for autonomous underwater exploration at Unsinkable Robotics.
Mobile products
Apps for everyday life
Food Express, the EBS student app, Kalamees, and Rannailm — making food, study information, and the outdoors easier to navigate.
Ongoing exploration
Independent projects
DevMark, Synergone, and a growing collection of apps, tools, and small experiments.
ALSO WORKED ON
- SnowAI
- HUUM
- 3D digital paint factory
- VaccineGuard
- NEOM City
- Olerex
- Coop Bank
- Tallinn Student Days
- Pixel Run 1 & 2
- Grave Guardian
- WatchOS Universal Radio
Technical expertise
03 / THE TOOLKIT- AI engineering
- LLMs
- AI agents
- RAG & retrieval
- Multimodal AI
- Local models
- AI workflow automation
- Machine learning & vision
- Machine learning
- Deep learning
- CNNs (convolutional neural networks)
- Computer vision
- Machine vision
- MLOps & delivery
- MLOps
- Model training & evaluation
- Deployment & inference
- Docker
- Jupyter
- Hardware & robotics
- Robotics
- Embedded systems
- IoT
- Sensors
- RFID
- Digital twins
- Software–hardware integration
- Software development
- Python
- TypeScript
- JavaScript
- React
- Next.js
- React Native
- Swift
- C#
- SQL
- Product & prototyping
- UI/UX
- Rapid prototyping
- Creative coding
- Unity
- SpriteKit
Background
04 / FOUNDATIONSEDUCATION & COMMUNITY
TalTech
Studies in Information Technology and Business Information Technology at Tallinn University of Technology.
TTÜ Robotics Club Software developer · 2018 — 2020
RECOGNITION WITH UNSINKABLE ROBOTICS
2020
Flow Maritime AcceleratorThird place
2020
AjujahtTop 7
2019
PrototronSecond place · spring programme
