Anxhelo Lushka giving a speech at ApacheCon Europe 2019
Anxhelo Lushka giving a speech at ApacheCon Europe 2019

About

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I’m Anxhelo Lushka, a DevOps Engineer, UX/UI Developer, and Open Source Advocate with a background in computer engineering. My work focuses on building secure, reliable, and privacy-respecting systems, optimizing CI/CD pipelines, and designing accessible and performant web experiences. You’ll also find me online at angelo.al and anxhelo.al.

I’m a longtime open-source contributor and have been actively involved in projects like Fedora, LibreOffice, OpenStreetMap, Open Source Design, and many more. As a Fedora Ambassador and an ex-member of The Document Foundation, I advocate for transparency, human rights, and ethical technology through public speaking, workshops, and mentorship.

From 2016 to 2023, I was a core member of Open Labs Hackerspace, the first hackerspace in Albania, where I helped promote open-source software, digital rights, and free knowledge. Over the past eight years, I’ve organized and participated in dozens of international tech events, including:

  • OSCAL (Open Source Conference Albania)
  • LibreOffice Conference
  • Linux Weekend
  • Many other meetups, hackathons, and privacy-focused workshops

Professional Experience

These days, I’m the CTO at American Labs Inc., working across product and AI engineering. My own business and client work runs through ueb.al, my web design and development agency, where I help startups, NGOs, and enterprises build robust, scalable, and privacy-conscious solutions. Alongside these, I work as a web developer and system administrator at Ura Design.

Previously, I worked as a DevOps Engineer at GlobaLeaks and Rubik Technologies, where I focused on infrastructure security, automation, and cloud-native deployments for mission-critical applications.

More About Me

I hold a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Tirana and am fluent in Albanian, English, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese. I have a C2 (bilingual) English proficiency, certified by an IELTS 8.5 score.

In my free time, I enjoy traveling, astrophysics, photography, and music, while continuing to contribute to open-source communities.

Contact

You can contact me through various services. A few of them are listed below. Keep in mind I don’t use encrypted emails (GPG/PGP), so if you want a more secure way to contact me, use the other apps.