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Michael Taylor

Senior AI Software Engineer / Full-stack / Cloud-native systems

11+ years building production software across enterprise AI, RAG systems, healthcare, B2B commerce, Android, cloud infrastructure, and distributed applications.

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RAG · REACT · FASTAPI
Michael Taylor Full-stack engineer focused on AI, product, and reliability.
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about

Building systems that are useful before they are impressive.

I work across product, architecture, backend, frontend, cloud, and AI workflows - with a strong bias toward production quality, maintainable systems, and measurable business value.

I’m a Senior AI Full-stack Engineer specializing in production AI systems, scalable web platforms, distributed services, and cloud-native architecture.

My recent work includes enterprise RAG, semantic retrieval, AI-assisted content generation, healthcare knowledge systems, SAP-connected commerce, and smart-home mobile applications.

I’m comfortable owning systems end-to-end - from architecture and APIs to UI, infrastructure, authentication, observability, and delivery workflows.

engineering-principles.md
  • →Ground AI in real retrieval and system context
  • →Design failure modes before users hit them
  • →Measure quality with telemetry and observability
  • →Ship product, not demos
projects

Case-study work built from real product experience

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Enterprise Education AI Platform
Viget · 2023 - Present

Enterprise Education AI Platform

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AI learning platform for tutoring, content generation, and retrieval-based knowledge support.

  • Hybrid RAG with Azure OpenAI, LlamaIndex, Pinecone, and Elasticsearch.
  • FastAPI services for chat, documents, course content, and quizzes.
Azure OpenAIRAGFastAPIReactAKS
Generative AI Healthcare Platform
thoughtbot · 2021 - 2023

Generative AI Healthcare Platform

Case study ↗

Secure healthcare AI workspace for document search, knowledge access, and prompt-driven workflows.

  • Backend APIs with Python, Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, and OpenAI integrations.
  • Retrieval + search across internal healthcare documents and reusable prompt workflows.
PythonRuby on RailsOpenAIElasticsearchAWS
Honeywell myAutomation Modernization
Honeywell · 2019 - 2021

myAutomation E-commerce Modernization

Ecommerce ↗

Enterprise B2B commerce platform for ordering, catalog search, checkout, and SAP-connected workflows.

  • Catalog, quick order, cart, checkout, and order-history flows with React and Java.
  • SAP S/4HANA, OData, async orchestration, Redis, and Elasticsearch.
ReactTypeScriptJavaSpring BootSAP
Honeywell Home Android Application
Honeywell · 2015 - 2019

Honeywell Home Android Application

App page ↗

Smart-home Android app for thermostat control, scheduling, secure access, and device-state sync.

  • Kotlin + Android Jetpack + MVVM for smart-home mobile architecture.
  • Retrofit, OAuth 2.0, Room, WorkManager, Coroutines, and LiveData.
KotlinAndroidMVVMRoomWorkManager
experience

Selected experience

Senior AI Software Engineer @ Viget 12/2023 — Present
Falls Church, VA · enterprise education AI

Built a secure AI education platform for personalized tutoring, content generation, knowledge retrieval, and AI-powered student workflows.

  • Designed hybrid RAG architecture for accurate, context-aware responses.
  • Built modular services using FastAPI, Azure OpenAI, LlamaIndex, Pinecone, and Elasticsearch.
  • Deployed cloud-native workloads on AKS with Terraform, CI/CD, and observability.
Azure OpenAILlamaIndexPineconeFastAPIAKSGrafana
AI Software Engineer @ thoughtbot 11/2021 — 11/2023
Boston, MA · healthcare AI platform

Developed a healthcare AI platform for document intelligence, natural-language interaction, workflow automation, and knowledge assistance.

  • Built backend APIs with Python, Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL for conversations, prompts, and workflows.
  • Implemented RAG across internal healthcare content using vector retrieval and search.
  • Shipped reusable UI, prompt management, conversation history, and AWS / Docker deployment workflows.
PythonRuby on RailsOpenAI APIPostgreSQLElasticsearchAWS
Senior Software Engineer @ Honeywell 02/2019 — 10/2021
Charlotte, NC · B2B ecommerce modernization

Modernized legacy ordering and customer-portal workflows into a unified enterprise commerce experience.

  • Built product catalog, quick order, saved cart, checkout, and order tracking using React, TypeScript, Java, Spring Boot.
  • Integrated SAP S/4HANA and OData services for pricing, inventory, orders, and invoices.
  • Added async processing, retries, idempotency, Redis, Elasticsearch, Kubernetes, and observability.
ReactTypeScriptJavaSpring BootSAPOpenTelemetry
Software Engineer @ Honeywell 11/2015 — 02/2019
Charlotte, NC · Android smart-home application

Developed Android mobile features for thermostat control, schedules, secure sessions, sync reliability, and smart-home interactions.

  • Built dashboards and scheduling flows using Kotlin, Android Jetpack, and MVVM.
  • Integrated secure auth and device communication with Retrofit, OkHttp, OAuth 2.0.
  • Implemented offline-first support with Room, WorkManager, Coroutines, and LiveData.
KotlinAndroid JetpackMVVMRoomWorkManagerEspresso
skills

Toolbox

Frontend

React.js / Next.js / TypeScriptadvanced
JavaScript ES6+ / HTML5 / CSS3advanced
React Query / React Hook Formadvanced
Angular / Vue / Apolloadvanced

Backend

Python / FastAPIadvanced
Java / Spring Boot / Spring Data JPAadvanced
C# / Ruby / Ruby on Rails / Goadvanced
REST APIs / GraphQL / Microservicesexpert

AI & LLM

Azure OpenAI / OpenAI APIadvanced
RAG / LangChain / LlamaIndexadvanced
Pinecone / Elasticsearch / Vector Databasesadvanced
Semantic Search / Hybrid Search / Prompt Engineeringadvanced

Cloud & DevOps

Microsoft Azure / Azure OpenAI Service / AKSadvanced
AWS / GCP / Docker / Kubernetesadvanced
Terraform / GitHub Actions / ArgoCD / CI/CDadvanced
Prometheus / Grafana / Datadog / OpenTelemetryadvanced

Enterprise Integration

SAP S/4HANA / ODataadvanced
Asynchronous Messagingadvanced
Idempotent Processing / Retry Patternsadvanced
Dead-Letter Queuesadvanced

Android

Kotlin / Android Jetpack / MVVMadvanced
Repository Pattern / Coroutines / LiveDataadvanced
Retrofit / OkHttp / Room / WorkManageradvanced
Android Keystore / Gradleadvanced

Testing & Security

JUnit / Mockito / Espresso / AndroidX Testadvanced
OAuth 2.0 / OpenID Connect / JWTadvanced
Microsoft Entra ID / RBACadvanced
Git / Secure Application Practicesadvanced
PostgreSQLRedisTemporalGPT ModelsClaudeGeminiPresidioLangfuse
education

Foundation

B.S. in Computer Science

Southern Methodist University

2011 — 2015