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Brett Smith

@brettsmith

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Senior Full Stack and AI Engineer building scalable, production-ready web and AI systems.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I seek a role building scalable AI-enabled web products with strong engineering practices, team leadership, and opportunities to own end-to-end systems.

I am a Senior Full Stack and AI Engineer with over 11 years of experience designing and delivering high-quality web and AI-powered applications. I focus on building scalable, secure, and user-focused products that turn complex ideas into reliable solutions.

I have developed end-to-end applications integrating OpenAI and Hugging Face, built ML models with TensorFlow and PyTorch, and implemented vector search and semantic retrieval using LangChain and Pinecone. I regularly deploy microservices and data pipelines across AWS, Azure, and GCP using Docker, Kubernetes, and Terraform.

My front-end work emphasizes performance and UX using React, Next.js, Svelte, Tailwind CSS, and modern SSR techniques, while back-end systems leverage Node.js, Django, FastAPI, and robust API/security patterns like OAuth2 and JWT. I also automate workflows and CI/CD, and have explored AI–blockchain convergence with smart contract deployments.

I lead and mentor teams, adopt Agile/TDD practices, and prioritize production readiness, observability, and data protection to deliver measurable business impact and reliable, maintainable systems.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Senior Software Engineer

NexWEB

May 2022 - Oct 2025 (3 years 5 months)

Developed end-to-end web and AI applications integrating OpenAI and Hugging Face APIs with React, Next.js, and Node.js; architected microservices and data pipelines across AWS, Azure, and GCP to ensure scalable, production-grade systems.

React Next.js Node OpenAI TensorFlow Docker Kubernetes Terraform AWS

Full Stack Engineer

Reco Universal LLC

Jun 2019 - Apr 2022 (2 years 10 months)

Built and deployed scalable React/Next.js applications and integrated OpenAI GPT, LangChain and Pinecone for semantic retrieval; implemented ML workflows with TensorFlow and FastAPI and managed cloud infrastructure across AWS, Azure, and GCP.

React Next.js TypeScript OpenAI Lang Chain Pinecone TensorFlow fastAPI Docker

Full Stack Engineer

Codoxo

Dec 2017 - May 2019 (1 year 5 months)

Delivered high-performance web applications using Laravel, React, Vue and Angular; modernized legacy systems, built backend services with Django/Flask/Node.js, and improved CI/CD and testing practices to increase reliability.

Laravel React Vue.Js Angular Django Flask Node AWS Docker

Full Stack Developer

Teradata

May 2014 - Nov 2017 (3 years 6 months)

Developed enterprise applications with Java Spring Boot, Angular and React; built RESTful APIs and microservices, managed CI/CD with Jenkins, and architected SQL/NoSQL databases for scalable data solutions.