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Michael Jones

@michaeljones4

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Senior Python engineer building AI-enabled backend and full-stack systems.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I seek a role building production AI-enabled systems and APIs where I can lead cross-functional engineering, ship measurable product improvements, and apply observability and experimentation to scale impact.

I am a senior engineer with 10+ years building Python backend systems, AI-enabled products, and full-stack web applications that run at scale. I specialize in LLM integrations, RAG pipelines, production-grade APIs, experimentation frameworks, and delivering measurable product impact.

I have led cross-functional projects from prototype to production, improving task-completion and relevance metrics, reducing hallucinations, and increasing delivery velocity. I prioritize observability, TDD, and collaboration to turn ambiguous product ideas into reliable, measurable systems.

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Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Senior / Staff Python Engineer

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Amazon

Jun 2022 - Present (3 years 8 months)

Designed and built Python backend services and LLM/RAG pipelines for AI-driven product features used by 120k+ monthly users, reducing hallucinations ~38% and improving task-completion rates 22%. Scaled APIs to support ~8M AI-powered requests/month and cut feature delivery time ~30% via BFF patterns.

Python fastAPI RAG PostgreSQL Vector Databases GraphQL React AWS

Senior Software Engineer

Celegence LLC

Oct 2017 - May 2022 (4 years 7 months)

Led development of AI-assisted product features using Python and LLMs, implementing RAG architectures that increased answer relevance ~35% and building experimentation platforms for 15+ product experiments that informed roadmap decisions.

Python RAG React TypeScript Next.js Elasticsearch AWS A B Testing

Software Engineer

Universal Orlando Resort

Oct 2014 - Aug 2017 (2 years 10 months)

Built data-driven enterprise applications and Elasticsearch indexing systems for platforms serving millions, reducing search response times ~45% and migrating legacy systems to service-oriented architectures to cut integration effort ~30%.

Angular C++ASP.NET Elasticsearch PostgreSQL GCP TDD Observability

Frontend Engineer

Orlando Health

Dec 2012 - Sep 2014 (1 year 9 months)

Built responsive, data-intensive UIs for clinical and operational teams, instrumented frontends to increase analytics coverage ~50%, and refactored legacy codebases to modern stacks, improving page load times ~35%.

Angular Express PHP MySQL MongoDB Responsive Design