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Michael Sargent

@michaelsargent

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I build .NET systems, automation, and AI tools for regulated financial, healthcare, defense, and federal environments.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I'm seeking a full-time senior engineering role where I can apply deep .NET, cloud, automation, and regulated-systems experience with ownership and direct team and business impact.

I build production .NET systems and automation for organizations including First Franklin, the Veterans Health Administration, Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina, and the U.S. Department of State.

At Blue Cross Blue Shield of SC, I helped deliver a security-audit evidence collection system in six weeks with a 2.5-person team, replacing a three-month estimate. At First Franklin, I re-engineered loan export middleware with Azure Functions and introduced Git-based source control and development standards for SaaS JavaScript and Power BI reporting.

I'm currently building Lamp Light Labs, including a production RAG-based job search intelligence tool using React, TypeScript, Anthropic Claude, OpenAI GPT, Azure, and GitHub Actions. I assess the problem, communicate honestly, and deliver.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Founder

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Lamp Light Labs

Oct 2025 - Present (11 months)

Built a production AI engineering portfolio to develop fluency in modern AI patterns while seeking a full-time senior engineering role. Developed a RAG pipeline job search intelligence tool and deployed to Azure with CI/CD.

Anthropic Claude SDK OpenAI GPTs Microsoft Semantic Kernel Azure App Service GitHub Actions React TypeScript Azure Static Web Apps JWT OAuth EF Core PostgreSQL xUnit Moq WebApplicationFactory

Senior Software Engineer

First Franklin Financial Corporation

Feb 2023 - Mar 2026 (3 years 1 month)

Contract engagement supporting a Loan Origination System for a consumer lending company. Designed and built a Git-based source control workflow for custom JavaScript, re-engineered loan export middleware using Azure Functions, and led adoption of Git-based standards across the Power BI reporting team.

Git Azure Functions Key Vaults Storage Tables GitHub Actions ASP.NET Core Swagger SQL Server Snowflake Python SQLAlchemy Power BI Kanban

Senior Software Developer

Veterans Health Administration

May 2022 - Feb 2023 (9 months)

Back-end developer on a 30+ person Agile program modernizing the VA's Beneficiary Travel Self-Service System. Built Dynamics 365 CRM plugins in C# integrating external APIs to automate adjudication of travel reimbursement claims.

C#Dynamics 365 CRM MSTest NUnit Moq SoapUI Test Driven Development XRMToolbox Azure DevOps

Senior Software Developer

Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina

Oct 2020 - May 2022 (1 year 7 months)

Brought onto a 3-person team to automate compliance evidence collection for a major security audit. Delivered the full system to production in 6 weeks with 2.5 developers, using Python and SQLAlchemy, and built Splunk dashboards for real-time visibility.

Python SQLAlchemy AsyncIO Splunk SPL Windows Services

Senior Software Engineer

U.S. Department of State

Nov 2018 - Oct 2020 (1 year 11 months)

Embedded engineer supporting financial systems handling payroll, accounting, and currency exchange for U.S. posts in 134+ countries. Automated batch operations and OS-level tasks via PowerShell and BMC Control-M, and contributed full-stack web development.

PowerShell BMC Control M ASP.NET MVC Entity Framework Root Cause Analysis

Field Support Lead / Software Engineer

Iberon LLC

Jun 2015 - Nov 2018 (3 years 5 months)

C# and Ruby on Rails developer on Army automated gate/access control systems. Provided Tier III field support, evaluated third-party SDKs, and built prototype applications to validate integration options at Army installations nationwide.

C#Ruby on Rails SDK Evaluation Prototyping

Lead Software Engineer

Technology Industries Inc.

Nov 2014 - Jun 2015 (7 months)

Solutions manager and lead engineer for FAA and Pentagon identity and access management projects. Built RESTful .NET web services, authored API documentation, and stood up Azure cloud environments for teaming partners.

.NET RESTful Web Services Azure API Documentation

Senior Software Engineer / Acting Supervisor

BAE Systems

May 1999 - Nov 2014 (15 years 6 months)

15-year career progressing from developer to acting supervisor of a 5-person systems development team. Subject matter expert for software and database development on the Army's Automated Installation Entry (AIE) access control contract, building custom C4I applications, web portals, reporting systems, and data integration tools.

C#Database Development C4I Applications Web Portals Reporting Systems Data Integration