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Michael Thorpe

@michaelthorpe

I build scalable SaaS platforms and production AI agents with LLMs, RAG, and full-stack systems.

I've built autonomous AI agents and a Knowledge Graph for Vertex AI's compliance platform, reducing audit preparation from months to minutes and saving hundreds of hours of evidence collection.

At Loops, I launched a no-code AI chatbot and agent builder that helped non-technical teams deploy production agents about 70% faster. I also built document-ingestion and vector-embedding pipelines for 500K+ documents and analytics dashboards tracking 100K+ monthly chatbot interactions.

Across WP Engine and Headspring, I've delivered enterprise SaaS, IoT telemetry, and modernized web applications using React, Node.js, Python, Java, PostgreSQL, Kubernetes, and AWS. I focus on secure, observable systems that improve performance, reliability, and the practical value of AI features.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Senior Software Engineer, AI Integration

Current

Vertex AI

Feb 2025 - Present (1 year 7 months)

Built and productionized core autonomous AI agents and the Knowledge Graph for the Vertex compliance platform, enabling agentic workflows that reduced audit preparation time from months to minutes. Orchestrated scalable backend microservices and REST APIs handling thousands of daily requests across AI analytics, compliance workflows, payments, subscriptions, and SaaS operations.

AI Agents Knowledge Graphs Microservices REST APIs Stripe PostgreSQL CI CD Docker AWS Sentry Amplitude RBAC Kubernetes

Senior Full-Stack Engineer (AI/ML)

Loops

Mar 2022 - Jan 2025 (2 years 10 months)

Architected and launched a no-code AI chatbot and agent builder using React and Tailwind, enabling non-technical teams to deploy production AI agents approximately 70% faster. Designed scalable backend services with Node.js, Express, and Python APIs processing thousands of AI-driven user interactions daily.

React Tailwind NodeJS Express Python AI Chatbot Data Ingestion Embeddings HubSpot Zoho Pipedrive AWS Docker Kubernetes Storybook ESLint

Software Engineer

WP Engine

Jul 2019 - Feb 2022 (2 years 7 months)

Delivered enterprise and industrial software platforms using Java, Spring Boot, and Angular supporting mission-critical operations and high-volume event-driven systems. Designed IoT telemetry pipelines with Apache Kafka and MongoDB processing millions of real-time device events monthly for predictive maintenance and operational analytics.

Java Spring Boot Angular Kafka MongoDB Kubernetes Helm IoT Telemetry Multi tenant SaaS

Junior Developer

Headspring

Jun 2017 - Jun 2019 (2 years)

Modernized legacy Laravel and Vue.js applications into scalable Node.js and React architectures, improving frontend performance and long-term maintainability. Enhanced scalable REST APIs backed by PostgreSQL and Redis, reducing query response times by approximately 30% and improving caching efficiency.

Laravel Vue.Js NodeJS React REST APIs PostgreSQL Redis Caching