Senior AI Software Architect | Production AI Platforms, Agentic Systems & RAG | SaaS

AI Software Architect with 20+ years building software for U.S. enterprises and high-scale platforms (The Hackett Group, ADT, Regal Rexnord, SciPlay, Bankrate), most recently focused on data- and AI-intensive products. Hands-on across the full AI and data stack: LLM applications and AI agents (Claude, OpenAI, multi-provider routing, MCP tool calling), RAG pipelines, Spec-Driven Development with AI coding agents, data engineering and analytics (ClickHouse, Parquet/S3, dimensional modeling, data profiling and quality, semantic layers, ETL), and distributed, event-driven systems (Kafka, Redis pub/sub, async job pipelines), grounded in a postgraduate degree in AI and Machine Learning (NLP, deep learning). At The Hackett Group, architected and led LLM-powered analytics platforms, authoring ~80% of a 988-commit codebase, shipping 198 releases in 8 weeks, and delivering 400+ spec-driven tasks. Brings founder-level product judgment (two SaaS companies, R$1M+ raised, 300+ trial customers), architecture governance, and a quality bar backed by thousands of automated tests.