Senior Software Engineer - AI Infrastructure & Systems

ERIC LUCAS

Senior Software Engineer

****.****@**********.*** 805-***-**** Baltimore, Maryland Linkedin SUMMARY

Senior Software Engineer with 10+ years of experience building and scaling high-throughput distributed systems and AI infrastructure. Specializing in LLM inference optimization, RAG architectures, and production-grade full-stack platforms. Proven track record of reducing latency in AI systems by 40% and leading large-scale backend migrations at Fortune 500 companies like Microsoft. Focused on delivering high-performance, cost-effective, and safe AI solutions. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Together AI, Senior Software Engineer 03/2025 – Present

•Led the end-to-end AI integration of advanced orchestration frameworks, seamlessly embedding multi-modal frontier models into existing core enterprise products.

•Developed scalable microservices using Python, Django, and GraphQL, containerizing the entire deployment pipeline via Docker to ensure cross-environment consistency.

•Built real-time streaming APIs using SSE and WebSockets for low-latency AI responses, improving user-perceived performance by 35%.

•Designed modular frontend dashboards using TypeScript and React, leveraging Redis for high-speed caching and applying mypy static type checking to eliminate runtime errors.

•Spearheaded AI governance initiatives, integrating model evaluation systems to reduce hallucinations by 30% and ensure safe deployment of frontier models.

Hippocratic AI, Senior Software Engineer 02/2023 – 02/2025

•Developed AI voice agents for healthcare using LLM orchestration and Twilio, automating 60% of critical healthcare workflows.

•Designed HIPAA-compliant backend services with secure data handling protocols, supporting real-time patient interactions for thousands of users.

•Engineered prompt pipelines and "Human-in-the-Loop" evaluation systems to maintain high clinical accuracy and minimize model risk.

•Built a full-stack patient workflow system (React, Node.js, AWS), reducing manual scheduling overhead by 40%.

•Mentored a team of 5 engineers on AI integration and backend design, increasing team delivery velocity and overall code quality.

Microsoft, Software Engineer 04/2019 – 02/2023

•Architected scalable Azure/Microsoft 365 backend services in C#, supporting millions of daily requests with 99.99% uptime.

•Migrated legacy monoliths to microservices on Azure, reducing deployment times by 50% and improving system reliability.

•Implemented robust observability and monitoring using Azure Monitor, reducing incident mean-time-to-resolution (MTTR) by 50%.

•Partnered with product and security teams to align engineering roadmaps with Fortune 500 business requirements. Closeloop Technologies, Full Stack Developer 06/2016 – 03/2019

•Delivered end-to-end SaaS applications using React and Node.js, improving client-facing product performance by 30%.

•Automated CI/CD pipelines, reducing manual deployment effort by 40% and increasing release frequency.

•Engineered scalable RESTful APIs, supporting complex workflows for a rapidly growing user base. EDUCATION

Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science, University of Maryland SKILLS

AI/ML: LLMs, RAG, LangChain, Prompt Engineering, Model Evaluation, GPU Batching Languages: Python, TypeScript, JavaScript, C#, SQL, mypy Backend: Django, GraphQL, Node.js, FastAPI, .NET, Redis, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, SSE/WebSockets. Frontend: React, Next.js

Cloud & DevOps: Docker, AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes, CI/CD Pipelines

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