Bradley Coughlin
AI Engineer & Full-Stack Developer
Summary
Full-stack developer specializing in LLM product integration and interactive chat interfaces with formal UX training. Expert in building AI-powered applications using modern frameworks, with a proven track record of architecting scalable solutions for enterprise clients including Goldman Sachs, Microsoft, and Apple.
Work Experience
AI Engineer / Full-Stack Developer
Oct 2024 - PresentPre-Launch Startup
- Context Window Management Agent - Architected sophisticated conversational AI system with primary agent (FastAPI/LangChain) and proactive MCP memory management tool utilizing Milvus vector database and Ollama to reduce context overhead by up to 90%.
- Computer Vision & AI Integration - Developed MCP vision server combining Google Gemini API with OpenCV for automated image/video analysis, achieving 95% accuracy in real-time game content recognition using ORB feature matching.
- Advanced AI Workflows - Created langchain agents with telephony capabilities (ElevenLabs) and MCP tools for managing calendars, email, and ChatGPT chat and reasoning models.
Technical Product Manager (Vice President)
Jan 2022 - Oct 2024Goldman Sachs
- Designed and developed AI-powered incident bot using Python and Microsoft Bot Framework to collect and analyze SEV tickets and knowledge base articles. Implemented NLP processing with 85% accuracy, achieving 10% reduction in response times across 8k engineers.
- Built automation scripts and APIs for Active Directory to Azure Cloud AD migration affecting 50k chat users. Developed PowerShell and REST API integrations improving user management efficiency by 50%.
- Architected group management system for information barrier compliance governing buy-side and sell-side communication. Analyzed complex Azure AD Graph API queries and built Python analysis scripts to determine impact on 100k+ chat rooms.
- Developed mobile application integration with Microsoft Intune, implementing SSO authentication flows and MDM policies. Coordinated with engineering teams on React Native implementation increasing adoption by 200%.
- Led technical integration of financial chat application on iOS and Android to Microsoft Intune. Coordinated deep-dive engineering sprints with networking, mobile engineering, auth, and vendor teams.
Senior Front-End Developer / Accessibility Engineer
Aug 2020 - Dec 2021Perceptyx
- Spearheaded redesign and development of 100% accessible version (WCAG compliant) of Hierarchy Report for Microsoft, serving 150,000+ employees with 99.8% accessibility score validation.
- Led development sprints shipping 30+ accessibility tickets for Microsoft in under a week, implementing React components with full keyboard navigation and screen reader support.
- Built accessibility-first design system with 50+ reusable components addressing tab navigation, screen reader compatibility, and visual adaptations meeting WCAG AA standards.
- Collaborated with Apple's People Analytics team on React-based survey platform, exceeding stringent accessibility standards for company-wide employee survey serving 100k+ employees.
Software Design Engineer II
Jan 2019 - Jun 2020Mattermost
- Wrote high quality, peer-reviewed, self-testing code for production app used by Uber, SpaceX, Tesla, Samsung, Daimler, the DoD, Bungie and more.
- Enhanced UI component architecture based on UX design system specifications and collaborated with designers on interactions, animations, and form validation.
- Core Committer: reviewed pull requests from community developers around the globe specific to React, JavaScript, Redux, TypeScript, and CSS.
- Contributed to TypeScript migration and SaSS integration and theming specification. Built unit tests (Enzyme, Jest) and e2e tests (Cypress) for critical path components.
Senior Web Developer
Jun 2015 - Dec 2018Symphony Communication Services, LLC
- Built comprehensive marketing website ecosystem for $1B valuation fintech startup backed by Goldman Sachs using Laravel backend with Vanilla JavaScript and SaSS frontend, serving 99.998% uptime.
- Architected event-driven analytics pipeline capturing 100k+ monthly interactions and feeding data to ELK/Kibana stack for real-time insights. Identified user behavior patterns reducing customer churn by 25%.
- Increased organic page views by 75% through technical SEO implementation and content optimization, while improving signup conversion rates by 2x through A/B testing and UX improvements.
- Maintained enterprise-grade AWS infrastructure leveraging EC2, EBS, Route 53, VPC, CloudFront, and ELB for high-availability deployment supporting global financial services clients.
Technical Skills
AI & Machine Learning
- LangChain
- OpenAI APIs
- Google Gemini
- Ollama
- Vector Databases (Milvus)
- Prompt Engineering
- Multi-Agent Systems
- Computer Vision (OpenCV)
- Model Context Protocol (MCP)
Frontend Development
- React
- TypeScript
- Next.js
- JavaScript (ES6+)
- HTML5
- CSS3
- Tailwind CSS
- Redux
- SaSS
- Vue.js
- React Native
Backend & Infrastructure
- Node.js
- Python
- FastAPI
- Golang
- Laravel (PHP)
- AWS (EC2, S3, CloudFront, Route 53)
- Docker
- REST/GraphQL APIs
Accessibility & Standards
- WCAG 2.1/2.0 Compliance
- VPAT Documentation
- Cross-browser Compatibility
- iPadOS Development
Testing & Quality
- Jest
- Enzyme
- Cypress
- Unit Testing
- E2E Testing
- Code Reviews
- Test-driven Development
Tools & Methodologies
- Git
- GitHub Actions
- JIRA
- Agile/Scrum
- Design Systems
- Component Architecture
- Azure AD
- Microsoft Intune
Analytics & Monitoring
- ELK Stack
- Kibana
- Google Analytics
- Event Tracking
- Data Visualization
- Performance Monitoring