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 - Present

Pre-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 2024

Goldman 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 2021

Perceptyx

  • 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 2020

Mattermost

  • 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 2018

Symphony 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