Michael Ruddy
michael@ruddy.sh | LinkedIn: /ruddymichael | ruddy.sh

Professional Summary
Full-stack engineer with 15+ years building high-traffic e-commerce, kiosk, and IoT systems at scale. Deep expertise in AI/ML integration including RAG pipelines, agent orchestration, vector databases, and local LLM deployment. Combines production engineering fundamentals with practical AI to deliver solutions that work.

Technical Skills
Front-end:    React, React Native, Next.js, TypeScript, Styled-Components, Cypress
Back-end:     Node.js, AWS (EC2, RDS, Lambda), GraphQL, Linux
AI/ML:        RAG, LLM Integration, Agent Orchestration, Vector DBs, Embeddings, Unsloth
DevOps:       Docker, GitHub Actions, Grafana, Jenkins, CI/CD
Other:        WebAssembly, MQTT, Electron, Cloudflare, WASM

Experience

PRLMNT, LLC - Founder & AI Solutions Architect                                            Feb 2025 - Present
AI-augmented software services for small and mid-size businesses
Built RAG-powered knowledge base systems for internal document search and retrieval
Developed AI workflow automation tools integrating LLMs with existing business processes
Self-hosted LLM infrastructure for privacy-sensitive client deployments

Best Buy - Software Engineer - Contract                                                   Jan 2022 - Dec 2023
Developed e-commerce platform for web/native using React/Native, GraphQL, AWS, Akamai
Shipped key features for retail experience including shopping cart, video reviews, membership offerings
Mentored junior developers along with newly onboarded team members

NCR - Software Engineer - Contract                                                        Jun 2020 - Aug 2021
Used TypeScript/React to develop UI for next-generation self-checkout kiosks
Managed build pipeline for Electron-based packages on custom Linux toolchains
Coordinated technical product requirements and architecture across subsystems

Lincoln Network - Full Stack Developer                                                    Sep 2019 - Feb 2020
Client-facing consulting: requirements, deliverables, technical insights and strategy
Developed e-learning platform using React, Next.js and GraphQL-based CMS for non-profit partner
Utilized AWS to deploy APIs including Lambda and RDS

Coca-Cola - Freestyle Division - Front End Developer - Contract                           May 2019 - Aug 2019
Led effort to optimize UI performance for largest fleet of connected vending machines
Deep profiling of custom WebKit build to discover bottlenecks and resource utilization
Introduced E2E testing with Cypress for Freestyle kiosks

Payment Conduit LLC - Lead UI/UX Developer - Contract                                     Aug 2018 - Feb 2019
Developed e-commerce solutions for blockchain-based transactions
Employed server-side rendering using React/Next.js and Enzyme-based test suite

AGCO - Senior Software Engineer - Contract                                                Apr 2016 - Apr 2018
Managed team of 5 UI developers for AngularJS-based portal for IoT/tractor fleet management
Introduced QA measures involving Ng-Describe, mocked data for HTTP playback and CI builds

ADP - Senior Software Engineer - Contract                                                 Jul 2015 - Dec 2015
Assisted design and deployment of ADP Marketplace APIs and developer SDKs (NPM/Node)
Security improvements to critical API endpoints in user onboarding flow

AT&T - Software Engineer - Contract                                                       Mar 2013 - Apr 2014
Automated error-prone form generators using AngularJS and existing XML schemas
Standardized internal testing strategies across UI teams

Turner Broadcasting - Software Engineer - Contract                                        Oct 2012 - Mar 2013
Developed internal tooling and dashboards for advertising business using AngularJS

Earlier Experience                                                                        Apr 2007 - Oct 2012
Web services engineer at Sixthman LLC, Airtight Design LLC, Wegener Corp
Lead developer for media appliance and content distribution (CakePHP, ExtJS)
Built online ticketing, payments and event management software (Zend Framework)