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Oliver Thompson

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I’m an AI Automation Engineer based in Auckland with 8+ years of experience building agentic AI systems, enterprise RAG pipelines, and production-grade data workflows.

About

I’m an AI Automation Engineer based in Auckland with 8+ years of experience building agentic AI systems, enterprise RAG pipelines, and production-grade data workflows. I specialize in deterministic multi-agent orchestration (using frameworks like LangGraph and CrewAI) and in optimizing LLM usage to reduce cost, latency, and operational friction.

Across renewable grid analytics and energy/ERP environments, I’ve delivered systems that speed up incident response, accelerate research using large-scale document retrieval, and automate reporting with secure LLM-generated outputs. I enjoy translating complex engineering and compliance requirements into reliable backend infrastructure—so teams can move faster with trustworthy automation.

  • 8 years' experience
  • Joined October 2026

Industry experience

  • Energy & Utilities
  • Government
  • Professional Services
  • Software & Internet

Work experience

Senior AI Automation Engineer · VoltVibe AnalyticsJan 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 11 mos

Engineered a self-healing multi-agent system using LangGraph to automate renewable grid anomaly classification, improving incident response times by 48%. Deployed an enterprise RAG pipeline across 40,000 regulatory compliance documents using vector databases, reducing research delays to under 5 seconds. Built real-time scraping and parsing workflows for highly volatile energy spot prices, achieving 99.95% data accuracy. Led the migration of manual diagnostic report writing into a secure, LLM-generated output framework, saving 80+ staff hours monthly. Focused on reliable orchestration, retrieval quality, and backend automation performance.

AI Systems Developer · SolisGrid SolutionsAug 2021 – Dec 2023 · 2 yrs 5 mos

Programmed and launched an autonomous solar asset tracker that continuously parsed telemetry feeds to predict hardware maintenance cycles. Designed custom API connectors and implemented automated API integration to link ML forecast datasets directly into corporate ERP software, increasing scheduling efficiency by 22%. Fine-tuned open-source LLMs (Llama-2/Mistral) for domain-specific engineering text processing, reducing reliance on external LLM API integration costs by 35%. Converted stakeholder efficiency goals into modular Python scripts delivered through bi-weekly agile sprints, and built supporting FastAPI services and integrations.

Automation Programmer · EcoStream Power LtdFeb 2018 – Jul 2021 · 3 yrs 6 mos

Developed scheduled backend automation scripts and server-side scripting to clean and ingest national hydrological flow data, saving 18 hours of manual labor weekly. Built internal business process automation tooling using Zapier and custom webhooks to remove onboarding bottlenecks. Optimized legacy server-side automation code to reduce database script execution overhead by 30% across local networks. Co-engineered automated data validation checks that blocked malformed IoT device logs, supporting continuous compliance of data pipelines.

Education

Bachelor of Science (BS) in Computer Science · University of Auckland2014 – 2018

Certifications and awards

AWS Certified Machine Learning – Specialty2025 – 2026
Certified Generative AI Developer | Google Cloud2023 – 2026
Deep Learning Specialization2020 – 2026

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