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I’m a Senior Software Engineer with 12+ years of experience designing, building, and maintaining secure, scalable backend and full-stack web applications. I specialize in Python (FastAPI, Django) and JavaScript/TypeScript (NestJS), focusing on API design, microservices, real-time systems, and robust system architecture. I’ve led backend reliability efforts, optimized databases and distributed messaging, and automated CI/CD deployments in healthcare, fintech, and enterprise domains. I enjoy mentoring engineers, collaborating across teams, and delivering production systems that prioritize security, performance, and maintainability.…I’m a Senior Software Engineer with 12+ years of experience designing, building, and maintaining secure, scalable backend and full-stack web applications. I specialize in Python (FastAPI, Django) and JavaScript/TypeScript (NestJS), focusing on API design, microservices, real-time systems, and robust system architecture. I’ve led backend reliability efforts, optimized databases and distributed messaging, and automated CI/CD deployments in healthcare, fintech, and enterprise domains. I enjoy mentoring engineers, collaborating across teams, and delivering production systems that prioritize security, performance, and maintainability.

Christian Richardson

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I’m a Senior Software Engineer with 12+ years of experience designing, building, and maintaining secure, scalable backend and full-stack web applications. I specialize in Python (FastAPI, Django) and JavaScript/TypeScript (NestJS), focusing on API design, microservices, real-time systems, and robust system architecture. I’ve led backend reliability efforts, optimized databases and distributed messaging, and automated CI/CD deployments in healthcare, fintech, and enterprise domains. I enjoy mentoring engineers, collaborating across teams, and delivering production systems that prioritize security, performance, and maintainability.…I’m a Senior Software Engineer with 12+ years of experience designing, building, and maintaining secure, scalable backend and full-stack web applications. I specialize in Python (FastAPI, Django) and JavaScript/TypeScript (NestJS), focusing on API design, microservices, real-time systems, and robust system architecture. I’ve led backend reliability efforts, optimized databases and distributed messaging, and automated CI/CD deployments in healthcare, fintech, and enterprise domains. I enjoy mentoring engineers, collaborating across teams, and delivering production systems that prioritize security, performance, and maintainability.

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I’m a Senior Software Engineer with 12+ years of experience designing, building, and maintaining secure, scalable backend and full-stack web applications. I specialize in Python (FastAPI, Django) and JavaScript/TypeScript (NestJS), focusing on API design, microservices, real-time systems, and robust system architecture.

I’ve led backend reliability efforts, optimized databases and distributed messaging, and automated CI/CD deployments in healthcare, fintech, and enterprise domains. I enjoy mentoring engineers, collaborating across teams, and delivering production systems that prioritize security, performance, and maintainability.

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Work Experience

Senior AI Engineer at Ellipsis Health

March 1, 2024 - Present

Led the development of a production-grade AI platform integrating LLMs, RAG pipelines, multimodal analytics, and scalable microservices to deliver real-time mental health insights and clinician support. Built an AI Conversational Agent Platform integrating Twilio for call management and real-time Speech-to-Text pipelines for mental health data, improving clinician response efficiency. Designed and deployed LLM-based solutions for sentiment analysis and emotion classification with high accuracy, and implemented RAG pipelines with vector databases to enhance contextual retrieval for clinical workflows. Optimized LoRA fine-tuning to reduce training resources while maintaining quality. Engineered scalable microservices with Docker and Kubernetes (EKS) on AWS Fargate, achieving high uptime and robust API integration.

Senior AI Engineer at Bittensor

October 1, 2021 - March 1, 2024

Developed scalable AI inference and multimodal pipelines for decentralized networks; fine-tuned transformer and LSTM models to improve NLP accuracy and accelerate GPU-powered training. Built Python pipelines for model training, inference, and fine-tuning; implemented RAG with vector embeddings; created FastAPI microservices with sub-200ms responses and managed distributed backend infrastructure with RabbitMQ, Kafka, and REST APIs. orchestrated Docker, Terraform, and cloud deployments across AWS and GCP to scale applications for millions of users and contributed to decentralized AI subnets.

Full Stack Developer | AI/ML Engineer at Net Solutions

June 1, 2016 - September 1, 2021

Developed full-stack platforms with integrated AI/ML capabilities, delivering 10+ web and eCommerce platforms using React, Node.js, and PostgreSQL, while integrating Python-based ML pipelines for analytics and personalization. Implemented Go-powered backends for high-performance APIs and real-time predictive computations, designed custom CMS and database solutions, and built ML modules for user behavior insights. Established automated testing pipelines and optimized frontend performance, enabling data-driven dashboards and improved engagement.

Senior Software Engineer at Ellipsis Health

March 1, 2024 - Present

Architected and evolved backend services using Python (FastAPI, Django) and NestJS to support production healthcare platforms with secure, low-latency REST APIs. Established modular backend architecture following MVC and service-oriented patterns to improve maintainability and scalability. Enforced authentication, authorization, input validation, and structured audit logging to safeguard sensitive healthcare data. Optimized SQL queries and data access patterns across PostgreSQL and MySQL for reporting and operational workflows. Deployed Redis-based caching and background processing with BullMQ and Celery, reducing API load and improving responsiveness. Enabled real-time updates through WebSocket communication for asynchronous client interactions. Containerized services with Docker and strengthened CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions for faster, safer releases. Added automated tests with Jest and Supertest to reduce regressions. Coordinated with frontend teams using Next.js and CDN-bac

Senior Software Engineer at Bittensor

October 1, 2021 - March 1, 2024

Engineered distributed backend services and microservices using NestJS, TypeScript, and Python (FastAPI) to improve throughput and reliability for high-volume transaction workflows. Orchestrated event-driven messaging with Kafka, Redis, and NATS.io, enabling asynchronous processing and resilient inter-service communication. Delivered internal dashboards and operational tools with Next.js and WebSocket/Socket.io, providing live operational insights and simplifying team workflows. Integrated ML pipelines for batch inference and analytics, deploying containerized models with Docker and CI/CD, supporting AI-driven workflows. Optimized backend performance across PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, and Elasticsearch, enhancing system efficiency under production load. Strengthened observability with structured logging, metrics, and alerting, reducing time to diagnose and resolve production issues. Standardized automated testing with Jest and Playwright, increasing confidence in production deployments