Michael Smith

Led Disney's Document Intelligence platform to automate contract analysis and document processing for enterprise legal workflows. Implemented OpenAI GPT-4o integration with prompt engineering and structured output parsing, introduced runtime prompt versioning with SHA-256 hashing and S3 caching, and established AI reliability patterns (circuit breakers, exponential backoff, token tracking, detailed logging). Integrated Azure Document Intelligence for PDF extraction, developed Snowflake Cortex Search for semantic querying, built a confidence-scoring framework for LLM outputs, and implemented a Go-based document processing workflow with lineage tracking. Created a FastAPI REST API layer for job orchestration and built a React/TypeScript UI with secure authentication and real-time status dashboards. Implemented comprehensive tests (pytest, Playwright) for AI components and APIs.

Architected and developed a next-generation AI-native presentation platform featuring real-time multi-user editing, backed by NestJS, TypeScript, Prisma, Redis, PostgreSQL, and streaming AI pipelines via Apache Kafka. Implemented CRDT-based collaboration, containerized infrastructure with Docker and Terraform, and global distribution via AWS/Cloudflare. Integrated Claude, ChatGPT/DALL·E, Gemini/Imagen for multimedia generation, and leveraged AIJSX, Braintrust, and Datadog for orchestration and observability. Pioneered an experimentation engine with LaunchDarkly and Snowflake for safe A/B testing of AI models and prompts.

Developed Cohere Playground and Docs, enabling developers to explore generative and embedding models, visualize embeddings, and access multi-language SDKs. Contributed to Cohere Chat APIs with streaming responses, structured JSON outputs, function calling, and RAG workflows. Worked across Python, FastAPI, Node.js, React, Next.js, and TypeScript, deploying services with Docker and Kubernetes, and optimizing retrieval-augmented generation and semantic search. Implemented tooling for AI Agents and semantic search pipelines.