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Kelvin Smith

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I'm Kelvin Smith, a senior software engineer focused on full-stack development and AI systems design. I build reliable, scalable architectures and event-driven platforms that process data-rich, AI-native workloads.

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I’m Kelvin Smith, a senior software engineer focused on full-stack development and AI systems design. I build reliable, scalable architectures and event-driven platforms that process data-rich, AI-native workloads.

I thrive at engineering production-grade systems, orchestrating multiple AI models, designing robust data pipelines, and enabling data-driven decision making through well-structured workflows and resilient retry mechanisms.

  • 12 years' experience
  • Joined March 2026

Industry experience

  • Software & Internet
  • Professional Services
  • Media & Entertainment
  • Retail

Work experience· 8 roles

Senior Fullstack Engineer · StramikMar 2022 – Jan 2026 · 3 yrs 11 mos

Developed a dynamic and responsive UI for the AI chatbot using React.js, integrated Redux for global state management, built reusable components for chat windows, input fields, and message displays, leveraged React Hooks for state and side effects, and implemented lazy loading/code-splitting to improve load times during peak traffic.

Senior Software Engineer (AI) · LaunchDarklyJan 2022 – Jan 2026 · 4 yrs 1 mo

Led the design and architecture of a production-ready serverless, event-driven platform that processes real-time data, ensuring system reliability and high scalability. Built AI systems leveraging orchestration frameworks like Mastra to integrate multiple AI models, enabling seamless task routing between generation, classification, and structured reasoning models. Engineered data pipelines to process webhooks, CRM data, and other event-driven signals, transforming raw input into structured insights for actionable decision-making. Developed and scaled retrieval systems that combined proprietary knowledge bases with context-aware AI generation, optimizing the recommendation engine’s accuracy. Applied a reliability-first mindset, ensuring high uptime and low latency through robust failure isolation, durable queues, and retry mechanisms.

Senior React Developer · The 66thDec 2019 – Feb 2022 · 2 yrs 3 mos

Led the development of a Next.js-based platform for real-time cardiac signal analysis, optimized page load times by reducing JavaScript payloads and unnecessary re-renders, implemented dynamic routing and API routes with REST APIs, integrated MySQL with efficient queries and indexing, and enhanced UI with Tailwind CSS and Framer Motion; deployed on Vercel.

Senior AI/ML Engineer · The 66thJun 2018 – Dec 2021 · 3 yrs 7 mos
React Developer · TalliumNov 2017 – Nov 2019 · 2 yrs 1 mo
Senior Software Engineer (AI) · Forest AdminJun 2016 – Apr 2018 · 1 yr 11 mos
UI/UX Angular Developer · KipsuJun 2014 – Jun 2017 · 3 yrs 1 mo
Software Developer · KnackApr 2013 – Mar 2016 · 3 yrs

Education

Master's degree in Computer and Information Sciences, General · Southern Arkansas University2030 – 2013
Master's degree · Southern Arkansas University2030 – 2013
Master's Degree in Computer Science · University of British Columbia2030 – 2012

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