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Jerome Hardaway

Senior Full-Stack AI Engineer

Building production AI systems that power executive decision-making and enterprise operations. From LLM-powered intelligence platforms managing $100B+ in assets to agentic AI systems serving millions of users across retail, healthcare, and education.

10+
Years Engineering
$20M+
Alumni Earnings (VWC)
Jerome Hardaway - Featured in Business Insider

01. About

I'm a Senior Full-Stack AI Engineer with 10+ years architecting production AI systems across finance, healthcare, retail, and education. As an Air Force veteran and Microsoft Global Hackathon Winner, I bring both technical excellence and mission-driven execution to building AI at scale.

Currently shipping AI systems at Vista Equity Partners (executive intelligence for $100B+ AUM), previously at Microsoft (voice AI for Starbucks, RAG systems for Domino's, data infrastructure for Kroger/Walgreens), and McGraw Hill (agentic AI platform). Deep expertise in LLMs, RAG, agentic AI, NLP, and production ML paired with full-stack development in Python, TypeScript, React, Next.js.

[ Selected AI Systems ]

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Q App (Vista Equity)
AI-powered executive intelligence platform analyzing $100B+ AUM with Salesforce/Grata integration, Azure OpenAI, and automated content generation
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AII Shepherd (McGraw Hill)
Unified agentic AI platform using LangGraph, LangSmith, and MCP servers for scalable educational AI deployment
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Starbucks Voice AI (Microsoft)
Real-time voice-to-text system with Azure OpenAI, Speech Services, and PII redaction serving global retail operations
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Walgreens Pharmacy Lakehouse
HIPAA-compliant data lakehouse on Databricks/Delta Lake powering real-time pharmacy intelligence across 9,000+ locations

Beyond engineering, I'm the founder of Vets Who Code—a nonprofit that has trained veterans earning $20M+ in collective tech salaries at Microsoft, Google, Home Depot, and beyond. I'm also a technical instructor on LinkedIn Learning and Frontend Masters, teaching thousands of developers worldwide.

Recognized as a GitHub Star, Google Developer Expert, Twilio Champion, and featured in Wired, Business Insider, Stack Overflow, and HuffPost. Honored at the White House Demo Day and invited to Google I/O 2025 as a Gemini Builder.

"Build systems that learn. Design architectures that scale. Create impact that lasts."

02. AI Engineering Expertise

Specialized skills for building production AI systems at enterprise scale.

LLM & AI Systems

  • GPT-4o / Gemini 2.5 Pro / Claude Expert
  • LangChain / LangGraph / LangSmith Expert
  • RAG & Vector Embeddings Expert
  • Agentic AI & MCP Servers Expert
  • Azure OpenAI / AWS Bedrock Expert
  • Prompt Engineering & Fine-tuning Expert
  • NLP (Transformers, Hugging Face, T5) Expert

Building production LLM systems for executive intelligence (Vista $100B+ AUM), educational AI (McGraw Hill), and enterprise applications with 70% token reduction.

ML Infrastructure & Production

  • Azure AI Search / Vector Databases Expert
  • MLOps / Model Deployment Expert
  • PyTorch / TensorFlow / Scikit-learn Advanced
  • AWS SageMaker / Lambda Advanced
  • LangSmith / New Relic Observability Expert
  • Content Safety & PII Protection Expert
  • k6 / Playwright Testing Advanced

Shipping AI at scale with event-driven architectures, comprehensive observability, and HIPAA/FERPA compliance for Fortune 500 enterprises.

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Full-Stack AI Development

  • Python / FastAPI / Flask Expert
  • TypeScript / React / Next.js Expert
  • Azure (OpenAI, Functions, Speech, AI Search) Expert
  • AWS (S3, SQS, Bedrock, Lambda) Expert
  • Docker / Kubernetes / Terraform Advanced
  • PostgreSQL / Redis / Event Hubs Advanced
  • GitHub Actions CI/CD Expert

End-to-end AI application development from intelligent backends to production-grade frontends deployed on Azure and AWS with IaC automation.