CJ
Hi, I'm Clint.
Backend Development • AI/ML • Cloud Architecture

About

I build intelligent systems grounded in solid engineering. With 6+ years of experience across software engineering and AI, I specialize in developing performant, cloud native microservices. Past highlights include leading the backend team at Deloitte to launch Converge Banking and saving Dell over $3M. Currently heading the AI team at ManageMinds.

Skills

Backend Development
Microservices
Cloud
Software Architecture
Generative AI
RAG
Containerization
IaC
Agile/Scrum
CI/CD
TDD
Message Queues
Relational Databases
Vector Databases
MLOps

Work

ManageMinds

January 2025 - Present
Founding Engineer

Building generative AI applications as the Head of AI at ManageMinds - from AI Podcasts, Chat Analytics, to Therapy chatbots. Independently built the entire backend infrastructure from scratch, from development to deployment.

Google Cloud Platform
FastAPI
LangChain
LlamaIndex
RAG
MLOps
Github Actions
Docker

Deloitte

November 2020 - August 2023
Senior Backend Engineer | Technical Lead

Led the backend development team at Deloitte in launching the Converge digital banking platform. Built 4+ core components, with 7+ fintech integrations including payments, onboarding, and servicing. Implemented a custom microservice orchestration, distributed tracing and SRP authentication solutions for 100+ microservices.

AWS
Java
Spring
OpenTelemetry
PostgreSQL
Kafka
Kubernetes
Terraform
Istio
Camunda
Redis

Dell Technologies

January 2019 - October 2020
Software Engineer

Led a team of 2 in engineering a mission-critical automation solution generating $3M+ in revenue savings and slashing 125+ weekly work hours. Developed microservices for internal apps, elevated legacy microservices through systematic refactoring, eliminating code smells and vulnerabilities and raising test coverage from 60% to 90%.

Java
Spring
JVM
TDD
Docker
Kubernetes
PostgreSQL

Centre for Analytical Finance, ISB

April 2018 - July 2018
Quantitative Research Intern

Developed algorithmic trading strategies outperforming major market indices with a 27% higher average annual return. Implemented data pipelines for market data acquisition, cleaning, and strategy performance evaluation using historical data.

Python
Pandas
Bloomberg Terminal

Hasura

May 2017 - August 2017
Software Engineer Intern

Assisted with software testing by identifying bugs and documenting them. Developed full stack tutorial apps leveraging the Hasura backend and wrote technical tutorial blogs.

JavaScript
Node.js
GraphQL

Education

University of Manchester

2023 - 2024
Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence

Graduated top of the class with Distinction.

Generative AI
Deep Learning
Reinforcement Learning
Machine Learning

Shiv Nadar University

2015 - 2019
Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science

Minored in Mathematics

OOP
Algorithms
Data Structures
Design Patterns
Functional Programming
Projects

What I've Been Building

Some of my favourite builds. More projects live on my GitHub.

PytchDeck: AI Generated Pitch Decks

PytchDeck: AI Generated Pitch Decks

Pitch yourself to potential recruiters on your portfolio website using dynamic, AI generated pitch decks.

LangGraph
FastAPI
OpenAI
Revealjs
Functional Agent Starter: Bootstrap Scalable AI Agents

Functional Agent Starter: Bootstrap Scalable AI Agents

A production-ready, extensible FastAPI server to build AI agents with LangGraph, functional programming style.

LangGraph
FastAPI
Langfuse
Docker
PostgreSQL

Emovia: Chat Analytics & AI generated Podcasts

Summarise your WhatsApp conversations, get psychological insights, create AI-powered podcasts and dive deeper into your relationships with a Q&A chatbot.

LangChain
FastAPI
RAG
GCP
Firebase
Langfuse
Multi-Agent Deep Reinforcement Learning for Trading

Multi-Agent Deep Reinforcement Learning for Trading

Proposed a novel group-agent RL algorithm for algorithmic trading. Backtested on US stock market, benchmarking results against traditional ML and RL methods.

PyTorch
Stable Baselines3
Optuna
Contact

Get in Touch

Want to chat? DM me on X or LinkedIn, or email me at clintjohnsn@gmail.com