iamrichardD
Senior Engineering Manager
Professional Summary
Dynamic and results-oriented Engineering Manager and Collaborative Force Multiplier with over 15 years of experience leading, mentoring, and scaling high-performing software development teams. Specialized in the design of Deterministic Infrastructure and Agentic Grounding Layers that eliminate the "Hallucination Gap" for AI Agents and reduce cognitive toil for human engineers. Proven expertise in overseeing technical teams through the full software development lifecycle, utilizing Vertical Slice Architecture and SOLID principles to deliver scalable, high-rigor solutions across the semiconductor, financial services, and software industries. Adept at bridging the gap between logical discovery and physical attribution to solve complex organizational challenges in Zero-Trust Security and Automated Asset Management.
Key Skills
Engineering Leadership
Force Multiplier Strategy, Team Leadership, Mentoring, Coaching, Professional Development, Cross-functional Collaboration (Security, Network, Asset Management), Stakeholder Management, Agile Methodologies, Process Improvement, Change Management
Cloud & Systems Architecture
Vertical Slice Architecture (VSA), Deterministic Systems Design, AWS (EC2, SQS, RDS, Lambda, ECS, Fargate), Microservices, Serverless, SaaS Platforms, API Development, System Integration
Backend & Full Stack
C# | Rust | TypeScript | JavaScript | Node.js | ASP.NET | dotnet core
DevOps & Automation
DevSecOps Methods & Best Practices, CI/CD Pipelines, Build Automation, TDD (Atomic Verification), Git | GitHub | Jenkins | Terraform | Docker
Agentic Engineering
webMCP Grounding Layers, AI-Agent Hallucination Elimination, Autonomous Agent Systems, AI-Assisted Development, Claude API Integration, Agent-Led Security & Discovery
Observability
PostgreSQL | SQL Server | Redis | Splunk | Prometheus | Grafana
Experience
Principal Engineer & Agentic Systems Architect
IAMRICHARDD (INDEPENDENT AI INNOVATION)
Nov 2024 - Present
San Diego, CA
Architecting deterministic "Truth Engines" and Agentic Infrastructure that scale through both human and AI labor, ensuring absolute reliability in mission-critical operations.
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Developed Pharos, a high-performance Agent-Native Infrastructure Layer (RFC 2378). Provides deterministic grounding required for AI Agents to perform autonomous Zero-Trust security and asset lifecycle management.
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Architected dotagents, an innovative multi-agent system using Claude API for autonomous code generation and project orchestration.
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Implemented webMCP Grounding Layers to eliminate AI hallucinations by providing schema-validated infrastructure data for Security and Asset Management AI Agents.
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Leveraged Vertical Slice Architecture and TDD (Atomic Verification) to ensure absolute reliability for all mission-critical I/O paths.
Sr. Staff Software Developer
QUALCOMM INC.
Nov 2017 - Nov 2024
San Diego, CA
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Led development for 30+ applications across international teams, managing up to 14 developers with Agile methodologies for predictable delivery.
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Designed scalable backend microservices leveraging AWS (EC2, SQS, RDS, Lambda, ECS, Fargate) and Terraform for infrastructure-as-code.
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Implemented DevSecOps practices utilizing Docker and Jenkins for enhanced predictability, efficiency, and security.
Staff Software Developer
QUALCOMM INC.
Dec 2013 - Nov 2017
San Diego, CA
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Acting as a Collaborative Force Multiplier, led cross-functional initiatives with Network and Security teams, reducing operational toil through automated discovery platforms.
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Initiated and led AWS migration of legacy workloads, improving security posture and deployment velocity.
Earlier Experience
FAULKNER MEDIA GROUP | Sr. Applications Developer (2010-2013)
Designed custom SaaS for financial broker-dealers; Introduced AWS EC2 and SVN version control.
PROMMIS SOLUTIONS | Software Development Manager (2010)
Led transformative process improvements; Integrated USPS 2D barcoding services.
STONERIVER | Web Application Architect (2000s)
Managed 7 engineers; Designed groundbreaking digital rights media solutions.