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Michael Matonte
Senior Backend Engineer specializing in distributed systems and AI-enabled platforms
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Backend engineer with end-to-end ownership experience in high-stakes environments spanning Citibank and industrial operations. They built an internal banking platform that automated complex entitlement workflows across thousands of business units with an 80% reduction in redundant processing, and they are now applying AI through OpenAI-powered agent workflows with RAG, vector databases, and security controls.
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Key Strengths
- owned backend systems end-to-end from design through production support
- built event-driven backend architecture in a regulated banking environment
- drove automation of entitlement and approval workflows across thousands of business units
- delivered 80% reduction in redundant processing and labor
- strong cross-functional alignment through documentation and shared source-of-truth practices
- thoughtful tradeoff decisions balancing data-model efficiency with user experience
- built factory observability/Andon-style monitoring platform in an ambiguous, resource-constrained environment
- hands-on incident management in high-stakes operational settings
- practical AI backend integration using OpenAI, RAG, vector DBs, and security controls
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