Senior AI Engineer & Full-Stack Developer

Michael Douma is an experienced professional focused on making performant systems user-friendly. He has a strong background in AI, having built Linguabase, a semantic graph powered by 130M LLM inferences. He works across the full stack, from systems architecture to highly usable design, and has led cross-functional teams of up to 40 people. Currently an AI Engineer at the U.S. Treasury, his past achievements include running a word-game studio funded by an NSF SBIR, and developing high-impact projects like SpicyNodes (40M users), ProstateCalculator (neural-net health AI, 1.5M patients), and time.gov. Michael is also an effective communicator, with an interactive article trending on Hacker News. He is seeking a full-time applied AI role at a smaller company where he can strategize, build, and deploy, particularly in areas like developer tools, learning platforms, knowledge products, creative AI, or anything requiring enhanced user accessibility. He is located in Takoma Park, MD, USA, is open to remote work, but not willing to relocate.