Resume
Sean W. Findley
Senior Software Engineer | Applied AI & Agentic Systems | .NET & Azure | AI Product Engineering
Reno, NV
Current Published Resume
Updated August 3, 2026
Professional Summary
Senior software engineer with 11+ years delivering secure, data-intensive applications across government, higher education, and private-sector environments. Current focus is OverLift, an agentic AI system that runs in the browser. Its deterministic accelerated-execution architecture is designed for systems needing speed and verifiable correctness. An authoritative ISO C17-to-Wasm runtime uses dedicated Workers, SharedArrayBuffer, AudioWorklet, SIMD, and WebGPU-ready rendering. T0-T7 Adaptive Exact Execution creates optimized paths; CATS selects verified winners; Tier-S shadow-verifies them with instant quarantine, replay, rollback, and deoptimization. OverLift's Semantic Bridge turns documents, state, events, relationships, and causal records into provenance-rich semantic objects. Embeddings and browser-local or Azure vector databases enable hybrid search and RAG, grounding agents in retrieved evidence instead of model memory. AI proposes; deterministic code validates and commits, producing structured outputs, citations, Decision Receipts, and privacy-first edge workflows.
Technical Skills
Application Engineering
C#, .NET, ASP.NET Core/MVC, REST APIs, LINQ, JavaScript, Node.js, Vue.js
Cloud, DevOps & Identity
Microsoft Azure, App Service, Azure DevOps/Pipelines, Azure Monitor, Application Insights, Resource Graph, CI/CD, OAuth 2.0, Microsoft Entra ID
Data, Retrieval & Performance
SQL Server, T-SQL, PostgreSQL/pgvector, Redis, embeddings, browser-local and Azure vector databases, hybrid search, RAG, semantic retrieval, citations, indexing, SSRS
Applied AI & Runtime
Python, browser-native agentic AI, Semantic Bridge, structured outputs, ISO C17-to-Wasm, Workers, SharedArrayBuffer, AudioWorklet, SIMD, WebGPU-ready rendering
Additional Technologies
Rust, Tauri, ONNX Runtime, PyTorch, PHP/Laravel, Java/Spring, WordPress, Kendo UI, Workday, OnBase, OBIEE, Hyperion
Professional Experience
Independent Software Engineer
|SeanFindley.com / Independent Product Lab
Dec 2025 - Present
Reno, NV
- OverLift: Building an agentic AI system that runs in the browser. Its deterministic accelerated-execution architecture is designed for speed and verifiable correctness, with an authoritative ISO C17-to-Wasm runtime using dedicated Workers, SharedArrayBuffer, AudioWorklet, SIMD, and WebGPU-ready rendering. T0-T7, CATS, and Tier-S provide optimized paths, verified selection, instant quarantine, replay, rollback, and deoptimization.
- Semantic Bridge and retrieval: Turning documents, state, events, relationships, and causal records into provenance-rich semantic objects. Embeddings and browser-local or Azure vector databases support hybrid search and RAG, grounding agents in retrieved evidence instead of model memory; AI proposes while deterministic code validates and commits with structured outputs, citations, and Decision Receipts.
- Building OverLift Emulators, Saros.ai, Vellucent Studio, Azure Glossary, Article Studio, Veil, and Veluris across deterministic execution, local-first intelligence, governed document transformation, semantic retrieval, agentic publishing, high-performance visualization, and safety-aware matching.
- Targeting senior software, applied AI, AI systems, and AI product engineering roles where .NET/Azure depth and practical AI delivery matter.
Senior Developer
|Nevada Gaming Control Board
Oct 2018 - Dec 2025
Carson City, NV
- Built and supported 7+ secure C#/.NET production systems spanning licensing, enforcement, human resources, and regulatory reporting for an agency of approximately 440 employees and thousands of applicants, licensees, and public users worldwide.
- Converted paper/PDF and pen-and-form workflows into secure web applications for gaming employment registration, withdrawn applications, enforcement reporting, and talent management, eliminating manual routing and duplicate data entry for thousands of users.
- Optimized SQL Server queries, stored procedures, indexes, and SSRS reports; in representative cases, cut high-use report runtimes from about 90 seconds to roughly 12 seconds - approximately 7.5x faster.
- Standardized builds and releases through Azure DevOps pipelines across multiple applications, replacing manual deployment steps with repeatable CI/CD and improving release consistency.
- Partnered with stakeholders across 4 business functions to translate regulatory rules into maintainable software, resolve production issues, and deliver enhancements throughout a 7-year tenure.
Senior Developer
|Western Nevada College
Oct 2017 - Oct 2018
Carson City, NV
- Built a Redis-backed employee intranet with Node.js, Vue.js, and Vuetify for campus-wide staff, consolidating fragmented internal information into one maintainable platform.
- Reworked Institutional Research SQL using CTEs, set-based logic, and indexing; often achieved about 10x faster execution on aging hardware, moving many reports from multi-minute waits to seconds or tens of seconds.
- Supported and integrated 7+ enterprise platforms and connected processes, including Workday, OnBase, Tableau, PeopleSoft, WordPress, Joomla, and Laravel.
- Built custom WordPress administration tools that reduced repetitive content-management steps and made routine updates accessible to nontechnical staff.
Webmaster
|Asset Management Group
Mar 2017 - Aug 2017
Moundhouse, NV
- Managed and modernized multiple WordPress and Drupal sites; migrated legacy Adobe Muse properties to WordPress, replacing desktop-bound publishing with browser-based administration.
- Improved site speed and SEO to GTmetrix A ratings and approximately 1.6-second average load times through caching, asset optimization, and theme/plugin cleanup.
- Built product prototypes across 4 web stacks - PHP/Laravel, Node.js, Vue.js, and Total.js - on AWS virtual machines during a 6-month engagement.
IT Professional II
|Legislative Council Bureau
Aug 2015 - Mar 2017
Carson City, NV
- Developed and supported several flagship public-facing and internal .NET applications used by legislative staff and the public, with production support during high-demand legislative periods.
- Lobbyist Registration & Reporting case study: Built and enhanced the public-facing .NET/SQL Server system used by lobbyists and LCB staff to manage session registrations, represented clients and employers, principal areas of interest, amendments, and monthly/final expenditure disclosures; exposed searchable public reports by lobbyist, client, and expenditure.
- Designed and tuned the supporting financial-reporting workflows for itemized expenditures, monthly totals, and public disclosure using dozens of SQL Server stored procedures, views, and database objects; moved heavy reports to asynchronous processing to prevent browser timeouts during legislative sessions.
- Provided light server administration and release support across a multi-site web estate, resolving application, database, and deployment issues in production.
IT Professional Trainee
|Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation
Oct 2014 - Aug 2015
Carson City, NV
- Supported statewide Java/Spring applications and Oracle reporting workflows across MVC, Hyperion, OBIEE, SQL/PLSQL, QTP, and HP Quality Center.
- Built automated regression scripts that replaced dozens of repetitive manual test steps per release and improved repeatability across enterprise application changes.
- Optimized complex multi-page, multi-table SQL/PLSQL reports; representative rewrites produced several-fold runtime improvements and more reliable operational reporting.
Earlier Experience
Personnel Technician III
|Nevada Department of Corrections
Mar 2013 - Oct 2014
Carson City, NV
- Hired and processed 110 employees in 19 months - about 6 per month on average - across security, healthcare, behavioral health, and IT, helping the institution become the first to reach full staffing.
- Managed end-to-end recruiting, interviews, background checks, onboarding, benefits, and personnel transactions, and delivered orientation for new correctional officer cohorts.
Current AI Systems and Products
- OverLift Emulators: Deterministic browser emulation, replay, adaptive acceleration, low-latency media, controller support, and remaster-ready semantic scene interpretation.
- Saros.ai: Local-first market intelligence with LLM orchestration, RAG over news, filings, and PDFs, deterministic econometrics, simulations, options analytics, and backtests.
- Vellucent Studio: Private-by-default AI document editing, authoring, OCR, redaction, compression, semantic retrieval, and governed transformations validated before commit.
- Azure Glossary: Azure reference and exam preparation connecting concepts, commands, relationships, runbooks, comparisons, diagnostics, and semantic search.
- Article Studio: An agentic publishing pipeline for ideas, briefs, drafts, audits, images, readiness scoring, cost tracking, and publication.
- Veil: Deterministic ephemeris, synchronized semantic readings, and high-performance horoscope visualization.
- Veluris: Personalized event discovery with semantic search, freshness, safety-aware matching, and event-linked introductions.
Education
Master of Business Administration (MBA), Business / Finance
2011
University of Nevada, Reno
Bachelor of General Studies
2010
University of Nevada, Reno