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Hello, I‘m Marcel
Building scalable platforms and AI-powered automation that help teams deliver impactful digital products. Expert in full-stack development with 8 years turning complex problems into elegant solutions.
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Professional Journey
A timeline of my career progression, key roles, and the technologies I've mastered along the way.
Staff AI Engineer (IC – Architecture Owner)
Clipboard Health
Oct 2025 - Present•5 months
Architecture Owner for AI-driven document validation platform transforming manual SOP-based healthcare workflows. System processes ~1000 documents/day, achieving 70%+ automated approval rate with ~1% false-positive rate. Reshaped operational capacity by reducing manual dependency by 66%, enabling the organization to scale document throughput without linear headcount growth.
RustAI
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Lead Software Developer
FoodReady
Nov 2024 - Jul 2025•8 months
Redefined backend execution model from time-based scheduling to event-driven architecture, enabling asynchronous scalability and reducing cross-team coordination overhead.
AWSEventBridgeLambdaAIAutomation
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Senior Software Developer
FoodReady
Nov 2023 - Nov 2024•1 year
Fullstack development for compliance and regulatory systems.
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Recent Projects
Concise outcomes across marketplaces, SaaS, and platform work — with tech stacks for quick scanning.
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Food B2B Supplier Marketplace
MedusaJS, Next.js, Supabase, secure auth, order flows, supplier dashboards
Launched a compliant B2B marketplace with secure authentication, end-to-end order flow, and supplier dashboards.
Results:
✅Checkout time: ~5:00 → ~2:00 (−50–60%)
✅Checkout conversion: +20–35%
Built from scratchProduction
LMS & Knowledge Base System
WordPress (LMS), SSO, knowledge base & docs portal
Centralized LMS with SSO and an integrated knowledge base/docs portal.
Results:
✅Monthly Active Users: 50+
✅Course creators: 3
Built from scratchMVPCompliance
Legal SaaS with RAG + AI Agent (MVP)
Supabase, RAG pipelines, GPT/Claude for retrieval and summarization
Implemented RAG pipelines over Supabase with LLM summarization to accelerate discovery and first drafts.
Results:
✅Documents indexed: 500+
✅Research time: 10h → 4–6h (−40–60%)
Built from scratchProductionCompliance
Compliance Automation with AI
OpenAI/Grok, n8n workflows, Supabase; schema-based classification & scoring
AI-powered classification/scoring with automated routing over n8n and Supabase.
Results:
✅Flow automated: 30%
✅Time-to-compliance: 90 → 25 days (−72%)
Built from scratchMVP
Supplier Portal with Workflow Orchestration
Supabase, n8n; AI-powered document intake, routing, and scanning
Built a self-serve portal for document intake, approval routing, and AI scanning.
Results:
✅Manual touches: −70%
✅Approval SLA: ~5d → ~2d
System improvementProduction
Multichannel Notification Platform
Novu orchestration; push, email, SMS, in-app; user prefs & real-time tracking
Centralized orchestration with user preferences, channel failover, and real-time tracking.
Results:
✅Delivery SLO: 99.9%+
✅p95 latency: ~4s → ~1s (−75%)
Technology Expertise
MedusaJSNext.jsSupabaseTypeScriptPostgreSQLWordPressPHPMySQLSSOREST APIPythonOpenAIClaudeVector DBn8nNode.jsAI APIsNovuRedisWebSockets
Technical Skills & Expertise
Specialized in modern web development, AI automation, system architecture, and cloud technologies. Experienced across the full technology stack with focus on scalable, maintainable solutions.
Languages & Frameworks
TypeScript/JavaScript
Node.js, NestJS, Next.js, React, TypeScript (Strict Mode)
Database & ORM
PostgreSQL, Prisma (TypedSQL), MongoDB, Supabase, Redis
API & Contracts
ts-rest, Zod, GraphQL, REST (JSON:API), OpenAPI/Swagger
Python
Backend development, AI integration, automation scripts
AI & Automation
LLM Orchestration
RAG, Prompt chaining, Deterministic LLM, GPT, Anthropic, Mistral
Document Processing
OCR (Vision-based), Field Extraction, Rules Engines
Automation Tools
Orkes/Conductor, Novu, n8n, Trigger.dev
Evaluation
AI-based data enrichment, Backtesting and LLM evaluation scripts
Cloud, DevOps & Observability
AWS
EventBridge, SQS, S3, RDS, SSM, Lambda - Event-driven architecture
Infrastructure as Code
Terraform, LocalStack (AWS emulation)
Observability
Datadog (Tracing, Metrics, Monitors)
Tooling
Docker, GitHub Actions, LaunchDarkly (Feature Flags)
Architecture & Practices
System Design
Three-tier architecture, Repository pattern, Domain Objects (DOs)
Async Systems
Background jobs, idempotent consumers, cross-service messaging
Quality
Jest, TDD, strict type safety, 100% logic coverage targets
UX & Design
Figma, Design Systems, Responsive Design, Accessibility
Technical Skills Keywords
Marcel Scognamiglio specializes in: TypeScript/JavaScript, Database & ORM, API & Contracts, Python, LLM Orchestration, Document Processing, Automation Tools, Evaluation, AWS, Infrastructure as Code, Observability, Tooling, System Design, Async Systems, Quality, UX & Design. Expert in full-stack development, AI automation, system architecture, event-driven systems, microservices, cloud computing, database design, frontend development, backend development, DevOps, and modern web technologies.
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