Bret McGee
Senior AI Engineer & Technical Lead
bret@bretmcgee.com · London, Ontario, Canada · Remote
Professional Summary
Senior engineer focused on agentic AI and multi-agent delivery systems — designing orchestration, reliability guardrails, and real-services quality gates that multiply engineering throughput.
Experience
Lead Engineer — AI-native engineering system — Independent engineering (product R&D)
2025-01 – Present
- Designed and built a multi-agent engineering operating system that orchestrates autonomous coding agents across plan → implement → audit → test → ship with reliability guardrails and host-resource governance.
- Sustained ~2,951 GitHub contributions in the trailing year using AI-assisted, agent-orchestrated workflows — a step-change in engineering throughput.
- Architected a strict-TypeScript monorepo (Next.js, React, Convex, Clerk) with zero-any standards, automated lint/type/test gates, and subagent monitoring plus orchestration layers.
- Built provider-agnostic LLM runtime integration, real-services testing (no mocks), and a decision-ledger documentation system for long-horizon autonomous work.
Lead Engineer & Technical Lead — Engagement Agents
2021-04 – Present
- Lead engineer who designed, architected, and shipped a marketing-execution platform operating across 10,000+ retail locations in 5,000+ malls worldwide.
- Powers field activations for globally recognized retail brands; owned the full stack (Vue 3 / TypeScript / Node) plus UI/UX design and ongoing platform management.
Technical Lead — Judo
2019-04 – 2026-07
- Technical lead for the front-end and cloud environment of internal enterprise promo-management tools used by Coca-Cola and its subsidiaries.
- Partnered directly with Coca-Cola leadership for 5+ years; engagement concludes Jul 2026 as Coca-Cola brings promo management in-house.
Senior Software Engineer (Frontend) — Deloitte
2021-03 – 2022-07
- Delivered complex features for federal digital-service programs at CBSA (CARM) and IRCC, digitizing manual caseworker and client processes into secure portals.
- Initial 3-month contract extended multiple times across two federal programs on the strength of delivery; multiple UX recommendations adopted over the original designs.
Lead Frontend Engineer — Profound Impact
2020-03 – 2021-03
- Lead front-end engineer for an alumni social network spanning multiple universities; stood up AWS cloud infrastructure and supported the backend team.
Software Engineer — eLank
2018-06 – 2019-12
- Built full-stack features for a digital platform; contributed across front-end and API layers in a fast-moving product team.
Projects
Agentic OS (sanitized public demo)
Sanitized multi-agent engineering demo showcasing orchestration, audit gates, and test-driven delivery — described as independent engineering output without naming a personal company brand.
Skills
- AI / Agentic: LLM orchestration, Multi-agent orchestration, RAG / embeddings, Prompt & context engineering, Agent reliability guardrails
- Engineering: TypeScript / JavaScript, React, Next.js, Angular (2+), Vue 3, React Native, Electron
- Backend / Data: Convex, Node.js / Express, MySQL, REST APIs, Serverless architecture
- Cloud / DevOps: AWS, Azure, Firebase, CI/CD, Terraform (IaC), Vercel
- Leadership: System architecture, Technical leadership, UI/UX design, Cross-platform delivery, Automated quality gates
Education
- Mohawk College — Diploma, Computer Science (Software Development) (2017–2019)
Credentials
- Delivered digital services for Government of Canada programs (federal security screening completed)
- LinkedIn Learning (2018–2019): DevOps Foundations · Enterprise Architecture Foundations · Azure Serverless Computing · Microsoft Azure for Developers · Designing RESTful APIs