Tanner Hickey
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A decade of experience building and scaling high-impact systems at industry-leading tech companies. I specialize in backend architecture, AI/ML integration, and data processing.
2024 — 2026
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DataBackfill
Conversational AI Platform
Architected a multi-agent AI platform with tool-calling and long-term memory, improving first-contact resolution by 42% for over 1.8 million monthly conversations.
Developed a hybrid RAG pipeline using Vertex AI and BigQuery, successfully reducing hallucination rates by 58% through continuous automated evaluation.
Engineered high-throughput data pipelines with Apache Beam that processed 40k+ events/sec, enabling cost-aware model routing and reducing overall LLM costs by 31%.
Maintained 99.9% availability while implementing robust observability and production guardrails to ensure system safety and reliability under rapid iteration.
RESOLUTION LIFT
HALUCINATION REDUCTION
COST SAVINGS
Go
Vertex AI
BigQuery
Apache Beam
Kubernetes
RAG
System Design
2020 — 2024
Hybrid
Search & Workspace AI
Optimized core ranking for Google Search Query Suggestions, improving relevance and CTR for 150M+ daily users while strictly adhering to low latency budgets.
Delivered Gemini-powered Smart Compose features for Gmail, reducing average user composition time by 26% and increasing feature adoption significantly.
RELEVANCE LIFT
TIME SAVED
C++
Java
TypeScript
React
gRPC
Open to senior backend and platform engineering roles.
Tanner Hickey
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Open to senior engineering roles