Rodrigo Normando
Senior Software Engineer • Transitioning to AI Engineering
Experienced Senior Software Engineer specializing in frontend architecture and full-stack web applications, currently advancing through an intensive, hands-on roadmap to master AI Engineering. Focused on building real-world AI software that balances user experience with rigorous security, privacy protections, and cloud cost control.
Core Engineering Principles
Senior Full-Stack & Frontend Background
Extensive background crafting scalable, highly performant web applications, modern design systems, and responsive user experiences.
AI Engineering & Azure Cloud Integration
Practical expertise building production-ready AI applications using Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Language, Content Safety, and Agent frameworks.
Production Security & Cost Governance
Obsessed with defensive AI architecture: multi-tier rate limiting, kill switches, PII masking, input isolation tags, and EXIF stripping.
Technical Skills & Expertise
AI & Machine Learning
Backend & Systems
Frontend Architecture
Security & DevOps
About the AI Engineering Roadmap
The AI Engineer Roadmap is a structured project initiated to systematically master modern AI engineering workflows. Rather than focusing solely on raw model prompts or prototype scripts, this repository demonstrates how to build production-grade software around generative AI models.
Every application in the monorepo incorporates end-to-end delivery principles: solution design, responsive frontend interfaces, FastAPI microservice backends, automated unit testing, rate limiting, and zero-trust security boundaries.