Shaun MacPherson

Engineering Lead Ii @Flashpoint

New York, NY, US

Lead two cross-functional engineering teams focused on product development and strategic data initiatives. Built a high-performing team culture known for momentum, trust, and sustainable delivery — even within a resource-constrained environment.Key contributions- Directed delivery of a scalable, production-ready AI platform enabling the company’s first LLM-powered features — including summarization, semantic search, and a chat assistant. Led architecture, team alignment, and rollout using LangGraph, LangSmith, Promptfoo, and vector embeddings- Redesigned legacy data pipelines to shift from multi-day polling to real-time delivery — dramatically improving performance, freshness, and user experience across the core platform- Shipped a new commercial data product in under four months, integrating multiple proprietary APIs into a modern web interface. Now in general availability with several million in weighted pipeline- Currently leading architecture and implementation of an LLM-based location detection system for geospatial intelligence, targeting Winter 2025 release- Own the technical roadmap and delivery strategy for both teams, partnering closely with product leadership to shape long-term vision, priorities, and architecture- Built foundational team processes across onboarding, agile workflows, on-call rotation, documentation, and release planning — enabling autonomy and maintainability at scale- Actively coached engineers from junior through staff level via goal-setting, mentorship, sponsorship, and performance growth. Supported multiple promotions by aligning growth opportunities with technical and strategic team goals- Redesigned engineering hiring loop and evaluation rubrics to improve signal quality and candidate experience.

University of Victoria

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) with Distinction

Lighthouse Labs

Web Development Bootcamp (Jan – Mar 2018)

University of Victoria

Master of Arts (M.A.)