AI Tools & Integration
I integrate LLMs into real workflows — agents, retrieval, and evaluations that hold up in production, not just in a demo.
// SOFTWARE ENGINEER — WEB × AI × SECURITY
MICHAEL MEHRDADI
I build production web platforms, AI-powered security tooling, and scientific data systems for the State of California — currently leading UI on methane-plume event data at CARB.
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BaseSACRAMENTO, CA
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FocusREACT · NEXT.JS · PYTHON
EducationB.S. CS — SAC STATE '25
GitHub@PUFFY12
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// CAPABILITIES
What I bring to the table
Production systems, not demos — across web platforms, AI integration, security, and data.
Custom Software
Production-grade web apps with React, Next.js, TypeScript, and Node — built to be maintained, not just shipped.
Security & Threat Intelligence
I built Credential Sentinel — AI-driven auditing of credential exposure and domain vulnerabilities, integrated with SentinelOne.
Data Systems
At CARB I work on scientific data systems — PostgreSQL models, React interfaces, and AWS infrastructure with Okta authentication.
Agentic Support
Deployed AI agents need oversight — drift detection, telemetry, and incident response loops that keep them honest.
Infrastructure
Cloud-native and boring on purpose: AWS, Vercel, PostgreSQL — picked for resilience, scaled when the need is real.
- JavaScript
- TypeScript
- React
- Next.js
- Node.js
- Python
- Java
- C++
- SQL
- MongoDB
- PostgreSQL
- AWS
- Okta
- Vercel
- Vite
- Spring Boot
- REST APIs
- Cyber Security
- Data Visualization
- Tableau
- Agile
- Japanese
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Featured Work
6 projects across AI, security, and the modern web. Explore the work below.
LOG 01 // COMPLIANCE AI // LIVE
Cyboria
React + Tailwind compliance automation platform powered by AI — built to simplify NIST 800-171 and CMMC compliance for defense contractors.
ReactViteTypeScriptFramer Motion
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LOG 02 // CLIENT COMMISSION // LIVE
Jared Eastlick Portfolio
Personal portfolio for a freelance writer — work, experience, hobbies, and contact, with a clean editorial feel.
Next.jsChakra UITailwind
LOG 03 // CAMPUS ORG // LIVE
Sac State IEEE
Official web app for the IEEE student branch at CSUS — events, officers, and membership, hosted on Vercel.
Next.jsTypeScriptVercel
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LOG 04 // COMMISSION // LIVE
Dim Eye Show
Commissioned podcast site — responsive, animated UI with social integration for the Dim Eye Show.
Next.jsTypeScriptTailwind
LOG 05 // SIDE QUEST // LIVE
Vite Word Games
A dynamic collection of word games designed for quick rounds with friends — fast, light, and replayable.
ViteReactTypeScript
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LOG 06 // GRAPHICS ENGINE ARCHIVE
Game of Life
Conway's cellular automaton running on a custom Java graphics engine, built from the ground up — no frameworks, just first principles.
JavaOpenGLFrom Scratch
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Experience
Select an entry to explore the work, responsibilities, and skills.
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2025 – NOW
Scientific Data System User Interface LeadActive California Air Resources Board Full-stack methane response platform, React interfaces, secure cloud infrastructure, and cross-agency collaboration. View details
California Air Resources Board
Scientific Data System User Interface Lead
Sep 2025 - Present
What I did
- full-stack development of a secure, web-based platform that collects and manages stakeholder responses to satellite-detected methane plume events across California.
- Architect and implement modern user interfaces using React, ensuring intuitive user experiences for facility operators, partner agencies, and CARB programs.
- Integrate identity and access management via Okta and build cloud-native infrastructure on AWS with CI/CD, Terraform, and Docker, delivering scalable, production-ready applications.
- Design and maintain relational data models with PostgreSQL to support real-time data ingestion, reporting, and cross-agency collaboration.
- Collaborate with scientists, policy experts, and IT teams to align software capabilities with methane reduction goals and regulatory requirements.
- Develop and document secure, authenticated workflows that meet California Department of Technology (CDT) and CARB security standards.
- Drive iterative deployment and testing cycles, gathering user feedback to refine UI/UX and ensure accessibility and effectiveness across diverse stakeholder groups.
- Present technical solutions in agency-wide working groups and contribute to CARB’s evolving strategy on integrating technology with climate science and policy.
Skills & experience
- Full-Stack Development
- React.js
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)
- Okta
- Terraform
- Docker
- PostgreSQL
- UI/UX
- Accessibility
- Secure authenticated workflows
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2025 – NOW
Software EngineerActive AdVran Inc. Credential Sentinel, automated security intelligence, and AI-assisted SentinelOne threat triage. View details
AdVran Inc.
Software Engineer
Jul 2025 - Present
What I did
- Engineered Credential Sentinel, a web-based enterprise platform that audits credential exposure and domain-based vulnerabilities across company assets.
- Automated intelligence workflows to detect leaked credentials, misconfigurations, and threat vectors, enabling proactive cybersecurity posture.
- Delivered monthly audit reports with historical trend tracking and actionable insights, empowering security teams with faster, more informed responses.
- Integrated AI with SentinelOne to automate threat triage, reduce false positives, and deliver real-time detection suggestions based on threat context.
- Developed and trained AI models to analyze SentinelOne reports and produce device and network security recommendations tailored to emerging threat patterns.
- Strengthened analyst productivity by embedding AI-generated threat reasoning into day-to-day workflows, enhancing speed and accuracy in incident response.
Skills & experience
- Full-Stack Development
- Cybersecurity
- Credential auditing
- Threat intelligence
- SentinelOne
- AI model development
- Incident response
- Security reporting
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2024 – 2025
Student Research Assistant California Air Resources Board Python reporting automation, regulatory data collection, ArcGIS visualizations, and XML batch testing. View details
California Air Resources Board
Student Research Assistant
Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
What I did
- Developed backend Python tools to automate manual reporting workflows and data processing.
- Created web scrapers to collect, analyze, and transform large regulatory datasets.
- Generated interactive data visualizations using ArcGIS to support air quality research.
- Tested and managed XML batch uploads for emissions reporting tools used by RMP R3 stakeholders.
Skills & experience
- Data Analysis
- Data Science
- Python
- Web scraping
- ArcGIS
- Data visualization
- XML batch testing
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2023 – NOW
Freelance Full-Stack DeveloperActive Independent Client websites and applications built with React, Next.js, TypeScript, Tailwind, Vercel, and MongoDB. View details
Independent
Freelance Full-Stack Developer
2023 - Present
What I did
- Built client websites and applications using React, Next.js, TypeScript, Tailwind, Vercel, and MongoDB.
Skills & experience
- React
- Next.js
- TypeScript
- Tailwind CSS
- Vercel
- MongoDB
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2023 – 2025
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science California State University-Sacramento Computer science studies, IEEE web development and club leadership, and collaborative software projects. View details
California State University-Sacramento
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science
Jan 2023 - Dec 2025
Studies & activities
- Served as a CSUS IEEE Web Developer and Officer, collaborating on an interactive website for the IEEE Club at CSUS.
- Built a MongoDB project with classmates simulating a student-teacher grading and assignment environment. Used REST controllers to create assignments, students, and teachers with the appropriate one-to-many relationships.
Coursework
Mathematics/Statistics · Database Management Systems · Software Engineering · Computer Organization/Architecture · Business Intelligence · Object-Oriented Computer Graphics Programming · Data Structures & Algorithm Analysis · Software Testing and Quality Assurance · Data Analytics and Visualization · Computer Network Fundamentals · Statistics · Calculus · Linear Algebra
Skills & experience
- OpenGL
- Sprint Planning
- MongoDB
- REST controllers
- Data modeling
- Web development
- Software testing
- Data analytics
- Computer networks
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2022
Web Development Intern Arc Design Hub Accessible file management with permission-aware controls, search, and filtering for faculty content. View details
Arc Design Hub
Web Development Intern
Aug 2022 - Dec 2022
What I did
- Managed and organized uploaded files from instructors via a pre-existing upload platform.
- Created a user-friendly interface to display uploaded content with intuitive controls for viewing, downloading, sharing, editing, and deleting files (based on user permissions).
- Improved accessibility by streamlining file navigation and implementing search and filter features.
- Focused on clean design and usability to ensure the platform was easy to navigate for users of all technical levels.
- Played a key role in supporting the Design Hub’s digital operations by simplifying document access and sharing.
- Designed the Losrios Power Shell Server Search website for Design Hub, described in the snapshot as still in use.
Skills & experience
- Software Development
- JavaScript
- UI design
- Accessibility
- File management
- Search and filtering
- Permission-based controls
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2019 – 2022
Associate's degree, Computer Science American River College Full-stack work at Design Hub, a team C++ car-rental project, and foundational algorithms and data structures. View details
American River College
Associate's degree, Computer Science
Aug 2019 - Dec 2022
Studies & activities
- Participated in Design Hub full-stack web development.
- Created a website for Design Hub faculty that worked with a PowerShell server to retrieve files and help teachers upload content. The snapshot describes it as still in use.
- Created a C++ program simulating car rental checkouts with a team of five.
- Learned fundamental algorithms and data structures.
Skills & experience
- HTML5
- Web Development
- Full-Stack Web Development
- PowerShell
- C++
- Algorithms
- Data structures
- Teamwork
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