Jeff Schomay
Senior Staff AI Engineer at Mechanical Orchard
Sarasota, Florida, United States
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Top SchoolJeff Schomay is a senior software engineer and AI leader blending immersive storytelling with practical AI applications. With 11 years of experience, he currently leads AI initiatives at Mechanical Orchard, designing advanced agents and RAG systems for mainframe understanding while shaping roadmaps and external visibility. Previously, he drove generative AI projects as Lead Engineer and Interim CTO, building narrative engines for games and partnering with ML researchers to fuse traditional game-dev techniques with LLMs. His work spans Elixir-based ECS servers, real-time multiplayer systems, and large-scale web apps, including contributions that helped secure a $24M Series A for a legacy modernization effort. He has deep startup and enterprise experience from Adobe, Pivotal, and several spinouts, and he earned a BFA in Film Studies from the University of Colorado Boulder along with a Coursera certificate in Generative AI with LLMs. Based in Sarasota, Florida, he applies a rare combination of creative storytelling instincts and rigorous engineering to ship scalable, narrative-rich AI systems.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Course Certificate, Generative AI with Large Language Models, Course Certificate, Generative AI with Large Language Models at CourseraBachelor of Fine Arts - BFA, Film Studies and Production, Bachelor of Fine Arts - BFA, Film Studies and Production at University of Colorado Boulder
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Github Skills (97)
autocomplete10
language-server-protocol10
tabletop10
elm10
non-linear10
checker10
paginator10
javascript-game9
behavior-tree9
vim-plugin9
linter9
vim9
linting9
language-server9
tilemap9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
jschomay/phaser-demo-game
Nov 2014 - Oct 2019
Demo game for phaser.js tutorial
Contributions:28 commits, 1 push in 5 years
tilemapjavascriptjavascript-gamephasertabletop
jschomay/subway-game
Aug 2017 - May 2023
A narrative adventure following an underappreciated insurance agent who falls into a subterranean labyrinth when his subway commute goes awry.
Contributions:15 PRs, 206 pushes, 12 branches in 5 years 9 months
labyrinthelm-narrative-enginetwinecrosswordgame
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