Mike Thompson
Sr. Manager, AI Engineering at Sony Interactive Entertainment
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMike Thompson is a senior engineering leader based in Seattle with 13 years of experience building production data systems and leading AI adoption in game studios and enterprise environments. Currently Sr. Manager, AI Engineering at Sony Interactive Entertainment, he has architected unified AI API gateways and LLM web chat platforms that serve thousands of internal users and connect to OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google models. His background spans end-to-end cloud-native data platforms, real-time telemetry systems, and automated LiveOps workflows at Bungie and ProbablyMonsters, where he eliminated ticket backlogs with GPT-4–driven support and created scalable ETL and streaming pipelines. Mike blends hands-on engineering with strategic enablement—running workshops, training teams, and driving cross-studio AI initiatives—so technical programs translate into measurable studio impact. He also brings research-rooted rigor from early computer vision work and practical experience as a technical reviewer on neural network projects, reflecting a rare mix of academic insight and production-grade execution.
13 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
The University of Arizona
Github Skills (80)
parser10
elasticsearch10
visualizations10
pipeline10
observability10
router10
vector10
elastic10
kibana10
nosql9
monitoring9
database9
high-performance9
rust9
stream-processing9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
thethomp/thomp-tbrpg
Aug 2012 - Jan 2022
Contributions:48 commits, 1 push in 9 years 6 months
pythongamerpgpygamerpg-engine
thethomp/lammergeyer
Feb 2015 - Aug 2015
Contributions:3 commits, 2 PRs, 18 pushes in 6 months
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