Michael Jennings
Technical Lead Engineer at Boeing
Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
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Top SchoolMichael Jennings is a Technical Lead Engineer based in Newcastle, Australia with seven years of experience transitioning from military avionics and data roles into enterprise Data & AI leadership at Boeing. He architects and operationalises Data & AI platforms, specialising in MLOps, inference and training optimisation, governance, and strategic data platform planning while mentoring teams and building Centres of Excellence. A founder of Data Craftsman, he also creates training resources and tooling to upskill the next generation of platform engineers, blending practical teaching with hands-on platform delivery. His background in the Australian Defence Force gives him rare operational experience—deploying off-grid maintenance databases and crafting bespoke ETL and ILS solutions for classified programs. He pairs a Bachelor of Software Engineering (Hons) with broad technical fluency (Python, Streamlit, ETL, Cognos) and a leadership track record managing cross-functional data teams. Pragmatic and mission-focused, he combines defence-hardened reliability with a passion for making complex data systems accessible and repeatable.
7 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Cert 4, Business, Cert 4, Business at Defence Registered Training OrganisationCert 4, Screen, Cert 4, Screen at Academy of Interactive EntertainmentBachelor of Software Engineering (Honours), Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor of Software Engineering (Honours), Computer Software Engineering at University of NewcastleCert 4, Avionics Maintenance Technology/Technician, Cert 4, Avionics Maintenance Technology/Technician at TAFE NSWCert 3, Retail Management, Cert 3, Retail Management at TAFEPrimary - Highschool
Github Skills (15)
github-pages10
jekyll10
cuda7
pytorch7
inference7
transformer6
gpt6
openai6
amd6
llm6
llama5
reinforcement-learning3
tpu3
csv1
python1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
DataCraftsmanAU/DataCraftsmanAU
Dec 2022 - Aug 2024
Contributions:11 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 8 months
DataCraftsmanAU/jobscraper
Sep 2023 - Jan 2025
Contributions:18 pushes in 1 year 4 months
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