Jacksonville, FL

Akeem McKenzie

Software & AI Engineer building production systems across cybersecurity, data intelligence, and mobile.

Six years shipping enterprise security tooling, autonomous AI agents, and independent SaaS — with open-source libraries published on PyPI and the VS Code Marketplace. IEEE member with an M.S. in Data Science.

Portrait of Akeem McKenzie

Independent projects & open source

Products and libraries I designed, built, and shipped end to end.

LLMStrike

PyPI

Open-source adversarial security testing framework for LLM applications — 25 attack techniques and 175 adversarial payloads across 6 categories including prompt injection, jailbreak, and data exfiltration. Built as a modular Python library so red teams can measure LLM robustness.

  • Python
  • Adversarial ML
  • Red Team
pypi.org/project/llmstrike

PatchForge

SaaS

Autonomous AI software engineering platform that turns Jira tickets into production-ready pull requests and auto-resolves production errors from Sentry webhooks. RAG codebase context engine on Voyage AI embeddings and pgvector, with Stripe token-based pricing and a BYOK tier.

  • RAG
  • pgvector
  • Stripe
patchforge.dev

FirstNotice

SaaS

Platform for real estate investors monitoring Florida court filings. Full-stack Next.js, FastAPI, and PostgreSQL, with Playwright automation against the Duval County CORE portal, Clerk auth, Resend email, and APScheduler digest alerts for real-time notifications.

  • Next.js
  • FastAPI
  • Playwright
firstnotice.app

PaceTalk

App Store

GPS pace coaching app for runners, live on the App Store. Delivers real-time audio coaching mid-run using ElevenLabs voice packs, built natively for iOS with continuous location and pace tracking.

  • iOS
  • ElevenLabs
  • GPS
View on the App Store

SigmaGen

PyPI

AI-powered Sigma detection rule generator for threat hunting. Automates generation of SIEM-compatible Sigma rules using LLM reasoning over threat intelligence sources.

  • Python
  • SIEM
  • Threat Intel
pypi.org/project/sigmagen

Python Package Manager Pro

VS Code

VS Code extension for streamlined Python package management — simplifies package discovery, installation, and environment management from inside the editor. Published on the VS Code Marketplace.

  • TypeScript
  • VS Code API
View on the Marketplace

Experience

Six years across security tooling, healthcare automation, and enterprise platforms.

  1. May 2022 — Present Jacksonville, FL

    Software Engineer · OnDefend

    • Architected and built the Blindspot simulation builder — a red team attack simulation platform used in national security assessments and by major healthcare enterprises, now adopted by 10+ companies.
    • Designed AI-powered simulation creation assistants on GPT models via the OpenAI API, automating PowerShell generation logic and structured context injection to accelerate analyst workflows.
    • Built a RAG-based data intelligence engine and security-gap recommendation system, containerized with Docker and deployed through AWS CodePipeline for automated, scalable inference.
    • Developed a high-performance Node.js report generation microservice, cutting report creation from 60 seconds to under 6 — a 90% improvement.
    • Built a validation engine for enterprise security endpoints including Microsoft Defender, CrowdStrike, and SentinelOne; refactored the backend into modular infrastructure for a 30% processing speed gain.
    • Engineered scalable React components — Sankey diagram visualizations, dynamic grid systems, scheduling interfaces — integrated with Django templates, lifting user engagement 40%.
    • Developed a C# microservice for campaign orchestration with an Azure CI/CD pipeline automating end-to-end deployment, and embedded Auth0 plus REST APIs for third-party integration.
  2. Jan 2022 — May 2022 Jacksonville, FL

    Software Engineer · NLP Logix

    • Integrated Electronic Medical Records systems using Python-based RPAs, raising system efficiency and accuracy 30%.
    • Led R&D on image-recognition RPA systems, reducing manual data-entry labor 25%.
    • Resolved platform-wide bugs and hotfixes in Python, cutting downtime 50% and support requests 30%.
  3. Apr 2021 — Dec 2021 Jacksonville, FL

    Software Engineer · Suddath Companies

    • Delivered bug fixes and feature enhancements across web platforms in C# and Angular, reducing downtime 30% and improving stability 25%.
    • Implemented API changes and new web features under Agile Scrum, driving a 20% increase in customer satisfaction ratings.
  4. Apr 2020 — Apr 2021 Jacksonville, FL

    Software Engineer · University of North Florida

    • Built backend systems in C# with Angular CRUD operations and REST API endpoints.
    • Developed a Python desktop application that halved data processing time, and automated PowerShell scripts cutting manual labor 40%.
    • Created a Canvas-integrated CSV comparison tool for faculty, streamlining grading workflows.
    • Built ETL packages improving data accuracy 30% and reducing processing time 25%.
  5. Apr 2019 — Apr 2020 Jacksonville, FL

    SharePoint Developer · Regency Centers

    • Planned and executed a full SharePoint 2016 → 2019 enterprise migration with minimal operational disruption.
    • Automated data migration and ETL tasks with Python scripting, accelerating the transition timeline.

Technical skills

Languages
Python · JavaScript / TypeScript · Go · Java · C# · Node.js
Frontend
React · Next.js · Angular · jQuery · Django Templates
Backend
Django · FastAPI · Node.js · REST APIs · GraphQL
AI / ML
OpenAI API · LangChain · RAG · pgvector · Voyage AI · scikit-learn
Databases
PostgreSQL · MySQL · SQLite · SQL Server · Redis
Cloud & DevOps
AWS · Azure · Docker · CI/CD · GitHub Actions · APScheduler
Security
Red team tooling · Adversarial ML · Endpoint validation · Auth0
Mobile
React Native · iOS (App Store) · GPS & location services

Education

M.S. Data Science May 2026

University of the Cumberlands

Capstone: unsupervised ML for bot detection via browser fingerprint anomaly detection — K-Means, BIRCH, Isolation Forest, LOF.

B.S. Computer Science GPA 3.6

University of North Florida

Certifications & memberships

  • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
  • IEEE Member

Let's build something.

Open to conversations about AI engineering, security tooling, and product work.