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Mike Darlington

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Senior Developer Success Engineer at Vercel
📍 London, England, United Kingdom

Mike is a Senior Scaled Solution Architect specializing in agentic AI and distributed systems. He has a history of early AI adoption and holds a First Class Honours in Computer Science. Colleagues describe him as having deep technical expertise and a strong ability to align solutions with business goals.

Beyond his corporate roles, Mike is an avid open-source software contributor and independent builder. He created the CLI tool "fx" and is involved in high-level discussions about the future of AI, including with members of the UK House of Lords. He is a polyglot programmer proficient in several languages.

Unique Fact: He deployed an LLM-powered triage chatbot at BNY Mellon in 2021, years before agentic AI entered the mainstream.

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Experience
8 Years
Current Role
Senior Developer Success Engineer
Job Level
Middle
Location
London, England, United Kingdom
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Agentic AI
He architects multi-agent workflows at Cox Automotive, sits on their Agentic Advisory Board, and built the is-agentic.com project to analyze websites.
Open-Source Software
As an active OSS contributor, he created and maintains "fx," a terminal-based tool, frequently sharing updates and engaging with the developer community.
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Career

Work history

7-2026
Senior Developer Success Engineer
Vercel
1-2026 - 7-2026
Agentic Advisory Board Member
Cox Automotive Europe
1-2026 - 7-2026
Lead AI Engineer
Cox Automotive Europe
4-2025 - 1-2026
Lead Payment Engineer
Cox Automotive Europe
7-2022 - 4-2025
Senior Backend Engineer
finova
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Education
2015 - 2018
Bachelor of Science - BS
University of Hull
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