Derrick Pedranti — Senior Full Stack Developer and Designer
With over two decades of experience leading full-stack software development, mobile solutions, and user experience design, Derrick Pedranti brings deep technical leadership and architectural expertise to every project. Throughout the Agile development lifecycle, he drives end-to-end delivery — from refining user requirements and designing intuitive interfaces to building scalable applications and microservices, developing comprehensive test suites, establishing CI/CD pipelines, and enforcing rigorous quality standards. His approach integrates user research, including field studies, collaborative design workshops, and stakeholder feedback sessions, to ensure every solution aligns with user and business goals.
Derrick's technical expertise spans a comprehensive stack: ReactJS, JavaScript, TypeScript, Next.js, Node.js, Python, GraphQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, DynamoDB, Flutter, and core web technologies such as HTML5 and CSS. He also specializes in advanced AI frameworks for retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), multimodal systems, and autonomous agents. His experience includes cloud infrastructure with AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, as well as developing intelligent, AI-powered applications that leverage large language models and automation through AWS Bedrock, Azure OpenAI, and Google Cloud Vertex AI. His portfolio demonstrates consistent success in delivering scalable, user-friendly solutions for major corporations and federal agencies.
Beyond his development capabilities, Derrick Pedranti brings substantial creative expertise in visual design and user interface creation. His design portfolio includes comprehensive visual prototypes, compelling presentation materials, and engaging motion graphics that enhance user interaction.Beyond his engineering capabilities, Derrick brings a strong creative dimension in visual and interaction design. His design work includes high-fidelity prototypes, presentation materials, and motion graphics that elevate user engagement and communication clarity.
In his current role as a Senior Full-Stack Developer and Technical Program Manager, Derrick has led rapid prototyping of RAG and agentic AI applications supporting Accenture's federal business development initiatives. He designed and developed generative AI solutions for U.S. government agencies leveraging LLMs and RAG architectures. His recent work includes full-stack applications built with React, Material UI, and TypeScript on the front end, and Python microservices powered by AWS and Google Cloud on the back end. He developed multimodal AI chat capabilities, D3-based data visualizations, and integrated LLMs across AWS Bedrock, Azure OpenAI, and Google Cloud Vertex AI. Derrick also designed wireframes and high-fidelity mockups for federal government agency clients.