Principal Software Engineer | 20 Years | Distributed Systems, Java, AWS
Actively Looking for Work
Principal Software Engineer
with 20 years of experience designing and building large-scale distributed systems, cloud platforms, and security infrastructure. I specialize in backend engineering using Java and Go, with deep expertise in AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, observability, and platform engineering.
Throughout my career, I have built high-performance, highly available services that operate at internet scale, with a strong focus on reliability, security, and operational excellence. My experience spans distributed systems, authentication and authorization platforms, service-to-service security, cloud infrastructure, and telemetry platforms.
I enjoy solving complex engineering challenges, improving system scalability and performance, and mentoring engineers while driving technical direction across teams. I am currently seeking Staff, Principal, or Platform Engineering opportunities with companies building cloud-native products and large-scale backend systems.
Core Technologies:
- Java
- Go
- AWS
- Kubernetes
- Terraform
- Docker
- MySQL
- REST APIs
- Distributed Systems
- OpenTelemetry
- Observability
- Security Platforms
- CI/CD
- Microservices.