I architect systems that scale and lead engineers who ship. 20+ years turning complex technical challenges into working infrastructure. Currently deep in AI agents and LLM-powered automation.
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The easiest way to pronounce my name is NJ - my initials backwards. I've been architecting distributed systems and leading engineering teams for two decades, remote-first since before it was cool (2015).
I'm deeply technical - still write code, still review architectures, still debug production at 3am when needed. Currently deep into AI agents and how LLMs are reshaping how we build software and run businesses. Not the hype, the actual engineering challenges.
Building autonomous systems with LLMs. RAG pipelines, tool orchestration, multi-agent architectures. The interesting problems in AI aren't the models - they're the systems around them.
Kubernetes at scale, bare metal when it matters, infrastructure that doesn't page you at night. Systems that handle billions of requests without drama.
Building teams across time zones that actually ship. Remote-first culture, async communication, engineering practices that scale with the org.
Cloud-native done right. Terraform, Ansible, CI/CD that doesn't suck. Sometimes the answer is bare metal. Sometimes it's serverless. Usually it's knowing when to use which.
20+ years of building things that work
Building a platform that bridges the gap between AI capabilities and real-world business outcomes—making advanced AI accessible and actionable for enterprises.
Between gigs. Building interesting things with AI, consulting on architecture, staying sharp while looking for the right next opportunity.
Joined post-Series A to fix engineering chaos and ship a mainnet. Built the org, launched the network, kept it running for 2+ years.
Cloud-native mobile core for automotive and transportation. When your network goes down, cars stop working.
Joined greenfield project for large-scale OpenStack orchestration. Grew into Kubernetes work that became Mirantis's k8s distribution.
Co-founded software company. Built PaaS, crypto exchange, and distributed storage before any of those were mainstream.
Python engineer, independent consultant, open-source contributor. Built the foundation in the pre-cloud era when everything was bare metal.
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Looking for someone to build your AI infrastructure, lead your distributed team, or architect systems that actually scale?