Comment by oldsj

Location: Remote (US)

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: Python, Go, TypeScript, Terraform, Kubernetes, GCP, AWS, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, Dagster, LLMs/AI tooling (Pydantic AI, Langfuse, Qdrant)

Résumé/CV: https://blog.jamesolds.me/james-olds-resume.pdf

Email: james + hn @ oldsmail . com

GitHub: https://github.com/oldsj

Blog: https://blog.jamesolds.me/

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Full Stack / Platform Engineer, previously at Trail of Bits.

Recent focus: Designed entire K8s infrastructure with secure best practices and Tailscale for intranet connectivity to self hosted services - supporting the team that placed 2nd at AIxCC DEF CON 2025. Built out multiple full-stack apps with Svelte, Tailwind CSS, Typescript, Python.

Currently building https://github.com/oldsj/mainloop so that I can more quickly build https://understanding.news, a reasoning layer for political news and comments.

Looking for: Full-stack AI native product development roles or Platform Engineering roles. Full time or contract