Comment by armchairdev

Location: San Diego, CA

Remote: Yes (preferred)

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: Backend/infrastructure, distributed systems, reliability, automation; C, Java, AWS

Résumé/CV: email for detailed resume

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Staff/Principal Software Engineer with ~15 years building and leading large-scale, mission-critical systems across government, defense, and big tech (USDS/VA, Amazon, U.S. Navy). Led technical direction across 9 teams (40 engineers) for VA.gov services used by millions, improving scalability, reliability, and overall system health. I like hard, ambiguous problems and work where engineering choices directly improve real-world outcomes.