Houston Hoffman
@houstonhoffman2
Senior software engineer specializing in scalable distributed systems, microservices, and AI-assisted clinical data pipelines.
United StatesWhat I'm looking for
I’m a Senior Software Engineer with 10+ years designing and building scalable, distributed systems—combining microservices, event-driven architectures, and high-throughput data pipelines backed by relational and NoSQL databases.
At NVIDIA, I led the design and rollout of a Remote Patient Monitoring platform serving 2M+ members, building Java-based and polyglot microservices that process 3M+ clinical events/day with sub-150ms p95 latency, plus an AI-driven triage system using LangChain and OpenAI APIs. Previously at Qualcomm, I modernized telehealth and Remote Patient Monitoring systems by delivering FHIR/HL7 ingestion with Kafka Connect into Redshift/BigQuery (600K+ messages/day, 99.9% delivery), and I improved clinician workflows through React/TypeScript UI performance optimizations.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Led the design and rollout of Nvidia’s Remote Patient Monitoring platform, enabling continuous biometric ingestion and AI-supported clinical triage for 2M+ members. Architected and built large-scale Java-based and polyglot microservices processing 3M+ clinical events/day with sub-150ms p95 latency, and implemented an AI-driven triage system to reduce unnecessary ER escalations.
Modernized telehealth and population health systems by transitioning from legacy platforms to cloud-native, microservice-based architectures. Built a Kafka Connect clinical ingestion pipeline with strict FHIR validation, streaming into Redshift and BigQuery to process 600K+ messages/day with 99.9% delivery guarantees, and improved resiliency and API latency by redesigning failure handling and REST
Built interactive learning flows and lesson interfaces to improve UI responsiveness and reduce render overhead during peak usage. Implemented real-time lesson/chat experiences using WebSockets and improved front-end performance with code-splitting, memoization, and virtualization, while automating localization for 40+ languages via Crowdin and GitHub Actions.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
Bachelor of Science, Computer Engineering
2007 - 2013
Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering at California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo (2007–2013).
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
D3.js
Chart.js
GitHub
Kubernetes
GitHub Actions
MySQL
PostgreSQL
Rollout
Node.js
Django
Laravel
Spring Boot
Next.js
.NET
Tailwind CSS
Material-UI
Redis
Terraform
styled-components
Vue.js
React Query
JavaScript
Java
PHP
ASP.NET
Kafka
RabbitMQ
MQTT
FastAPI
Grafana
Datadog
GraphQL
gRPC
Crowdin
Chakra UI
WebRTC
LangChain
TanStack Query
OpenAI API
GitHub Copilot
Remote
SWR
Availability
Location
United StatesAuthorized to work in
Job categories
Skills
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