Ian North

I am a staff-level software engineer with 12+ years building large-scale platforms that serve millions of users. I focus on distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and AI-driven applications, delivering high-performance, reliable solutions.

At recent engagements I architected AWS-based microservices, built LLM ingestion pipelines with SageMaker/Bedrock, and implemented HIPAA/SOC 2–compliant infrastructure with CI/CD and observability. My work reduced latency, improved extraction accuracy, and increased platform uptime.

Previously at Uber and Zoom I modernized event-driven backends, rebuilt frontends with React, and built real-time data and ML pipelines using Kafka, Spark, and XGBoost, driving product impact at scale. I also contributed to autonomous-vehicle integration, in-app AI assistants, and large-scale telephony and conferencing systems.

I mentor cross-functional teams, lead migrations and rewrites, and emphasize fault-tolerant, multi-region architectures and automated recovery. I seek roles where I can combine technical leadership, system design, and AI/cloud expertise to drive product and operational excellence.