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Ian White

@ianwhite2

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Staff software engineer architecting event-driven microservices and AI-powered marketplace features.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking for a team where I can architect event-driven microservices, ship cloud-native systems, and apply LLM capabilities responsibly—while mentoring engineers and delivering frequent production releases in an Agile environment.

I’m a Staff Software Engineer who architects and builds event-driven microservices platforms that improve reliability, reduce latency, and scale to high transaction volumes. At eBay, I designed asynchronous messaging and a scalable microservices architecture using Java, Go, and Python, reducing service latency by 40% and improving order processing throughput by 30%.

I also deliver product-focused backend and UI experiences, building services for listings, orders, and seller analytics, and implementing responsive seller dashboards with React and TypeScript. I’ve integrated LLM-based recommendation and fraud detection using LangChain, RAG, Transformers, and OpenAI, and built cloud-native AWS infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, Docker, and Kubernetes. I mentor 6+ junior engineers through architecture reviews and technical guidance in fast-paced Agile & Scrum teams, shipping 20+ production releases annually.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Staff Software Engineer

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Ebay

Apr 2020 - Present (6 years 2 months)

Architected and built an event-driven microservices platform for eBay’s marketplace using Java, Go, and Python, reducing service latency by 40%. Developed listings, orders, and seller analytics services and integrated LLM-based recommendation and fraud detection, improving order-processing throughput by 30%.

Java Go Python Microservices Event Driven Architecture Kafka AWS React TypeScript LLM

Senior Software Engineer

Global Payments Inc

Aug 2016 - Mar 2020 (3 years 7 months)

Developed a secure payment platform using Go and Python to simplify transaction management and support growing digital payment services. Built backend services and partner-facing APIs plus merchant dashboards to improve reliability and speed onboarding.

Go Python Payment Processing Backend Services API Development & Security Transaction Management Agile Scrum

Software Engineer

Cvs Health

Jan 2014 - Jul 2016 (2 years 6 months)

Built healthcare platform services at CVS Health using Node.js and React to improve prescription management and patient experiences. Containerized and orchestrated microservices with Docker and Kubernetes to enable zero-downtime deployments and seamless scaling.

React Docker Kubernetes Microservices REST APIs Platform Health