Joseph Kale

I’m a Staff Software Engineer focused on delivering production-grade backend and platform systems that help teams move faster and make better decisions. At Tempus AI, I led AI-powered development in a fast-paced environment, delivering HIPAA-compliant solutions that enabled physicians to retrieve critical data in seconds.

My work consistently combines scalable engineering with applied AI. I built microservices for Tempus One using Go and Java/Spring Boot on AWS EKS/EC2, engineered real-time synchronization with Apache Kafka across AWS and GCP, and optimized query pipelines with Python, Apache Spark, and PostgreSQL—improving analysis speed by 3x.

I also build for reliability, observability, and delivery velocity. I implemented alerting with Spring Boot and Google Cloud Functions (FHIR-enabled workflows), raised automated test coverage to 92% using Cypress, and maintained CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, Docker, and Kubernetes—shrinking release cycles from weeks to hours.

Earlier, at Google, I delivered backend systems for Google Pay, including fraud detection and real-time processing using Go/Node.js, Pub/Sub, and GCP services. Across both roles, I bring an event-driven, microservices mindset—grounded in Agile/Scrum—and I mentor engineers to accelerate adoption and execution.