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justin clark

@justinclark1

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I’m a senior software engineer building AI-enabled, cloud-native platforms and customer-facing applications.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I want to build and lead cloud-native platforms that combine reliable backend systems with modern frontend experiences—while shipping AI-enabled automation using LLM services, observability, and strong CI/CD practices.

I’m a Senior Software Engineer with 8+ years of experience building customer-facing applications, backend platforms, cloud-native services, and developer infrastructure. I focus on delivering scalable products across the software development lifecycle, from design to production support.

In recent work, I’ve integrated AI-powered capabilities through Python-based LLM services, intelligent automation, and data-processing workflows. I’ve built AI-assisted features using FastAPI, LLM APIs, vector search, and retrieval pipelines to support operational intelligence and knowledge workflows.

I’m strong in modern frontend engineering with React and TypeScript, and I’ve also owned backend and integration platforms. I lead cloud infrastructure and platform engineering using AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, and CI/CD automation, improving observability and platform reliability through monitoring, logging, and distributed tracing.

I enjoy mentoring engineers on system design, cloud-native architecture, deployment strategies, and best practices. Across manufacturing technology, secure communications, and cybersecurity, I’ve helped teams build reliable, production-grade services that meet real operational needs.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Software Engineer

Current

Tulip Interfaces

Mar 2024 - Present (2 years 4 months)

Developed backend platforms and operational services in Node.js/TypeScript for manufacturing workflow automation and factory operations. Built AI-assisted capabilities with Python/FastAPI and LLM/vector search pipelines and led AWS/Kubernetes/Terraform platform engineering and observability improvements.

Node TypeScript Python fastAPI Vector Search React Next.js React Query AWS Kubernetes Docker Terraform GitHub Actions Infrastructure as Code Observability CI CD

Software Engineer

Element Developed

Sep 2021 - Dec 2023 (2 years 3 months)

Built backend integration platforms using Node.js/TypeScript and distributed service architectures for the Matrix decentralized communications ecosystem. Developed React/Redux/GraphQL admin tooling and API/automation services with Python/Django, managing cloud-native deployments on AWS with Docker/Terraform and GitLab CI/CD while improving reliability via monitoring and production support.

Node.Js Development TypeScript React Redux GraphQL Python Django AWS Docker Terraform Gitlab CI Monitoring Performance Optimization Production Support

Software Engineer

WatchGuard Technologies

Jan 2018 - Sep 2021 (3 years 8 months)

Developed internal services and automation solutions using Python frameworks including Django and FastAPI to support operational processes. Built Android mobile features with Java (Android SDK/Retrofit/MVVM) and customer-facing security web applications with React/TypeScript, expanding cloud engineering capabilities across Azure and GCP with container orchestration and infrastructure automation.

Python Django fastAPI Java Android SDK Retrofit MVVM React TypeScript Azure GCP Container Orchestration Infrastructure Automation Authorization Policy Management

Software Engineering Intern

Strongarm by Percipient Networks

May 2017 - Jan 2018 (8 months)

Developed backend applications using Node.js and RESTful APIs for endpoint security and threat-detection products. Implemented frontend functionality with React/JavaScript and responsive HTML/CSS, and supported testing, debugging, performance optimization, and release activities in an agile environment.