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Lee Cal

@leecal

Software engineering lead who ships scalable cloud and ML systems, coaches teams, and delivers enterprise enablement.

United States
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I’m a hands-on software engineering lead and consultant who advises leadership on technology strategy, vendor selection, and platform integration. I design and build webapps, websites, and webtools, and I build, manage, and coach agile project teams to deliver outcomes that optimize customer processes.

At Rocket Close (fka Amrock), I led core platforms and scaled engineering execution across up to two teams, overseeing essential services that supported a 4x increase in daily mortgage transactions (from ~3,500 to ~13,500). I delivered an ML orchestration pipeline that coordinated document classification, OCR, signature detection, and data extraction models across microservices—processing peak orders and enabling Rocket Mortgage’s record $351B closing volume (13.5K mortgage packages / ~2 million pages daily in 2021).

I also modernized enterprise systems from monolith to distributed microservices with hybrid-cloud expansion and CI/CD, and I built monitoring/alerting to reduce time-to-detection and improve uptime. Alongside that, I turned around multiple teams by remediating major security incidents, establishing stakeholder trust, and coaching engineers from “termination track” to exceeding expectations.

Beyond delivery, I designed and delivered AI, cloud, and modern engineering enablement programs to teach the next generation of software engineers at Microsoft and global partners. I partnered with Azure, Defender, M365, and GitHub SMEs to align curriculum to internal standards, led distributed cohorts across external partners, and placed 100+ Microsoft hires across engineering, PM, and TPM roles.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

FB
Current

Next-Gen Tech Advisory Board

First Independence Bank

Jan 2025 - Present (1 year 5 months)

Collaborated with bank leadership to define technology strategy and converted an advisory role into a contract leading website redesign and development. Worked to deliver improvements aligned with internal standards and tooling needs.

FL
Current

Software Engineering Lead

Flintstone LLC

Jan 2022 - Present (4 years 5 months)

Advised client leadership on technology strategy, vendor selection, and platform integration while designing and delivering web applications and web tools. Built and coached agile engineering teams to deliver client needs using modern web and API stacks.

BA
Current

Board Vice Chair & Treasurer

Bradford Academy

Jan 2016 - Present (10 years 5 months)

Served as Vice Chair and Treasurer, balancing an approximately $20M annual budget and supporting a $30M+ bond restructure to improve financial position. Drove a strategic planning initiative to create the school’s first strategic plan.

RA

Software Engineering Team Lead

Rocket Close (Amrock)

Jan 2017 - Jan 2022 (5 years)

Led ML orchestration for document classification, OCR, signature detection, and data extraction, processing up to 13.5K mortgage packages (about 2 million pages) daily and supporting Rocket Mortgage’s record $351B closing volume. Modernized core systems from monolith to distributed microservices with hybrid-cloud expansion, CI/CD, and monitoring to scale transaction throughput from ~3,500 to ~13,5

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

MS

Math for Success

Mathematics

2019 -

Served as a Math Instructor/Tutor/Supporter for Math for Success starting in 2019.

IF

International Academy of Flint

Activities and societies: Valedictorian (2008).

Attended International Academy of Flint and was Valedictorian in 2008.

Kalamazoo College logoKC

Kalamazoo College

Mathematics

2012 -

Studied Mathematics at Kalamazoo College starting in 2012.

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