Jonathan Schweder ================= Senior Backend Engineer @ Remote First Name: Jonathan Last Name: Schweder Nickname: jaswdr Employment status: Open to offers Preferred workplace: Remote Member since: 2026-07-30 Fediverse: @jaswdr@vutuv.de Followers: 2 Following: 49 Connections: 2 Gender: Male Birthday: 09-13 TAGS ---- * Elixir (1 endorsements) * GitHub (1 endorsements) * Python (1 endorsements) * Amazon Athena (0 endorsements) * Amazon Elastic MapReduce (EMR) (0 endorsements) * AWS CloudFormation (0 endorsements) * bash (0 endorsements) * Collaborative Problem Solving (0 endorsements) * Critical Thinking (0 endorsements) * go (0 endorsements) * golang (0 endorsements) * Okta (0 endorsements) * Open-Source Software (0 endorsements) * Platform as a Service (PAAS) (0 endorsements) * Software Infrastructure (0 endorsements) EXPERIENCE ---------- * Senior Backend Engineer @ Remote (2026-05 – today): - Design and build payroll processing backend services using Elixir and Phoenix, running payroll for employees across many countries. - Develop payroll run workflows and services, focusing on correctness, auditability, and compliance with country-specific legislation. - Improve reliability and observability of payroll pipelines through metrics, distributed tracing, and automated validation of payroll outputs. - Collaborate with product and compliance teams to ship payroll features that operate across multiple legal jurisdictions. - Mentor engineers and lead design reviews for backend services. * Software Engineer @ MongoDB (2025-05 – 2026-04): - Architect internal self-service tools and APIs using Go and Kubernetes to accelerate deployment velocity, leveraging Crossplane and Argo CD for automated infrastructure provisioning. - Build automated maintenance workflows and CI/CD enhancements with Argo Workflows and Drone CI, ensuring zero-downtime deployments and reducing manual toil. - Integrate LLMs (OpenAI, Anthropic) via internal APIs to enhance developer support tools, improving incident resolution speed and developer self-service capabilities. - Implement distributed tracing and metrics collection using OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, and Grafana, providing deep visibility into platform health and performance. - Lead cross-team design reviews for global services, ensuring high standards for API consistency, security (Okta, OIDC), and developer ergonomics. * Software Development Engineer (AWS Lambda) @ Amazon Web Services (AWS) (2024-04 – 2025-05): - Owned Lambda function state transition services using Java and Go, serving millions of developers and processing billions of requests weekly via the Lambda Control Plane API. - Mentored 4 engineers on core Lambda architecture and operational excellence, improving team code review velocity by 25% and fostering a culture of high-quality engineering. - Migrated legacy monitoring to a high-cardinality stack using AWS Kinesis and Athena, reducing MTTA by 40% and enabling real-time performance insights. - Built ranking algorithm using LLMs and traditional machine learning techniques to optimize Network Engineers work through hundreds of daily tickets. - Architected an automated capacity deployment system with CloudFormation to accelerate region launches by 30% and reducing manual operations by 90%. * System Development Engineer (AWS Networking) @ Amazon Web Services (AWS) (2020-03 – 2024-04): - Maintained a high-concurrency internal workflow engine managing hundreds of thousands of network devices daily, leveraging Python for backend services. - Built data pipelines using AWS Glue, EMR, and Kinesis to process network telemetry, enabling automated detection and remediation of large-scale network events. - Automated compute capacity deployment globally using AWS CDK and Ruby, streamlining infrastructure provisioning and reducing regional deployment risk. - Developed an automated ticket prioritization system, reducing Large Scale Events (LSEs) by 20% through better impact analysis. - Served as platform subject matter expert for global network events, developing automation tools to perform rapid traffic-shifting and mitigate customer impact. * Software Engineer @ Pantacor (2019-03 – 2020-03): - Developed an end-user facing IoT fleet management platform using Go and Django, providing a robust runtime and deployment interface for edge computing. - Built responsive dashboards with Vue.js and Streamlit, enabling developers to monitor and manage large-scale IoT deployments with real-time feedback. - Managed Kubernetes clusters across AWS, Google Cloud, and Digital Ocean, optimizing for cost and scalability while maintaining high availability. - Integrated OpenTelemetry for distributed tracing and Grafana for metrics, reducing MTTR by 30% and improving platform reliability. - Architected automated build pipelines for multi-architecture (ARM/x86) Docker images, ensuring consistent delivery across diverse IoT hardware. * System Analyst @ Eventials (2018-07 – 2019-03): - Led the migration from a legacy monolith to a microservices architecture using Python and Node.js, increasing feature velocity and system resilience. - Designed Embedded Linux applications for real-time ultrasound streaming, building backend services to support high-bandwidth diagnostics. - Developed and maintained streaming interfaces using Angular.js, Vue.js, and TypeScript, ensuring a seamless experience across medical devices. - Developed complex API integrations with third-party medical software, increasing lead generation by 20% through automated data synchronization. - Introduced automated testing and containerization with Docker to the development workflow, significantly reducing deployment errors. * Software and Web Developer @ Bludata Software (2014-09 – 2018-07): - Developed web applications for government agencies using PHP (Laravel) and Node.js, focusing on high-quality, reliable software delivery. - Designed and implemented an auditing application for driving exams on Embedded Linux, successfully deployed in 200+ schools. - Streamlined deployment pipelines using Jenkins, reducing manual intervention and improving deployment stability. - Designed and optimized relational database schemas (PostgreSQL, Sybase) to handle high volumes of examination data with strict ACID requirements. - Fostered a culture of code quality and best practices through Agile/Scrum methodologies, conducting technical training for junior developers. * Software Developer @ Pomerplast Ind. e Com. de Plasticos (2010-03 – 2014-09): - Maintained and extended the company’s internal ERP system using Delphi and Sybase IQ, improving security and reliability through effective software solutions. - Managed Windows and Linux server clusters, implementing robust backup and disaster recovery strategies for business-critical data. - Managed internal technical infrastructure budgets, including networking, server clusters, and camera systems, ensuring cost-effective operations. - Owned the end-to-end development of internal tools, from requirement gathering with stakeholders to production deployment and support. - Automated reporting and inventory tracking processes, reducing manual data entry errors and providing real-time business insights. EDUCATION --------- * MBA Software Engineer, IGTI (2018-06 – 2020-10) * Bacharel, Universidade Regional de Blumenau (2010 – 2015): Blumenau é referência nacional na produção de softwares, graças, entre outros fatores, ao curso de Ciência da Computação da FURB, que atua intensamente em pesquisa e desenvolvimento, através de projetos que desenvolvem atividades como capacitação de recursos humanos, transferência tecnológica e incubação de novas empresas. * Ensino médio regular, Colégio Sinodal Dr. Blumenau (2007 – 2009): O Colégio Sinodal Doutor Blumenau é uma Escola Comunitária. Pertence à Associação Hospitalar e Educacional de Pomerode, que é integrada pelas comunidades associadas à Igreja Evangélica de Confissão Luterana no Brasil (IECLB), estabelecidas no município de Pomerode. A filosofia norteadora de todo o trabalho é fundamentada no Evangelho de Jesus Cristo, testemunhado na Bíblia e nos demais escritos confessionais. CERTIFICATES & LICENSES ----------------------- * AWS Cloud Solutions Architect: Certificate · Coursera · awarded 2024-01 https://www.coursera.org/account/accomplishments/professional-cert/NXAYYAXL6FRW * Google Data Analytics Certificate: Certificate · Coursera · awarded 2023-05 https://www.credly.com/badges/737ab7fb-e2a4-46fd-a97c-24f5e1945876/linked_in_profile LINKS ----- * Website: https://jaswdr.dev CONTACT ------- * Personal: me@jaswdr.dev ADDRESSES --------- * Private: 89107000, Pomerode, Brazil POSTS (1 TOTAL) --------------- * 2026-07-30: First post here, happy to connect with everyone! https://vutuv.de/jaswdr/posts/019fb40f-c25e-7ddf-a3ed-eed34fa0931f -- vutuv agent document · type: profile · schema_version: 3 username: jaswdr avatar_url: https://vutuv.de/avatars/019fb05d-5ad8-7e83-85db-9be1586b79ce/jaswdr-medium-98785a8d8fa8.avif generated_at: 2026-07-31T22:18:08Z canonical: https://vutuv.de/jaswdr