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    <name>Jonathan Schweder</name>
    <username>jaswdr</username>
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      <start>2026-05</start>
      <description>- 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.</description>
      <title>Senior Backend Engineer</title>
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      <organization>Remote</organization>
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      <start>2025-05</start>
      <description>- 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.</description>
      <title>Software Engineer</title>
      <end>2026-04</end>
      <kind>employment</kind>
      <organization>MongoDB</organization>
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      <start>2024-04</start>
      <description>- 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%.</description>
      <title>Software Development Engineer (AWS Lambda)</title>
      <end>2025-05</end>
      <kind>employment</kind>
      <organization>Amazon Web Services (AWS)</organization>
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      <start>2020-03</start>
      <description>- 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.</description>
      <title>System Development Engineer (AWS Networking)</title>
      <end>2024-04</end>
      <kind>employment</kind>
      <organization>Amazon Web Services (AWS)</organization>
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      <id>019fb405-b746-7d16-93c7-9d83006d2c4d</id>
      <start>2019-03</start>
      <description>- 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.</description>
      <title>Software Engineer</title>
      <end>2020-03</end>
      <kind>employment</kind>
      <organization>Pantacor</organization>
      <qualification/>
      <organization_page/>
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      <id>019fb405-b748-7e9f-9642-9c32d5e086c0</id>
      <start>2018-07</start>
      <description>- 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.</description>
      <title>System Analyst</title>
      <end>2019-03</end>
      <kind>employment</kind>
      <organization>Eventials</organization>
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      <start>2014-09</start>
      <description>- 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.</description>
      <title>Software and Web Developer</title>
      <end>2018-07</end>
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      <organization>Bludata Software</organization>
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      <id>019fb405-b74d-7018-b973-d65ddbdc7324</id>
      <start>2010-03</start>
      <description>- 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.</description>
      <title>Software Developer</title>
      <end>2014-09</end>
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      <organization>Pomerplast Ind. e Com. de Plasticos</organization>
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