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Staff Distributed Systems & AI Infrastructure Architect

14 years · Growth-stage enterprise software · Graduate degree, Computer Science

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Why this match: experience with real-time streaming pipelines and multi-region scaling, matching your stated need.

Anonymized accomplishments

Led migration of a real-time data platform to a multi-region architecture
Built the infrastructure team for a growth-stage enterprise software company
Reduced cloud infrastructure costs through capacity redesign

Fractional / Contract~20 hrs per weekRate range shared on request

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