Backend/platform architecture
APIs, service boundaries, operational tooling, and deployment-aware backend systems.
Resume
Jeffrey Plewak — Senior Software Architect & Platform Engineer
Backend, cloud, platform, and AI infrastructure engineering for teams that need senior technical judgment and clean delivery.
Based in Greenville / Eastern North Carolina and available for Raleigh, the Carolinas, and remote-first teams. Professional history from 2011 to present across enterprise banking, IBM Cloud, aerospace, defense, consulting, and independent platform work.
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Major environments
Professional history includes banking, cloud infrastructure, aerospace, defense, and platform engineering environments.
- J.P. Morgan Chase
- IBM Cloud
- Lockheed Martin
- Fidelity Investments
- Raytheon / RTX
- BAE Systems
Strongest technical signals
A condensed view of the strongest recurring engineering signals across my career and public project work.
AI/retrieval systems
Retrieval workflows, prompt-controlled services, validation gates, and human review boundaries.
Cloud infrastructure and CI/CD
AWS infrastructure, Kubernetes, Terraform, build automation, and repeatable release workflows.
Secure software delivery
RBAC, JWT/Keycloak, OPA policy checks, provenance, audit records, and controlled change paths.
Safety-critical / regulated engineering
Defense, banking, cloud operations, verification, validation, and audit-oriented delivery controls.
Reliability / observability
Runtime validation, structured logs, incident response, root cause analysis, and operational evidence.
Featured experience
Selected roles showing platform, cloud, AI infrastructure, reliability, and regulated engineering experience.
MSTRO / Think Systems Inc.
Lead Senior Software Engineer (Contract)
2024-09 to 2025-11 · Contract
Developed Python, Erlang, and Go backend services for orchestration, data processing, retrieval, validation, reporting, and operator-review workflows using FastAPI/Flask, PostgreSQL, REST/GraphQL APIs, and websocket-based service patterns.
J.P. Morgan Chase
Senior Software Engineer
2022-07 to 2023-12 · FTE
Co-developed Python, Go, and Java backend automation and operational tooling supporting network analytics, deployment validation, and enterprise infrastructure workflows.
IBM Cloud
Senior Software Engineer (SRE)
2019-01 to 2019-09 · FTE
Supported Kubernetes-based Python and Go microservices for IBM Cloud storage services with SLO/SLA expectations, CI/CD release controls, and production runtime troubleshooting responsibilities.
Lockheed Martin
Senior Software Engineer
2018-01 to 2018-12 · FTE
Developed C++, Python, Perl, shell, and Java software for safety-critical avionics, radar simulation, and defense systems operating under DO-178 and audit-oriented engineering controls.
Fidelity Investments (Veritude)
Senior Python Engineer
2017-05 to 2017-12 · FTE
Developed Python backend automation services supporting F5 load balancer configuration workflows, input validation, normalization, batching, rollback handling, production support, and operational reliability.
Raytheon / Insight Global
Senior Software Engineer
2019-09 to 2019-12 · Consulting
Implemented LDRA tooling and static/dynamic analysis workflows supporting MISRA-C 2012 and DO-178C software certification.
BAE Systems
Software Engineer Associate
2011-05 to 2012-06 · FTE
Developed multithreaded Java and C++ radar simulation software supporting defense-oriented tracking and operational research workflows within POSIX/Linux environments.
Project proof
Public project pages connect the resume to concrete implementation evidence.
Public OSS
TraceMesh Orchestrator
Retrieval, evaluations, audit traces, and AWS runtime records.
Proves retrieval, AWS runtime records, evaluations, and traceable deployment workflows.
View project proofPublic OSS
KProvEngine
Evidence records and policy checks for workflow runs.
Proves evidence records, policy checks, and workflow provenance.
View project proofPublic
Portfolio and jeffreyplewak-com
This Next.js site, metadata, and release gates.
Proves metadata, release gates, and static-first delivery.
View project proofSkills matrix
Grouped for scanning by recruiters, hiring managers, and technical leads.
Backend & APIs
- Python
- Go
- Java
- FastAPI
- Flask
- REST
- GraphQL
- WebSockets
- PostgreSQL
Cloud & Infrastructure
- AWS
- Terraform
- Lambda
- API Gateway
- DynamoDB
- EKS
- Kubernetes
- Docker
AI & Retrieval
- Bedrock
- LangChain
- LangGraph
- Retrieval workflows
- Prompt-controlled orchestration
- HITL review
Security & Governance
- IAM
- RBAC
- JWT
- Keycloak
- OPA
- SPDX
- CycloneDX
- SBOM generation
- SLSA concepts
- Sigstore
- Cosign
Observability & Reliability
- CloudWatch
- SLO/SLA
- Incident response
- RCA
- Structured logging
- Runtime smoke testing
CI/CD & Supply Chain
- CI/CD
- Jenkins
- BuildBot
- GitHub API
- Deployment evidence
- Provenance workflows
Full timeline
Compact chronology of public professional experience.
Senior Software Engineer
Software Engineering & Development
2025-11 to Present · Owner
- Independent technical development focused on AI platform workflows, AWS infrastructure automation, deployment tooling, and reproducible backend systems across private and public GitHub projects.
Lead Senior Software Engineer (Contract)
MSTRO / Think Systems Inc.
2024-09 to 2025-11 · Contract
- Developed Python, Erlang, and Go backend services for orchestration, data processing, retrieval, validation, reporting, and operator-review workflows using FastAPI/Flask, PostgreSQL, REST/GraphQL APIs, and websocket-based service patterns.
Founder / Python Developer
MyGeo LLC
2024-02 to 2024-08 · Owner
- Led development of cloud-based SEO, communications, and AI/API integration platforms using Python, React, Next.js, Node.js, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, and microservice-oriented architectures.
Senior Software Engineer
J.P. Morgan Chase
2022-07 to 2023-12 · FTE
- Co-developed Python, Go, and Java backend automation and operational tooling supporting network analytics, deployment validation, and enterprise infrastructure workflows.
Senior Software Engineer
AIM Consulting / Nintendo of America
2022-02 to 2022-04 · Consulting
- Developed Python AWS Glue ETL workflows and automation patterns using EventBridge, CloudWatch integrations.
Cloud Architect
Keysight Technologies
2021-08 to 2021-12 · Consulting
- Developed cloud architecture and CI/CD workflow patterns in Linux environments using Docker, Kubernetes, Java, and Python.
Senior Software Developer
RAPP
2020-09 to 2020-11 · Consulting
- Analyzed large codebases to identify service boundaries and support microservice modernization initiatives using Docker, AWS, Python, Java, and Git-based workflows.
Senior Software Engineer
Northrop Grumman / Aerotek
2020-02 to 2020-05 · Consulting
- Developed Python workflows for CI/CD using BuildBot and GitHub API integrations supporting nightly and manual build systems.
Senior Software Engineer
Raytheon / Insight Global
2019-09 to 2019-12 · Consulting
- Implemented LDRA tooling and static/dynamic analysis workflows supporting MISRA-C 2012 and DO-178C software certification.
Senior Software Engineer (SRE)
IBM Cloud
2019-01 to 2019-09 · FTE
- Supported Kubernetes-based Python and Go microservices for IBM Cloud storage services with SLO/SLA expectations, CI/CD release controls, and production runtime troubleshooting responsibilities.
Senior Software Engineer
Lockheed Martin
2018-01 to 2018-12 · FTE
- Developed C++, Python, Perl, shell, and Java software for safety-critical avionics, radar simulation, and defense systems operating under DO-178 and audit-oriented engineering controls.
Senior Software Engineer
Raytheon
2016-12 to 2017-04 · FTE
- Supported reconnaissance and geospatial mission systems involving GIS-oriented data models, automation tooling, and operational research workflows.
Senior Python Engineer
Fidelity Investments (Veritude)
2017-05 to 2017-12 · FTE
- Developed Python backend automation services supporting F5 load balancer configuration workflows, input validation, normalization, batching, rollback handling, production support, and operational reliability.
Senior Python Engineer
Fidelity Investments (Veritude)
2015-04 to 2016-11 · FTE
- Refactored monolithic applications into service-oriented and microservice-oriented architectures with clearer service boundaries, API integrations, and improved scalability and maintainability.
Software Engineer
Lockheed Martin
2012-06 to 2015-04 · FTE
- Developed avionics and radar simulation software for defense systems operating within regulated engineering environments requiring strict verification, validation, and documentation controls.
Software Engineer Associate
BAE Systems
2011-05 to 2012-06 · FTE
- Developed multithreaded Java and C++ radar simulation software supporting defense-oriented tracking and operational research workflows within POSIX/Linux environments.
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