Principal Generalist Software Engineer

A generalist software engineer with 14 years of professional experience primarily in backend, platform, infrastructure, and DevOps. Currently employed but plans to relocate to the EU in 2028, requiring a new role as current federal contracting is incompatible. Possesses strong technical skills in Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, Serverless, AWS, Rust, Bash, PHP, Python, JS, TS, C, and Clojure, with a willingness to learn more. Expresses strong interest in deep learning, formal verification, compliance automation, artificial life, complexity science, robotics, cybernetics, computational social sciences, network science, transit, and city planning. Has experience using AI tools like Claude Code for productivity but is currently avoiding them on personal projects to build skills. Open to connecting with others to learn about their work, but explicitly not interested in sales pitches for AI résumé or interview prep services.