Senior AI Infrastructure Software Engineer

Senior Software Engineer and Infrastructure Architect with over 20 years of hands-on experience spanning core backend engineering, high-concurrency data pipelines, and infrastructure automation. Previously served as VP of Software Engineering at JPMorgan Chase, navigating complex data integrity and financial compliance frameworks. Founder and CEO of Theta 42, a technology consulting firm. Self-taught computer science background with current Cisco and A+ networking certifications. Extensive background maintaining high-availability distributed infrastructure, managing server clusters, and handling bare-metal and VPS networking. Strong track record of technical mentorship and training, including instructing Python/Django backends with a documented 90% placement rate for students. Actively building local AI pipelines, structured tool-use interfaces, and custom reverse-proxy systems.