Senior Data Engineer | Technologist | Visionary

Dayan
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Data Engineer, technologist, and builder of systems that matter — from mission-critical defense infrastructure and government platforms to AI-driven products and full-stack innovation. Precision at every layer. Purpose behind every line.

RoleData Engineer
FocusAI · Cloud · Defense
ClearanceSecret
StackAWS GovCloud· IBM Cloud · Full Spectrum
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Metrics

By the Numbers

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Years Experience

Building production systems

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Projects Shipped

Full-stack applications

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Technologies

Languages & frameworks

OSS
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Contributions

commits & deliveries

Projects

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Technical Expertise

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20%40%60%80%100%Data EngineeringSpark · Kafka · ETL · Redshift · SQS · Postgres · Scala · PythonCloud & AWSLambda · SageMaker · S3 · MSK · Glue · Terraform · EC2 · RDS · kinesisAI / MLLangChain · RAG · PyTorch · Watson · LLMs · AgentsBackend & SystemsPython · FastAPI · Rust · Node.js · Go · SOAP/RESTDevOps & InfraDocker · Kubernetes · GitLab CI/CD · Terraform · IaCDefense & GovTechFedRAMP · AWS GovCloud · SBIR · SOAP/WSDL · GovCloud

Data Engineering

94%

Spark · Kafka · ETL · Redshift · SQS · Postgres · Scala · Python

Cloud & AWS

91%

Lambda · SageMaker · S3 · MSK · Glue · Terraform · EC2 · RDS · kinesis

AI / ML

86%

LangChain · RAG · PyTorch · Watson · LLMs · Agents

Backend & Systems

83%

Python · FastAPI · Rust · Node.js · Go · SOAP/REST

DevOps & Infra

79%

Docker · Kubernetes · GitLab CI/CD · Terraform · IaC

Defense & GovTech

76%

FedRAMP · AWS GovCloud · SBIR · SOAP/WSDL · GovCloud

Architecture

Systems Thinking

From edge delivery to ML pipelines -- cloud-native, scalable, and production-grade.

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Frontend

User-facing layer

ClientReact / Next.js
Edge CDNVercel / CloudFront
02

Gateway & Serverless

API routing & compute

API GatewayREST / GraphQL
AuthJWT / OAuth
LambdaAWS Serverless
03

Services & Compute

Application logic

Core ServiceNode.js / Go
AI ServicePython / LangChain
EC2AWS Compute
04

Data & Storage

Persistence & messaging

CacheRedis
DatabasePostgreSQL
QueueKafka / SQS
S3Object Storage
AWS GlueETL Pipeline
05

AI / ML Pipeline

Machine learning & analytics

SageMakerML Training
RAG PipelineVector DB / LLM
NotebooksJupyter / Python

Engineering

Built for Scale,
Secured for Mission

Every pipeline, Lambda function, and infrastructure block is engineered with intention — secure by design, automated end-to-end, and built to handle the precision that mission-critical systems demand. From Spark jobs processing Veterans' claims to Rust-powered signal analysis for defense, the standard never changes.

Reproducible infrastructure via Terraform, zero-downtime Lambda deployments, and GitLab CI/CD pipelines that enforce quality at every layer — before anything touches production.

  • AWS GovCloud infrastructure provisioned via Terraform IaC
  • Multi-stage Lambda pipelines with SQS, S3, and Postgres
  • Spark & Rust for high-throughput data and signal processing
AWS GovCloudFedRAMPCI/CD GitLabIaC Terraform
~/dayan/aircraft-etl-pipeline.python

Engineering Philosophy

Built to Spec

Every system I build follows the same rigor applied to aerospace engineering — understand the requirements deeply, design with precision, and test thoroughly.

From F-35 mission systems to production SaaS platforms, the methodology doesn't change. Only the medium does.

  • Defense-grade reliability for production systems
  • Performance-first architecture decisions
  • Clean abstractions that scale with complexity

Technologies

Tools I Work With

A curated stack spanning frontend frameworks, systems languages, and cloud infrastructure.

PythonTypeScriptRustScalaGoApache SparkApache KafkaAWS LambdaSageMakerDockerKubernetesFastAPINext.jsLangChainAWS GovCloudPostgreSQLRedshiftRedisAWS GluePyTorchIBM WatsonTerraformGitLab CI/CDSOAP/WSDLRedpandaPostGISSupabaseOpenAITensorRTTwilio

Journey

Flight Path

2019

Unity Engine w/Dev

Started coding games with Unity AR/VR

2021

Lex Fusion & Credora

CTO — led full-stack product engineering & DevOps

2022

IBM Watson Platform

Built AI automation on IBM Cloud via partner program

2023

ViDaT & SignalForge

Aviation data platform & RF anomaly detection for defense

2024

Lockheed Martin SBIR

Defense contracts, SBIR proposals & POCs via supplier portal

2024

Aviation Data Engineering

Supporting mission-critical logistics and sustainment programs

2025

MDC · Guardis · Relay

Veterans' claims pipeline, civic AI safety & gov API gateway

Now

Building

Mission-driven systems across cloud, AI, defense & govtech

A bit about me

I'm a software engineer passionate about building great products and contributing to the open source community. From defense systems to web applications, I bring a systems-thinking approach to every project I tackle.

When I'm not coding, I write about technology, experiment with new tools, and build AI-powered systems that automate the mundane.

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Technologies

PythonTypeScriptRustScalaGoApache SparkApache KafkaAWS LambdaAWS GovCloudAWS GlueSageMakerTerraformDockerKubernetesFastAPINext.jsLangChainPostgreSQLRedshiftRedisPyTorchIBM WatsonGitLab CI/CDSOAP/WSDLRedpandaPostGISOpenAITensorRTTwilioSupabase