Senior Principal Software Engineer & Engineering Manager at Clarity Innovations
Engineering leader with 8+ years building distributed systems, cloud-native platforms, and developer tooling — from Kubernetes operators and GitOps pipelines to full-stack Rust platforms and AI/ML infrastructure.
- Keyslate — Full-stack Rust platform for secure Kubernetes deployments (GitOps, identity management, IaC generation)
- AI/ML Infrastructure — Leading deployment of vLLM, NVIDIA NIM/NeMo, Open WebUI, and MCP servers on Kubernetes
- Blackslate Inc — Secure Kubernetes platform company
- Minerva Engineering — Sports analytics & DFS strategy engine
- ApeWorX — Open-source smart contract development framework
- Silverback Ltd — Automated crypto hedge fund
| Language | Experience | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 1+ year | Keyslate platform (19 crates), Minoxide, Recon, Vault operator, WASM frontends (Dioxus) | |
| 8+ years | FastAPI services, data pipelines (Pandas, Polars), Airflow ETL, Ape/Silverback ecosystem, Locust | |
| 2+ years | Kubernetes operators, OpenTelemetry exporters, Gin REST services, Helm API sidecar | |
| SQL | 8+ years | PostgreSQL, analytical queries, data modeling |
| HCL | 4+ years | Terraform modules, Crossplane compositions |
| YAML | 6+ years | Kubernetes manifests, Helm charts, FluxCD kustomizations, GitHub Actions |
| 1 year | Admin dashboards, Backstage plugins | |
| VBA | 2 years | Manufacturing automation, capacity forecasting |
Most Rust and Go work lives in private repositories (Blackslate, Clarity) and isn't reflected in GitHub's public stats.
Check out my full resume at johnson2427.github.io/johnson2427