Jesse Thomas Do

Systems Architect. Risk Strategist. Conceptual Engineer.

Data infrastructure, platform compliance, applied semiotics, and AI-augmented engineering.
Available for full-time roles, contract engineering, and strategic consulting.

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Who I Am, and Why You Might Want Me in the Room

I'm Jesse Thomas Do, a systems architect, risk strategist, and conceptual engineer. I work across data infrastructure, platform compliance, and applied semiotics, using whatever AI tooling moves the work forward.

I spent eight years running risk systems at Capital One, then led Trust & Safety strategy at Google that protected more than $100MM in at-risk revenue. I also co-founded a company and built it from zero. Hand me a fragile system that has run for a decade, or ask me to stand up a new one from nothing; I've done both.

I build the systems myself and tie them to outcomes leaders care about. Where the field is still open, I invent: I'm a named inventor on a U.S. patent filing on blockchain-based credit risk, and I wrote a long essay on the unsolved problems in AI risk management.

Bring me in when the map doesn't match the terrain. I'll chart the next few miles, then help build the road.

I do my best work with:

Platform and risk leaders standing up controls under real regulatory pressure
Engineering and ops orgs holding together systems that no longer scale
Founders and operators designing complex tech that has to actually hold up in production

I'm available for full-time roles, contract engineering, and strategic consulting.

How We Can Work Together

Teams usually bring me in one of three ways, depending on how much ownership they need and for how long.

Full-Time Leadership

For organizations hiring a senior leader to own platform, risk, or compliance engineering.

Embedded leadership across data platforms, risk programs, and compliance engineering
Architect operating models, hire and grow teams, set technical direction
Translate regulatory pressure into roadmaps engineers can actually ship against

Used by: Platform, Trust & Safety, and risk orgs at growth-stage and enterprise companies

Engagement: Permanent, full-time

AI-augmented where it speeds the team up.

Contract Engineering

For teams that need a senior systems engineer to build the thing.

Stand up data infrastructure, controls, and review tooling under real deadlines
Ship audit-ready pipelines, services, and integrations end to end
Hand off documentation, automation, and a clear owner for every piece

Used by: Risk, compliance, and platform teams shipping under regulatory or audit deadlines

Typical Timeframe: 4–12+ weeks

AI-augmented where it speeds the team up.

Strategic Consulting

For leaders standing up controls or platforms before they have the team to run them.

Audit existing systems, risk surfaces, and operating models
Architect target-state platforms, governance, and decision frameworks
Deliver a defensible plan and the artifacts your team needs to carry it out

Used by: Heads of Platform, Risk, Trust & Safety, and Compliance Engineering

Typical Timeframe: 2–6 weeks

AI-augmented where it speeds the team up.

Why Me?

You want someone who thinks in systems and builds them, stays calm when things break, and will tell you when you're wrong.

Here's how I work:

I get into the data, the process, or the code, and build the thing myself
I tie the work to business results: revenue protected, risk reduced, hours given back to the team
I publish what I learn: frameworks, a patent filing, and writing on risk theory
I design around your context and constraints
I listen, ask the awkward questions, and then ship
I use AI wherever it speeds the work up, and pick the tool that fits the problem

You'll work with me directly, and I'll care about doing it well.

Let's Make Something Work

I take on a limited number of projects each quarter.
If you have a need, or even a hunch, get in touch.

Send Me a Message

Email: contact@jesse.do

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