Jay-Alexander Elliot
Senior platform and backend engineer. Ten years in cloud infrastructure, six in production software. I ship reliable systems and own them end to end.
Currently building Gideon — a SOC2-compliant multi-agent AI framework for the legal field — and working on distributed backend systems across Go, AWS, and TypeScript.
What I'm building
Gideon · sakshya.ai
SOC2-compliant multi-agent AI framework. Go MCP server as a custom tool interface; deep-research pipeline; multi-tenant SaaS. Primary market: legal — architecture is flexible enough that other domains are under active evaluation. (Private — inquire for details)
Geckoforge
Reproducible openSUSE Linux distribution built with KIWI NG + Nix + OPA policies. Four-layer architecture: immutable ISO → first-boot automation → user setup scripts → declarative Home-Manager config. Security-hardened, NVIDIA-ready, full OS rollback via Btrfs + Snapper.
Domain background
Six years in healthcare infrastructure and patient-facing systems. Built and deployed a HIPAA-compliant React mobile app for Tigo Health serving ~30,000 patients at a Medicaid-contracted hospital in Southern California. Prior work spans cloud infrastructure, public-sector compliance, and privacy-critical data pipelines on AWS.
Stack
Languages
Cloud & Infrastructure
Data & Messaging
Reliability & Observability
OpenTelemetry · OPA · circuit breakers · chaos drills · CQRS · OTP supervision
Credentials
- AWS Solutions Architect – Associate
- B.S. Software Engineering — WGU
Writing & demos
Runnable repos with "how it works" writeups on a rolling cadence. Blog coming soon.
Open to
Senior IC roles in platform engineering, DevOps/SRE, or reliability-focused backend. Remote-first, async-friendly teams. I respond to real opportunities.