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AJ Danelz

Cloud-Native | Full-Stack Dev | Developer & OSS Advocate

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Summary

Full-Stack engineer and Golang enthusiast with cloud-native, distributed systems expertise. Experienced in building scalable applications, event-driven microservices, and advocating for developer tools and frameworks. Flexible with a proven ability to collaborate globally across technical and non-technical teams. Self-motivated and empathetic, focusing on improving the developer experience and fostering open-source communities.

Core Competencies

Professional Experience

Head of Developer Experience

Aklivity | Mar 2023 - Nov 2024

Aklivity is an early-stage startup that enables event-driven solutions by proxying multiple API protocols onto Apache Kafka. I created and executed the vision for all aspects of community engagement and product documentation.

OSS Maintainer

Independent | Jan 2019 - Present

Head of Developer Relations

WSO2 | Jan 2022 - Mar 2023

Lead Solutions Engineer

WSO2 | Feb 2021 - Jan 2022

Senior Full Stack Developer

BMW - Apps and Services | Feb 2020 - Feb 2021

Senior Enterprise Application Engineer

AFS Logistics | 2018 - Feb 2020

Full Stack Mentor

Thinkful Inc | 2018 - 2020

Enterprise Application Engineer

UberFreight | 2012 - 2018

Public Contributions

Education

B.S. in Computer Science (Cum Laude) Southern Wesleyan University

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