--- title: Austin Schoen subtitle: Senior Software Engineer · Consultant --- Atlanta, GA · [austin.schoen@gmail.com](mailto:austin.schoen@gmail.com) · (678) 628-2477 [github.com/AustinSchoen](https://github.com/AustinSchoen) · [linkedin.com/in/austin-schoen](https://linkedin.com/in/austin-schoen) ## Summary Senior software engineer with **15+ years** building platform, reliability, and integration systems for high-scale SaaS. Specialties span Kubernetes/GCP cloud migrations, LLM & MCP-based AI agent infrastructure, and identity / HRIS integration — shipping production systems end-to-end, from initial architecture through operational handoff. ## Skills - **Languages:** Go, Python, TypeScript, JavaScript, C# / .NET, Ruby, PHP, C++ - **Cloud & Platform:** GCP, Kubernetes (GKE), Kubernetes (on-prem), Docker, Podman, Kluctl, Puppet, Orbstack - **AI / ML:** LLM agent systems, Model Context Protocol, Voyage AI embeddings, Qdrant, tree-sitter, Claude API, ChatGPT API, Gemini API - **Data:** PostgreSQL, MySQL / T-SQL, ProxySQL, Kafka, ElasticSearch, GCP PubSub - **Observability:** Grafana, Loki, Tempo, Mimir, OpenTelemetry, Prometheus - **Identity & Integration:** Active Directory, OpenLDAP, OpenDJ, Workday Web Services, SAML, REST, gRPC - **Frontend & Mobile:** React, TypeScript, Liquid (Shopify 2.0), Kotlin Multiplatform, Compose Multiplatform, Flutter / Dart, WPF - **Linux:** RHEL, Rocky Linux, Debian, Networking, Firewall, DNS ## Experience ### Lardo & Associates *Senior Consultant · 03/2025 — Present · Remote* Remote engagements delivering platform engineering, cloud migrations, integrations, and AI-agent infrastructure to mid-sized SaaS and e-commerce clients. - **Sift** — Designed and shipped a per-PR ephemeral environment platform on GCP/GKE for a client's 100+ workload containerized application. Replaced a Docker Compose dev workflow with Kluctl-managed Kubernetes deployments (Orbstack locally, GKE in cloud) where each pull request auto-provisions an isolated namespace alongside shared platform services. In active production use. - **Workday → AD identity integration** — Built a C#/.NET integration layer between a client's Workday tenant (Web Services API) and Active Directory, automating employee lifecycle provisioning and deprovisioning across downstream client systems. - **AI agent infrastructure** — Deployed autonomous LLM-based agent systems with secure reverse-proxy configurations and API orchestration for task automation. - **Observability stack** — Designed and implemented Grafana LGTM (Loki, Grafana, Tempo, Mimir) deployments for real-time monitoring, log aggregation, and distributed tracing across client environments. - **Lumina** — Cross-platform mobile development using Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP) and Compose Multiplatform (CMP); additional consulting on application security architecture. *Stack:* Go, C# / .NET, Kubernetes, GCP, Kluctl, Active Directory, Grafana LGTM, Docker, Podman, RHEL / Rocky Linux ### Citrine Studios *Lead Developer · 06/2025 — Present · Remote* Lead Shopify-based e-commerce development across custom theme work, product page redesigns, and storefront optimizations. Implement marketing automation workflows integrating Klaviyo, SMS platforms, and Shopify event triggers. Consult on structured data & schema, SEO, and B2B/wholesale pricing configurations for retail clients. *Stack:* Liquid, JavaScript, Shopify 2.0, Klaviyo ### Wolfjaw Studios *Senior Software Engineer · 02/2023 — 10/2024 · Remote* Contracted development for major game studios (some details under NDA). - **31st Union** (unreleased project) — C++ development in Unreal Engine; improved integration with UI frameworks (ImGui), built proprietary plugins for social and authentication solutions, and led adoption of the Lyra sample game as a testbed for new features. - **Bungie** — Developed WPF desktop tooling using proprietary and commercial frameworks; built new C#-based API features in middleware. *Stack:* C++, C#, Unreal Engine, WPF, ImGui ### Intuit (Mailchimp) *Senior Software Engineer · 04/2022 — 02/2023 · Atlanta, GA* - Migrated the customer-interaction event pipeline from log-based ingestion to GCP PubSub streaming, reducing thundering-herd lag from hours to minutes across hundreds of thousands of events in the core user-activity logging system. - Developed search and user-categorization features on a Kafka → ElasticSearch pipeline (PHP/Laravel-derivative backend). - Instrumented performance metrics and dashboards for the user event pipeline. - Contributed to Dojo → React migration of user search and segmentation features within a new SPA framework. *Stack:* PHP / Laravel, Kafka, ElasticSearch, GCP PubSub, React ### Mailchimp *Site Reliability Engineer · 12/2016 — 04/2022 · Atlanta, GA* - Implemented ProxySQL with load-aware query routing to eliminate the data-science MySQL replica fleet, restoring production data access for analytics teams without OLTP impact. - Spearheaded OpenTelemetry instrumentation rollout across core product and dependent services. - Administered the engineering organization's GitHub Enterprise and Jenkins infrastructure — upgrades, configuration, maintenance, and new workflow implementations. - Embedded with product teams to implement reliability-focused features: traffic analysis, performance / usability metrics, dashboards, and KPI tracking. - Maintained production environments using Puppet across containerized (Kubernetes — on-prem and GCP managed) and virtualized technologies; on-call rotation and incident response. *Stack:* Go, Python (Flask), Kubernetes, Docker, MySQL, ProxySQL, OpenTelemetry, Puppet, GCP ### Pindrop Security *QA Automation Engineer · 07/2015 — 12/2016 · Atlanta, GA* - Embedded SDET on the Fraud Detection System appliance product deployed to call centers and financial institutions. Built custom Ruby scripts to replay SIP calls for load testing, driving a 25% improvement in call processing throughput. - Drove adoption of Python-based automated testing (Locust, Lettuce, Selenium) for functional and regression coverage. - Assisted with release management and CI/CD practices via Jenkins. *Stack:* Ruby, Python, SIP, Locust, Lettuce, Selenium, Jenkins, qTest ### VMware (AirWatch) *Senior QA Engineer · 06/2013 — 07/2015 · Atlanta, GA* - Helped lead development of the organization-wide QA automation framework (Cucumber/Watir), mentored junior engineers, and drove framework adoption across web-based product areas. - Primary QA owner for Mobile Device Management (MDM) device enrollment and LDAP integration across iOS, Android, and Windows Phone 8. - Resolved customer support escalations for network LDAP integration and enrollment issues. - Administered Windows Server identity test environments (Active Directory, OpenDJ, OpenLDAP). *Stack:* Cucumber, Watir, Active Directory, LDAP, OpenLDAP, OpenDJ ## Projects ### codebase-intel *MCP server, Go · [github.com/AustinSchoen/codebase-intel](https://github.com/AustinSchoen/codebase-intel)* Go-based Model Context Protocol server providing AI agents with deep codebase understanding. Hybrid semantic + keyword search via Voyage AI embeddings and Qdrant, with tree-sitter parsing for intelligent code chunking. PostgreSQL metadata store with graph-based symbol resolution; designed to scale to 30M+ LOC codebases. ### Canopy *Grafana plugin, TypeScript* Grafana App Plugin (TypeScript/React) for real-time structured log streaming from Loki via WebSocket. Built on the Grafana Scenes framework — collapsible JSON tree viewer, queryless label-based filtering, and live tail with pause/resume. Designed for monitoring autonomous AI agent activity. ### Pique *Mobile prototype, Flutter* Mobile application prototype built with Flutter/Dart targeting iOS. Developed UI components, navigation architecture, and local state management for a social discovery platform. ## Education **Kennesaw State University** — B.S., Information Security & Assurance · 2013