Los Angeles, CA · kevinpostal@gmail.com · linkedin.com/in/kevinpostal · github.com/kevinpostal · ircfiber.com

Senior Full Stack Engineer — 19 years scaling Python systems to millions of users. Django · React · AWS/GCP · Docker/Kubernetes. I turn legacy monoliths into resilient microservices and ship CI/CD that cuts release cycles from weeks to hours. Seeking Senior/Lead Platform & Infrastructure — Remote (Los Angeles).

Featured: IRC Fiber — 15s demo (already logged in via .env) — video 1920×1080 · superproject · live

I built it to demo what I do in your stack — not because you need an IRC bouncer:

• Python/Django parallel: site/backend is a vibe.d gateway (HTTP/WS, auth, sessions) — same patterns as Django/DRF + Celery + Redis + Mongo I used at National Services Group (6 brands, 50K+ users, Zope→Django/Flask) and Walmart OPUS (millions of users). Swap the language, keep the contract (RedisKeys, NetworkStateSnapshot).
• React parallel: site/frontend is Svelte 5 + Vite + TypeScript (IRCCloud-inspired) — same component/store/WebSocket work as React/Angular/Vue at AMP Agency (LinkedIn, Amazon, FX), Keypr, Woven (85M+ monthly). Svelte 5 runes map directly to React hooks.
• Cloud/DevOps parallel: Docker BuildKit (Containerfile.site/engine never cross-compile), Ansible (deploy-site.yml/deploy-engine.yml — site never restarts engine PID 7), 1Password → Codespaces Secrets → vault, clean history (Kevin Postal <kevindpostal@gmail.com>), EngineJanitor TTL + ServerRegistry sharding + CHATHISTORY replay that survives docker restart.

git clone --recursive https://github.com/kevinpostal/irc-fiber.git
cd irc-fiber
op inject -i deploy/inventories/production/group_vars/vault.example.yml -o vault.yml
./site/scripts/generate-version.sh && docker compose -f site/docker-compose.yml -f engine/docker-compose.yml up -d
# → http://localhost:8090 — admin / z0mgr00t (via .env, gitignored)

Languages: Python, JavaScript (ES6+), Go, TypeScript, D, HTML5, CSS3 Frameworks: Django, Django REST Framework, Flask, FastAPI, Celery, React, Angular, Vue.js, Svelte 5, vibe.d Cloud & DevOps: AWS (EC2, Lambda, S3, RDS, ECS/EKS, CodeBuild/CodePipeline), GCP (Cloud Functions, Cloud Run, BigQuery), Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, CI/CD, Ansible, Tailscale, Caddy Databases & Caching: PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, Elasticsearch, Snowflake Tools: Git, REST API design, Microservices, Jira, pytest, Selenium, Playwright, SigNoz, 1Password

• National Services Group May 2024–Mar 2025 — Led Zope→Django/Flask for 6 brands, 50K+ users; AWS serverless + CI/CD; profiling + caching for memory leaks; 2-week sprints, mentoring.
• Walmart / Sam’s Club Apr 2022–Aug 2023 — OPUS (Django microservice, millions of users); DRF APIs for search/inventory; Docker parity; query bottlenecks at peak.
• AMP Agency Nov 2018–Dec 2019 — Python/Django for LinkedIn/Amazon/Facebook/FX; AWS (EC2/RDS/ECS/Lambda); cleared 6-month backlog in 8 weeks.
• Freelance AI & Python Mar 2025–Present — RAG + LLM APIs (OpenAI/Anthropic), AWS serverless (Lambda/API Gateway/DynamoDB/S3).

Full history → Resume (Bauhaus, PDF) or LinkedIn

• 47 public repos — pinned irc-fiber (superproject, 1 clone) + ircfiber-site + ircfiber-engine + ircfiber-common below
• I ship infrastructure that survives host reboot — see irc-fiber EngineJanitor + ServerRegistry
• Open to Senior/Lead — Platform / Infrastructure / SRE — Los Angeles (remote) — kevinpostal@gmail.com