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Engineering leader with 12+ years of experience in Java, Python, AWS, search, and AI/voice products, seeking EM or senior/staff IC roles.
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Location: San Francisco, CA Remote: Open, prefer hybrid Willing to relocate: No, but very flexible on travel. US/UK dual citizen, no sponsorship needed. Technologies: Java, Python, AWS, LLMs, AI agents, distributed systems, search, voice interfaces, AI-assisted development Resume/CV: https://thomasjjohnston.github.io/ Email: thomasjohnstonjames [at] gmail.com Engineering leader, 12+ years, 10 at Amazon across Alexa and Fire TV search. Managed a 10-person team for 2.5 years (grew it from 5, promoted two to Senior), then went back to hands-on engineering to learn AI-native development for real. Since then I've run AI agents as a complete software org (product docs, roadmap, 200+ reviewed PRs) to ship a production-ready app in weeks, and built a voice-first iOS app on on-device models. Looking for EM or senior/staff IC roles at companies building new things.
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