Casey Key
Casey Key

Hello,

I'm Casey Key, the Founding Engineer & Systems Architect.

Focused on...

    Core Expertise

    Bridging the gap between complex technical architecture and scalable business solutions.

    Full Stack Engineering

    • Build modern web applications with TypeScript and React.
    • Design scalable RESTful APIs and GraphQL services with Node.js.
    • Develop production backends with Django and Python.
    • Build native iOS applications with Swift.
    • Implement version control and collaborative workflows with Git.

    Machine Learning Engineering

    • Build and train production ML models with PyTorch and TensorFlow.
    • Implement end-to-end ML pipelines with scikit-learn.
    • Deploy ML services with FastAPI and Docker.
    • Architect agentic workflows for full-cycle development from PRD to production.
    • Build multi-modal AI with fine-tuned LLMs, LoRA, and RAG.

    Cloud & DevOps

    • Architect cloud-native infrastructure on AWS and GCP.
    • Build CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions.
    • Containerize and orchestrate applications with Docker and Kubernetes.
    • Scaling reliability through automated observability and SLA-driven response.
    • Automate infrastructure and systems with Terraform and Bash scripting.

Professional Journey

Engineering scalable systems, high-availability cloud solutions, and technical leadership.

2024

Oracle

Redwood Shores, CA
Applications Developer
  • Built and launched a scalable release management tool supporting 13780 users with high reliability.
  • Mentored new developers, facilitating knowledge transfer and collaborative problem‑solving.
  • Implemented AI‑powered automation to optimize DevOps workflows and artifact management.
  • Led onboarding and support for users, resolving bugs, gathering feedback, and refining key features.
  • Efficiently ingested data sources with Python, DRF, and Celery for asynchronous data processing.
2022

Amazon

Santa Monica, CA
Software Development Engineer
  • Designed efficient bulk registration features for large‑scale data ingestion pipelines.
  • Developed and optimized C++ and Python‑based APIs for large‑scale data catalog systems.
  • Led junior developers by sharing context, reviewing code, and guiding contributions.
  • Delivered flexible CI/CD pipelines with approvals, tests, rollbacks, and branch deployments.
  • Worked closely with product and UX teams to refine UI behavior for React-based applications.
  • Managed infrastructure security and scalability using AWS CDK, CloudFormation, and SAM.
2021

Capital One

Remote
Senior Associate Software Engineer
  • Accelerated dataset registration by developing a Chrome extension to enforce metadata compliance.
  • Improved file transfer efficiency by designing a self‑service data streaming and processing pipeline.
  • Enhanced real‑time analytics by implementing multithreading for Kafka stream processing.
2020

Amazon Web Services

Remote
Associate Cloud Consultant
  • Architected self-service WorkSpace solution to reduce end-user's procurement time by 85%.
  • Satisfied customer requests for highly available RESTful services after project demos.
2019

Bongo

Loveland, CO
DevOps Engineer
  • Built custom monitors to fortify web application's live audio infrastructure.
  • Automated hundreds of end-to-end React user interface tests with Ruby, Capybara, and Jenkins.
2019

Oracle

Reston, VA
Cloud Solutions Engineer
  • Built business intelligence dashboards for optimizing five revenue streams.
  • Analyzed Tweets and News outlets for live analysis using Python.
  • Maximized application availability by automating deployment to Oracle Cloud.
2019

Colorado State University

Fort Collins, CO
Teaching Assistant
  • Lead over 100 students through the fundamentals of Python.
  • Reviewed and revised curriculum for teaching Python to non-technical majors.
2018

Northrop Grumman STEM Camp

Denver, CO
Student Instructor
  • Built a project based Python programming curriculum focused on gaming and security.
  • Taught 10 high school students Python object-oriented programming.
  • Released a blog covering the curriculum.

Featured Work

Highlighted projects from my portfolio.

Spirit Beads

Spirit Beads

E-Commerce
live
Oracle Release Management

Oracle Release Management

Applications Developer 2
launched
Amazon.com Data Catalog

Amazon.com Data Catalog

Software Development Engineer
launched