Curriculum Vitae
Kadeem Manning
Staff Systems Architect & Full-Stack Engineer
📍 San Francisco, CA (or Remote) • ✉️ kadeem.manning@example.com
Full-lifecycle systems engineer and architect specializing in distributed edge computing, high-throughput microservices, and modern web application development. Passionate about resilient systems, performance optimization, and developer tooling.
Experience
Professional Career Timeline
Staff Systems Architect
Nexus Edge Technologies • San Francisco, CA
- Architected multi-region edge cache and serverless compute layer serving 120M+ daily requests with <25ms p99 latency.
- Engineered automated failover pipelines cutting disaster recovery time from 14 minutes to under 8 seconds.
- Led cross-functional team of 9 engineers across infrastructure, frontend, and core distributed systems.
Senior Full-Stack Engineer
Vanguard Cloud Platforms • Remote
- Designed and implemented high-performance real-time telemetry dashboard using WebSockets and canvas rendering.
- Refactored legacy monolith into modular TypeScript micro-frontends, accelerating release velocity by 65%.
- Pioneered automated testing suite achieving 94% coverage across critical payment and auth flows.
Infrastructure & Systems Engineer
Helios Systems • Austin, TX
- Provisioned and managed Kubernetes clusters across multi-cloud environments (AWS & Cloudflare Edge).
- Built custom CI/CD pipelines reducing developer build wait times from 45 minutes to 6 minutes.
Core Competencies
Technical Skills Matrix
Core Languages
TypeScriptJavaScriptRustGoPythonSQL
Edge & Cloud
Cloudflare Workers / PagesCloudflare D1 / KVAWS LambdaDockerKubernetesTerraform
Frontend & UI
AstroReact / Next.jsVanilla Modern CSSTailwindCSSWebSocketsCanvas / WebGL
Data & Systems
PostgreSQLRedisKafkaClickHouseGraphQLgRPC
Credentials
Education & Certifications
B.S. in Computer Science & Distributed Systems
University of California, Berkeley (2015 - 2019)
Professional Certifications
- ✨ AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional
- ✨ Cloudflare Edge Specialist