Software & Deployment Engineer — Distributed Systems, Linux Infrastructure, Messaging (RabbitMQ), and Developer Tooling.
Software and deployment engineer specializing in Linux systems, reliable event-driven messaging architectures (RabbitMQ), and automated ETL pipelines across distributed multi-node server estates. Background in enterprise technical solutions, with a strong engineering focus on system reliability, fault-tolerant pipelines, and developer tooling.
Comprehensive reference implementation of 14 enterprise messaging patterns in Python & AMQP:
- Resilience: Dead Letter Exchanges (DLQ), TTL-based Exponential Backoff Retries, and Competing Consumers.
- Reliability: Publisher Confirms, Channel Tracking, Broker Health Monitoring, Priority Queues, and RPC.
- Zero-Config Local Setup: Standalone
docker-composeenvironment for immediate testing and simulation.
A local-first Model Context Protocol (MCP) server connecting Claude Code, Claude Desktop, and Antigravity (AGY) to Microsoft 365 Outlook:
- Built with Python and Windows MAPI COM — requires zero cloud API tokens, OAuth applications, or Azure tenant admin permissions.
- Human-in-the-Loop by Design: Automatically creates drafts in the Outlook Drafts folder for user review; avoids automated blind sends.
- Exposes tools for inbox searching, email drafting, calendar querying, and meeting scheduling directly through the local Outlook client.
automated-data-pipeline (Case Study)
Automated enterprise ingestion and segmentation pipeline:
- Ingests daily master data feeds from cloud object storage (Azure Blob).
- Implements multi-tier operational validation, data reconciliation, and policy segmentation.
- Programmatically formats and distributes multi-tab styled reporting deliverables (
openpyxl).
cv-benchmark-tooling (Tooling)
Computer Vision evaluation and benchmarking tool:
- Automatically extracts timestamped frame stills and target bounding crops from video streams.
- Programmatically compiles comparative accuracy evaluation decks (
python-pptx) for stakeholder benchmarking.
Idempotent dev environment bootstrapper for Ubuntu & WSL2:
- Automated setup for Neovim (LazyVim), Zsh, Starship prompt, Delta git pager, Atuin history sync, and Tmux session persistence.
- Linux Systems Administration: Maintaining and configuring distributed Linux production servers; proactive monitoring and escalation.
- Message Broker Architecture: Designing RabbitMQ exchanges, routing keys, queues, DLQs, and event schemas connecting distributed edge devices to core processing services.
- Automation & Scripting: Building automated ETL pipelines, database migration rollback safety scripts, and diagnostic socket listeners in Python and Bash.
Some other repos here are private or unlisted due to client/licensing constraints from past work — happy to talk through any of it.
Contact: patchingjoshua@gmail.com · LinkedIn