One engineer.
A wide field of view.
I am a software and systems engineer in Herndon, Virginia. My work sits where product engineering, infrastructure, networking, security, and operations meet—the part of the map where clean diagrams encounter real users and production constraints.
Before technology, I spent ten years in the U.S. Army as an Arabic linguist, Special Operations team member, and instructor. Since then I have built systems at AWS, led DevOps programs at Booz Allen, worked in cloud networking at Oracle, supported federal platforms, and founded an engineering company.
That path shaped how I work: stay calm, get the ground truth, make the system legible, and own the outcome.
What I build
Cloud platforms, developer tooling, automation, SaaS products, dashboards, internal systems, and high-quality web experiences.
How I work
Directly with stakeholders, hands-on in the code, explicit about tradeoffs, and accountable from architecture through operations.
What I value
Reliability, clarity, security, durable simplicity, useful documentation, and software that respects the people operating it.
Outside the stack
Husband, father, veteran, lifelong learner, and builder of independent products through Racoben Engineering.