HELLO I AM

BERNARD HARTMAN

A SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER
BUILDING RELIABLE DIGITAL SYSTEMS.

ENGINEER. ARCHITECT. BUILDER. BASED IN THE U.S. • AVAILABLE FOR WORK SCROLL TO EXPLORE

ENGINEERING SYSTEMS THAT TURN COMPLEXITY INTO RELIABLE PRODUCT EXPERIENCES.

I design and build production-grade systems that scale, recover, and evolve. From backend architecture and distributed platforms to AI-assisted tooling and evaluation — I focus on clarity, reliability, and impact.

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BACKEND
ARCHITECTURE
& API SYSTEMS

Designing clean, scalable APIs and services with strong domain modeling, observability, and performance.

// Example: Create Order
POST /api/v1/orders
{
  "customerId": "cus_12345",
  "items": [...],
  "currency": "USD"
}

DISTRIBUTED
SYSTEMS
& RELIABILITY

Building resilient, event-driven systems with fault tolerance, monitoring, and automated recovery.

Service A Service B Service C Message Queue Data Store

AI-ASSISTED
ENGINEERING
& EVALUATION

Using AI to accelerate development, improve code quality, and evaluate model and system performance.

EVALUATION SUMMARY

Accuracy
0.96
Latency (p95)
128ms
Reliability
99.97%
Cost / 1K Req
$0.012

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

MY SKILL &
EXPERTISE

Focused on backend engineering, distributed systems, and building software that performs in production at scale.

BACKEND ENGINEERINGEXPERT
SYSTEM ARCHITECTUREEXPERT
DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMSEXPERT
CLOUD & DEVOPSADVANCED
AI & DATA SYSTEMSADVANCED
  1. 2024 — PRESENT

    Senior Software Engineer

    Cast & Crew

    Design and build scalable backend systems, APIs, and platform services for high-traffic production workflow applications.

  2. 2020 — 2024

    Senior Full Stack Engineer

    Parachute Health

    Delivered end-to-end features across web and backend, improving performance and system reliability.

  3. 2017 — 2020

    Platform Engineer

    Global-e

    Architected and maintained distributed infrastructure and developer tooling to accelerate product delivery.

  4. 2014 — 2017

    Software Engineer

    NIKE, Inc.

    Built core features and services, focusing on clean code, testing, and maintainability.

RECENT WORK

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ENTERTAINMENT TECH

PRODUCTION WORKFLOW
SYSTEMS

Real-time production workflow platform for content operations, approvals, and asset management.

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Clinician reviewing patient records on a device in a clinical setting

HEALTHCARE TECH

HEALTHCARE ORDERING
SYSTEMS

HIPAA-compliant ordering and inventory platform used across clinics and hospital networks.

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GLOBAL ECOMMERCE

CROSS-BORDER
COMMERCE

Scalable eCommerce platform enabling global storefronts, payments, and fulfilment.

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Laptop displaying retail performance analytics and charts

RETAIL TECHNOLOGY

RETAIL PLATFORM
ENGINEERING

Built core services, search, and inventory platforms powering omnichannel retail experiences.

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WHAT I BUILD
SYSTEMS FOR

Clear contracts, resilient processing, traceable state, and graceful failure. Secure boundaries and observable teams can actually grow with their production.
Systems should explain themselves. Good logs, honest metrics, and clean domain boundaries beat clever code every single time.
Reliability is a product feature. Retries, backpressure, and idempotency are what turn a demo into a platform people depend on.
Ship small, measure honestly, and keep the path to production boring. Predictable delivery is what compounds over years.

ABOUT ME

WHO I AM

BUILDING SOFTWARE THAT
HOLDS UP IN PRODUCTION.

I'm a senior software engineer with experience across entertainment technology, healthcare technology, global eCommerce, and retail. I value pragmatic architecture, automated quality, and shipping software that people rely on every day.

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LET’S GET IN TOUCH

EMAIL

bernardh.engineer
@outlook.com

I'll reply within 24h.

LINKEDIN

linkedin.com/in/
bernard-h-engineer

Let's connect.

LOCATION

Scranton, Pennsylvania
United States

Available for remote work.