Daniel Kiser

I am a Senior Backend and Systems Engineer with over 8 years of experience architecting, scaling, and maintaining mission-critical enterprise applications and cloud-native data pipelines. Combining strong mathematical fundamentals with a pragmatic approach to system design, I specialize in the Java/Spring ecosystem, container orchestration via Docker and Kubernetes, and deep Elasticsearch cluster optimization under heavy concurrent load. Throughout my career at enterprise scale, I have established a proven track record of solving complex distributed systems problems that simple code scripts cannot address. Key achievements include engineering custom indexing strategies to drastically maximize query efficiency, leading major legacy-to-cloud infrastructure migrations (including database and framework overhauls), and implementing secure, robust identity frameworks (OIDC/OAuth2). I also bring specialized experience in low-level data integrity, having built secure, high-throughput transfer platforms using UDP, Apache NiFi, and Reed-Solomon forward error correction. I am explicitly targeting strictly remote Senior or Staff Backend, Systems, or Platform Engineering roles within stable, mid-to-large scale organizations (100+ employees). I thrive in mature, asynchronous engineering cultures that value high-leverage architectural ownership, distributed systems design, and bulletproof infrastructure reliability.