Alex Bugosh
alex@alexbugosh.com
Director of Architecture with 17+ years building and leading technical teams. Evolved from full-stack engineer in defense contracting to enterprise architect leading platform transformations. My sweet spot is translating complex technical problems into business value: building AI-powered products, integrating acquisitions, designing scalable architectures. I operate as an organizational Solver - trusted to dive into complex, ambiguous problems and find the path forward.
Experience
Director of Architecture at Jellyvision December 2020 - Present
- Designed hub-and-spoke platform architecture (N-tier, API Gateway, BFF pattern) enabling 3 delivery teams to achieve baseline functionality in 2 months and on-time launch
- Led GenAI chat product from POC to production: built LLM-based benefits assistant using Langchain/RAG that replaced underperforming legacy system
- Building AI capability at platform core: leading team developing chat experience and document processing tools to simplify customer implementation
- Drove Picwell acquisition integration: led technical due diligence, designed cross-region AWS migration strategy, achieved 90% customer migration in year 1
- Lead team of 4 Staff+ engineers (2 Principal Engineers, Principal Data Architect, Staff SDET) while running innovation projects in startup mode
- Introduced AI-assisted development to engineering org: evaluated tools, built business case, enabled SDET to solo-deliver 2-month feature scope
- Built high-performance eligibility filtering POC that became the standard pattern for all user filtering across the platform
Principal Software Engineer at Jellyvision September 2016 - December 2020
- Principal Engineer June 2018 - December 2020
- Embedded with struggling teams to diagnose systemic issues; analysis drove strategic decision to sunset legacy tool
- Designed configuration service architecture to replace error-prone per-customer customization process
- Built KMS-backed encryption for user data, coordinating SREs, app team, and Data team to enable analytics while meeting Legal requirements
- Created scenario-based architecture interview with rubric, now standard for all senior+ engineering candidates
- Security Architect March 2017 - June 2018
- Found and fixed RCE vulnerability: traced user input through dynamic method dispatch to eval
- Led incident response for server compromise: forensic analysis, infrastructure rebuild, credential rotation
- Built discovery tooling to identify S3/DNS misconfigurations; remediated open buckets and reclaimed captured domains
- Wrote security policy that remained in use until dedicated security team was hired years later
- Tech Lead Platform September 2016 - March 2017
- Built integration test suite enabling weekly deploys year-round (previously seasonal freeze)
- Architected partner integration API; implemented case-insensitive URL handling to prevent client failures
Senior Software Engineer at Avant January 2016 - July 2016
- Led Rails 3→4 migration for large monolithic application; multi-month effort across engineering org
- Built profiling framework to diagnose critical ActiveRecord performance regression blocking the migration; framework adopted org-wide
- Designed service-to-service authentication POC using Hashicorp Vault and PKI
- Managed bug bounty program; led sensitive data audit across database
Senior Software Engineer at Effective Software Solutions, Inc. March 2015 - December 2016
- Reduced bandwidth usage 30% through compression improvements in deployed sensor systems (C++)
- Cut build times by hours through build system overhaul
- Developed test framework for remote sensor platform
Senior Software Engineer at PROTEUS Technologies August 2014 - March 2015
- Solo-developed Android boot security feature: modified kernel to verify encrypted checksums during boot, custom hardware integration (~$50k contract delivered in 1-2 months)
- Co-authored winning contract proposal; returned specifically to implement the design
- Built Ruby on Rails survey application for customer research
Senior Cyber Engineer at Raytheon August 2013 - June 2014
- Performed offensive security research: vulnerability analysis using custom fuzzing frameworks and IDA Pro
- Built tooling extensions in C and IDAPython to enhance analysis workflows
- Developed internal document management system (Backbone.js, Django, Git-backed storage) - leveraged web dev skills uncommon in security research team
Software Engineer at PROTEUS Technologies July 2010 - August 2013
- Built web applications for classified intelligence programs across 3 projects (Ruby on Rails, JRuby, Oracle)
- Developed distributed system administration tooling (Ruby, Python, Bash) managing 25+ servers across enterprise and remote locations
- Co-authored contract proposal for Android boot security project (won, implemented in later return)
- Progressed from junior developer to technical lead over 3 years
Software Development Intern at Right Reason Technologies January 2010 - June 2010
Research Assistant at East Stroudsburg University June 2009 - May 2010
Founder at Startup March 2009 - July 2009
Web Developer at Wireless Solutions International September 2007 - January 2009
Skills
Languages: Ruby, Python, JavaScript, Java
Frameworks & Tools: Rails, React, AWS, Docker, Terraform, GraphQL
AI/LLM: Langchain, LangGraph, RAG, Prompt Engineering, Claude Code, pgvector
Architecture: System Design, API Design, Platform Architecture, Technical Strategy, Microservices, N-tier
Security: Vulnerability Analysis, Secure Code Review, AWS Security
Data: PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis
Leadership: Technical Strategy, Team Building, Cross-functional Collaboration, Mentorship