Yawar Jamal - Distributed Systems Engineer

An enthusiastic engineer fascinated by recent advancements in AI, integrating intelligent systems into every aspect of the engineering workflow. Currently focused on designing comprehensive technical specifications and architectural plans, then leveraging AI agents to execute implementation with speed and precision. Passionate about pushing the boundaries of what's possible when human creativity meets artificial intelligence.

Experience

Senior Distributed Systems Engineer

Cloudflare — Cache / CDN Platform (Remote) — Jun 2023 to Present

Led Post-Quantum Cryptography rollout across 330+ data centers, implementing automatic TLS key exchange for 50M+ RPS with zero round-trip overhead
Architected Tiered Cache infrastructure for FedRAMP workloads with regional middle-tier and smart fallback logic optimizing cache hit ratios
Built automated SSL/TLS upgrader using Temporal workflows in Go serving 40M+ zones with gradual rollout safety
Extended Pingora proxy framework (100M+ RPS) for automatic TLS upgrades and PQ key exchange support
Developed Postgres-based indexing system for Cache Reserve handling 12B+ assets with <150ms purge times

Cloudflare — Project Flame / Next-Gen CDN (Remote) — Jan 2023 to Jun 2023

Built next-generation CDN on Cloudflare Workers replacing legacy Lua JIT, scaling from 40M to 100M+ RPS

Cloudflare — Waiting Room & Health Checks (Remote) — Mar 2022 to Dec 2022

Built Kubernetes services for leader election across global colos handling 10K+ RPS for origin health checks
Extended Workers & Durable Objects for multi-host Waiting Room supporting single queue across domains

Senior Software Engineer

Loomis, US — Houston, TX — Jun 2021 to Mar 2022

Developed VS Code tooling with Language Server for B2B transformation DSL with debugging and autocomplete
Migrated 30+ applications across 5 teams to Jenkins/OctopusDeploy using Terraform templates

Software Engineer

Loomis, US — Houston, TX — Mar 2019 to May 2021

Junior Software Engineer

Loomis, US — Houston, TX — Mar 2017 to Feb 2019

Web Developer (Contract)

Vantage Force, Inc — Houston, TX — Jun 2016 to Feb 2017

Skills

Languages

Go, Rust, C#, TypeScript, Python, SQL

Databases & Queues

PostgreSQL, RavenDB, SQL Server, RabbitMQ, Kafka

Infrastructure

Kubernetes, Terraform, Jenkins, GitHub Actions

Cloud & Edge

Cloudflare Workers, Durable Objects, Pingora, CDN

Frameworks

ServiceStack, React, ReactiveX

Tools

VS Code, NeoVIM