Technology is my life; you can read my backstory on my website linked above.
I've done the corporate thing (VP of Software Engineering at JPMorgan) and run my own infrastructure consulting firm. What I actually want now is to get back in the weeds: write code, own infrastructure, and be the engineer a team calls when something is on fire at 2 AM.
With Real-world leadership & mentorship, I grow engineers. I've built teams from scratch, run an infra firm, and spent years as a head instructor teaching Python/Django with a 90% job placement rate for graduates. I know how to unblock a team and keep execution high.
Oh, and before you ask, I want to make an impact, that is whats important for me in my next role.
Instead of gluing together disjointed services by hand, it unifies an OIDC provider, multi-master LDAP directory, zero-trust proxy, OpenBao secrets engine, and a directory-driven SSH jump host into a single-line install (`./setup.sh`). It automates everything down to Linux host enrollment (`PAM`/`SSSD`, `sudo`, SSH keys) and multi-site replication.
I built it with Claude and DeepSeek doing the heavy lifting on typing, while I drove architecture, threat modeling, and code sanity. Real systems engineering moving faster than it used to.
Technology is my life; you can read my backstory on my website linked above.
I've done the corporate leadership thing (VP of Software Engineering at JPMorgan, 100k+ servers) and run my own infrastructure consulting firm (Theta 42, since 2017). What I actually want now is to get back in the weeds: write code, own infrastructure, and be the engineer a team calls when something is on fire at 2 AM. I've already managed the managers; I'd rather just build the system.
Real-world leadership & mentorship: I don't just assign tasks, I grow engineers. I've built teams from scratch, run an infra firm, and spent years as a head instructor teaching Python/Django with a 90% job placement rate for graduates. I know how to unblock a team and keep execution high.
Oh, and before you ask, I want to make an impact, that is whats important for me in my next role.
Willing to relocate: Maybe (FLA or TX)
Technologies: Python, JavaScript, Node.js, Systems, Networking, People
Résumé/CV: https://william.mantly.vip (PDF at the bottom)
Email: wmantly@gmail.com
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Hey HN,
This was my weekend (https://www.reddit.com/r/homelab/comments/1w25jsm/this_is_ge...) We do crazy things for VRAM these days.
I spent the last few weeks shipping Theta Suite (https://theta42.github.io/theta-suite/) a zero-friction, self-hosted identity and access plane.
Technology is my life; you can read my backstory on my website linked above.
I've done the corporate thing (VP of Software Engineering at JPMorgan) and run my own infrastructure consulting firm. What I actually want now is to get back in the weeds: write code, own infrastructure, and be the engineer a team calls when something is on fire at 2 AM.
With Real-world leadership & mentorship, I grow engineers. I've built teams from scratch, run an infra firm, and spent years as a head instructor teaching Python/Django with a 90% job placement rate for graduates. I know how to unblock a team and keep execution high.
Oh, and before you ask, I want to make an impact, that is whats important for me in my next role.