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Cord Slatton

Senior Platform Engineer & AI Solutions Architect

25+ years designing, building, and automating secure, scalable cloud infrastructure — with a track record of shipping reliable software and streamlining the pipelines that deliver it.

Experience

ICA, Inc.

Senior Software & Platform Engineer

December 2025 – August 2026

  • Built new GitLab CI/CD pipelines and modernized existing ones, including reusable pipeline templates and self-managed runners, so front-end, back-end, and data science teams could ship code faster and more safely.
  • Stood up Kubernetes infrastructure using Terraform and Helm for cluster provisioning and application deployment, with Terraform changes deployed through GitLab CI/CD.
  • Drove adoption of security best practices and FDA regulatory standards across the platform and product development lifecycle, and helped prepare the platform for its move from pre-production to production under FDA compliance requirements.
  • Worked daily with AI agents, tuning their parameters and prompts and validating that they received the correct inputs and produced the correct outputs, keeping them in scope and efficient.
  • Wrote design documents and technical documentation for platform and infrastructure changes, and used documentation to drive and constrain AI agent behavior.
  • Helped build AI data-driven cloud software for clients, working alongside data scientists.

Kopius Tech / Veracio

Cloud Systems Architect / Senior Engineer

February 2024 – September 2024

  • Led the design and implementation of a secure, scalable, multi-account AWS cloud infrastructure, including SSO integration with AWS Active Directory.
  • Managed VPC and EC2 infrastructure (Linux and Windows) and data pipelines/lakes with Postgres and S3, using CDK and CloudFormation.
  • Reduced cloud costs through proactive infrastructure optimization, identifying and shutting down latent resources.
  • Championed developer growth through mentorship via pair programming and code reviews.
  • Streamlined big data processing by architecting systems that efficiently ingest data into data lakes.
  • Implemented AWS SES-based email templating to automate notifications for internal teams.

CS Development

Senior Software Developer / Project Manager · Freelance / Self-Employed

January 2000 – Present

  • Designed, built, and maintained a broad portfolio of client web applications and custom integrations with third-party services.
  • Use AI to build integration connectors between disparate client systems, automating business processes.
  • Manage hosting, WordPress administration, and technical operations for clients, including HIPAA/PHI-appropriate email and infrastructure for a healthcare-adjacent practice.
  • Contributed to open source projects, including an open-source pet feeder built on the Node.js stack.
  • Created logos and other branding materials, establishing a strong visual identity for clients.
  • Restored multiple severely hacked websites, demonstrating exceptional troubleshooting and security expertise.

Arcimoto

Cloud Systems Architect / Senior Software Engineer

May 2019 – September 2023

  • Led the design and implementation of Arcimoto’s scalable, cost-effective AWS cloud infrastructure for vehicle telemetry (Node.js, Python, Lambda, APIs, IAM).
  • Collaborated across departments to build custom tools and streamline processes, increasing efficiency org-wide.
  • Built and maintained a CI/CD pipeline with automated testing and infrastructure as code via CloudFormation.
  • Owned and managed the Vue Serverless SPA, the central hub for all Arcimoto vehicle data.
  • Utilized AWS SES for email templating to send customized notifications to various departments.

Inseego

Software Engineer 2

January 2019 – May 2019

  • Resolved bugs and implemented hotfixes in a fast-paced, two-week-sprint environment.
  • Led the implementation of critical accessibility updates across client portals for government compliance.

Imagination International, Inc.

Software Development Team Lead

February 2018 – November 2018

  • Spearheaded development of warehouse applications using a two-week sprint methodology.
  • Managed a cross-functional team of QA testers, UI/UX designers, and a junior developer.
  • Mentored the team’s junior developer via pair programming and development best practices.

Personal Projects — AI-driven development

Keel

AI-guided change management for small businesses

  • Built a full-stack web app (Nuxt/Vue 3, TypeScript, Postgres, Docker) that lets non-developers direct AI to change and connect their business software safely: a Claude-powered intake conversation turns a plain-language request into a spec with acceptance criteria, security and privacy checks, and a rollback plan.
  • Designed a connector contract so the AI can act on external systems through APIs and MCP with scoped permissions (advice-only, read-only, or scoped-write).
  • AWS Cognito and Google sign-in; automated deploys and rollbacks; GitHub Actions CI running unit, integration, and Playwright end-to-end tests.
  • Spec-driven and documentation-first, with versioned releases. Early preview, by invitation.

Cosmic Catastrophe

Deckbuilding roguelite game (Unity/C#), in playtesting

  • Built with a multi-agent AI development workflow: defined agent roles (project management, code review, testing, content design, builds) with written rules for routing, branching, and safety. 3,000+ commits, all through pull requests and CI.
  • CI/CD on GitHub Actions: automated Unity test runs plus Android and Windows builds.
  • Python tooling: a manifest generator that parses Unity assets and CSV card data into JSON for agents and CI, a Google Play Developer API tool for managing release tracks, testers, and uploads, and an API-driven music generation pipeline.

Local AI image generation

  • LoRA fine-tuning and CUDA-based optimization for local image generation.

Certifications — 2025

  • AWS DevOps Engineer, Professional
  • AWS Solutions Architect, Associate

Skills

AI

LLM and AI agent tuning and guardrails, multi-agent development workflows, Claude API, MCP, documentation-driven agent control, AI-assisted development and system integration

Cloud & AWS

API Gateway, CloudFormation / CDK, CloudWatch, Cognito, DynamoDB, EC2, ECS, IAM, Lambda, RDS, S3, SES, SNS, SQS, TimeStream, VPC

Languages

Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Node.js, PHP, C#, C++

Databases

PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, SQL & NoSQL, Time-series data

Frontend & CMS

React & React Native, Vue.js, Angular.js, HTML/CSS, Responsive & Mobile, WordPress, Drupal

DevOps & Tooling

CI/CD, GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, Terraform, Kubernetes, Helm, Git, Microservices & APIs, Serverless SPAs, Grafana

Earlier Experience

  • Web Development Mentor

    Thinkful

    2017 – 2018

  • Courseware Author

    Packt Publishing / O’Reilly Books

    2017 – 2018

  • Senior Developer / Site & Server Administrator

    CorSource (Herb Pharm)

    2017

  • Hackathon Judge & Mentor

    Hack4ACause · Technology Association of Oregon

    2016 – 2017

  • Drupal & Node.js Developer

    Freeflow Digital

    2015 – 2017

  • Drupal Developer

    72Holdings

    2015

  • Lead Web Developer

    Feynman Group

    2013 – 2015

  • Web Developer

    Palo Alto Software

    2012

  • Lead Web Specialist & Designer

    Sunyata Studios

    2008 – 2012