About Me
I spend my time helping software delivery teams ship better, faster. From architecting global-scale platforms to leading hundred-million-dollar initiatives, I've built the systems and the teams behind them. I bring deep experience in engineering culture, developer tooling, and scaling organizations through growth.
Tech I Work With
Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, GCP, Azure -- Flutter, React Native, iOS & Android -- Go, Java, Kotlin, TypeScript, .NET -- Kafka, Kinesis, and whatever the problem calls for.
Things to know
From two-person startups to Fortune 500s across aerospace, finance, pharma, and more -- I adapt to the domain without missing a beat.
Certifications
AWS Solutions Architect -- Professional · AWS Solutions Architect -- Associate · AWS Cloud Practitioner · CompTIA Security+
Community
Solving interesting problems at the intersection of platform engineering and reliability. Contributor to open source projects such as Harness, Drone CI, Homebrew, Kube-OVN, Supabase, FerretDB, Terraform modules, and NYC Mesh.
Culture, Orgs, Team and more
Continued working on tech while focusing more on building teams, creating organizations, and mentoring.
Mobile and more
Focusing pretty heavily in software around mobile and at scale software delivery and systems design.
Manufacturing, Aerospace, Energy
A wide arc -- from welding shops to trading floors, building everything from PBX systems to embedded firmware to mobile apps.
Various
Grew up in France, bilingual. Traveled the world learning and teaching dance -- lindy hop, blues, and more.
Volunteering & Mentoring
Startup Weekend facilitator -- taught entrepreneurship across multiple continents. Code Fellows mentor helping the next generation of developers.
Interests
Teams/Culture
I love to geek out about creating/inspiring teams which value empathy, mastery, and communication.
App Development
Flutter has my attention these days, though I still coach teams on native Android/iOS. Also deep into NestJS, React, and whatever ships the idea.
Cloud Things
Everything from terraform, Cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure), to Rancher, K8s, Kafka, Docker, Drone.io, etc
Process
Lean, Scrum, continuous flow, continuous improvement, TDD, pairing -- whatever moves the needle for the team.
Company Ops
Standing up the unglamorous essentials -- accounting, HR, payroll, benefits -- so startups can focus on building.
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CTO/PartnerFrequently Asked Questions
What info should be included when contacting you? (I won't respond unless this is included)
Rate/Comp range - Group values/culture/goals - distributed or on-site team
We need a group of people to solve a problem, are you able to help out with that?
Yes! I'm part of a consulting team that can help around most tech problems/initiatives or intro you to a group that can.
Do you give intros?
Absolutely. Browse my LinkedIn, tell me who and why it's a good fit, and I'll make the introduction.
Able to work legally in the US and the EU?
Yep!
What kind of opportunities are you excited about/looking for?
Hard problems around teams and technology
Have a resume?
No traditional resume -- just grab the PDF export from my LinkedIn profile (More → Save to PDF).
Contact Me
My Locations
Seattle
NYC
El Salvador
Email Me
joachim.hill@gmail.com
joachim@lancement.com
joachim@pelo.tech