Software Platform Architect / Founder — MyCritters
2022-07 - Present
Pewaukee, Wisconsin
Led product and engineering delivery as a 100% remote founder-operator and team manager.
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Jason Overmier
Pewaukee, WI
https://jovermier.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jovermier/
https://github.com/jovermier
Summary
Professional Summary
Staff-level full-stack and platform engineer with 15+ years building distributed web systems across healthcare, FinTech, and e-commerce. Deep experience in event-driven architecture, cloud-native infrastructure, and integrating AI/ML into both user-facing products and engineering workflows. Founder-operator and remote team lead with a track record of turning ambiguous product ideas into shipped platforms in distributed environments.
Core competencies
Skills
Application & API
TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, Go, React, Next.js
AI/ML & Data
RAG pipelines, embeddings, chunking strategies, entity extraction, LLM orchestration, LiteLLM
+3 additional skill categorys
Career timeline
Experience
Senior Software Engineer — Northwestern Mutual
2020-02 - 2022-07
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Delivered Digital Innovation initiatives in a remote-first model, including approximately 2 years fully remote and about 6 months on-site.
Software Architect / Founder — Innovative Prospects
2011-05 - Present
Pewaukee, Wisconsin
Engagement model: Part-time founder-operator role alongside primary full-time employment; full-time Jul. 2017 -- Apr. 2018 between Performance Gateway and HED roles.
+10 more records
Selected work
Projects
MyCritters Platform Suite
Led architecture and implementation for AI search/retrieval, platform operations, developer environment automation, and production delivery.
Technologies: Next.js, TypeScript, GraphQL, PostgreSQL, BullMQ, Typesense, Docker, Kubernetes, Coder
LLM and Developer Platform Tooling
Built self-hosted and cloud-compatible AI stacks, protocol translation, and automated environment orchestration.
Technologies: Go, Python, Convex, Docker, Kubernetes, LiteLLM, OpenRouter
Coder Ecosystem Projects
Built reusable workspace automation, skill packaging, and AI engineering platform workflows.
Technologies: Coder, Terraform, TypeScript, Node.js, Docker
+4 additional projects
Academic background
Education
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering
University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee
2010-12
Full-Stack Web Development in HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery, Databases, Git, Node.js, Angular.js, Bootstrap, Ajax, JSON
FreeCodeCamp.com
2015-12
Credentials
Certifications
AWS DevOps Practitioner Training Program
Issued by Northwestern Mutual
Design For Six Sigma (DFSS) Green Belt
Issued by DFSS