Cody Dietz

コーディディエツ

Principal Engineer of the Software Variety

About Me

Engineer and architect with 10+ years experience building secure, scalable, cloud-native systems powering millions of users

Inventor on a patented trust and safety platform; proven leader of teams and driving secure, high-impact automation

Fluent in Go, Java, Python, C#, and Terraform with a track record of accelerating delivery and scaling infrastructure




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Patents

US 18/974,139

  • Automated Evaluation, Scoring, and Quarantine of Third-Party Patches for Application Software

Experience

Automox

Principal Engineer

Staff Software Architect

Senior Software Engineer

07/2021 - Present

Website

Ditch clunky legacy tools. Eliminate risk and automate the configuration, patching, and compliance of your Windows, macOS, and Linux systems with one cloud-native platform.

  • Architected and led development of PatchSafe, a patented (US 18/974,139) distributed malware-evaluation pipeline handling massive-scale data ingestion. Leveraged AWS, Python, and Node.js to enable real-time scoring and automated analysis, processing millions of events daily
  • Promoted from Senior Software Engineer to Staff Software Architect to Principal Software Engineer
  • Led the Agent and Security Engineering teams delivering efficient, secure, and scalable end-to-end agent platforms
  • Engineered high-throughput backend services in Go, Python, and PHP, redesigning core data workflows to drastically improve system latency, fault tolerance, and reliability under heavy load
  • Led a major platform modernization initiative, rewriting performance-critical components in Rust, and migrating CI/CD pipelines from Jenkins to GitHub Actions to accelerate deployment and testing velocity
  • Standardized Infrastructure as Code (IaC) strategy across the engineering and security organizations using Terraform and Terragrunt, significantly reducing code duplication and environment drift
  • Optimized developer efficiency and cloud spend by shifting local testing to AWS emulation using LocalStack, reducing development costs by $40k+ annually
  • Enhanced platform observability and response efforts by building custom Datadog pipelines and Splunk integrations, reducing alert noise and establishing clear SLIs/SLOs for critical services
  • Built customer-facing AI features enabling rapid visibility into vulnerability posture for enterprise customers
  • Led initial Apple Silicon desktop agent integration using Objective-C and Swift for M1 and M2 series devices

Certifications:

DocuSign

Technical Consultant II

01/2020 - 10/2021

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DocuSign ensures the security & mobility to digitally transform businesses

  • Engineered distributed AI document processing enhancements for Insight AI using Java, Python, C#, and Node.js on AWS, improving accuracy of legal document parsing by over 20%
  • Built test automation suites validating complex document workflows in CLM; reduced manual QA hours by 40%
  • Developed and deployed scalable backend services and APIs to support core product functionality
  • Delivered custom implementations and feature development for high-value enterprise customers
  • Authored developer training curriculums on Seal AI and CLM API integrations

Certifications:

Polywood

Senior Software Developer

11/2017 - 11/2019

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  • Led a 4-person dev team to build new furniture production management systems in Laravel/PHP and TypeScript
  • Spearheaded a platform overhaul that more than doubled production throughput and supported over 2x sales growth, directly impacting multi-million-dollar order fulfillment
  • Introduced Docker-based dev environment cutting developer onboarding time from 2 weeks to 2 days
  • Mentored junior developers and defined internal development standards

Do it Best Corp.

Contract Senior Software Engineer

04/2017 - 11/2017

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  • Maintained Azure-hosted catalog systems in C# as part of a rapid delivery team
  • Built full-stack mobile app (Java, Obj-C) for sales event operations; app adopted by 5000+ store reps
  • Helped slash support ticket backlog by over 92% in 6 months
  • Helped lead OWASP training for developers and project management staff

Sweetwater

Software Engineer

08/2016 - 04/2017

Website

Sweetwater is the world's leading music technology and instrument retailer

  • Automated image processing pipeline with Python/OpenCV, doubling photographer throughput
  • Modernized internal CRM application in Objective-C, improving sales engineer productivity
  • Built internal tools supporting shipping, building operations, and executive teams
  • Built custom building automations in Python and C++ for smart projector control, lighting, and audio systems

King + Knight

Software Engineer

01/2015 - 08/2016

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  • Built large-scale insurance data platform (C#/.NET/JavaScript on Azure), supporting real-time claims analytics
  • Developed native mobile apps in Obj-C and Java for industrial pumps, digitizing field operations
  • Contributed to embedded firmware with C and C++, and embedded testing in Python for water control systems

Projects

  • LocalStack scaffold allowing you to quickly get started with Terraform on LocalStack using Terragrunt
  • OpenGL with shiny new tools! Comes complete with Conan AND ImGUI ready to go!
  • Lethal Company template project to make new mods!

Education

University of Illinois

BS - Computer Science

  • Graduated Cum Laude
  • Elective concentrations in Artificial Intelligence and Computer Graphics
  • Graduate classes in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Neural Networks

University of Colorado Boulder

Candidate MS - Computer Science

  • Concentrations in Computer Vision, Security, and Software Architecture

Purdue University

BS - Mathematics

  • Electives in Computer graphics, real-time rendering, and mathematical physics
  • Notable Masters graduate classes: Graph Theory, Mathematical Statistics, Mathematical Probability

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