Hello, my name is Dan...

I’m an Associate Director for Software Engineering

Software Engineering Leader focused on building reliable, scalable systems and high-performing teams within complex enterprise environments.

What I’m Responsible For

  • Leading multi-team engineering organizations (30–60+ engineers) delivering mission-critical systems
  • Defining technical strategy and execution plans aligned to long-term business priorities
  • Scaling teams, platforms, and processes in regulated and high-availability environments
  • Partnering closely with Product, Architecture, Security, and Operations at the portfolio level

Leadership Focus Areas

  • Engineering strategy & technical vision — setting multi-year direction while enabling near-term execution
  • Organizational design & talent — building leadership depth, succession, and sustainable team structures
  • Execution at scale — predictable delivery across teams with complex dependencies
  • Engineering excellence — reliability, quality, security, and operational maturity
  • Cross-functional leadership — strong partnerships with product, design, and executive stakeholders

Selected Impact Highlights

  • Led platform and product teams supporting systems with millions of users and high-availability requirements
  • Modernized legacy architectures, contributing to 30–50% improvements in deployment frequency and lead time
  • Established shared services and internal platforms adopted by 10+ teams, reducing duplicated effort and operational risk
  • Improved reliability and incident response through clearer ownership and observability, resulting in measurable reductions in Sev-1 incidents
  • Scaled teams while maintaining engagement and retention through clearer career paths and leadership development

Technical Perspective

My background is rooted in hands-on engineering, with a focus on systems that must operate reliably at scale.

I care deeply about:

  • Clear ownership and accountability
  • Overall developer experience

Open Source & Public Work

This profile primarily reflects exploratory work and selective contributions. Most of my professional impact comes from enterprise platforms, internal tooling, and organizational leadership rather than public repositories.

What I Care About Building

  • Teams that are accountable, curious, and resilient
  • Systems that are boring in production and easy to operate
  • Engineering cultures grounded in trust, clarity, and continuous improvement

Connect

  • GitHub: https://github.com/djallits
  • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/djallits/
  • Website: https://dan.jallits.com/

Happy to connect on engineering leadership, platform strategy, or scaling teams in enterprise environments.