Application Engineering
Build full-stack enterprise applications and APIs using Next.js, TypeScript, React, Node.js, Express, Java, REST, and GraphQL.
Senior Software Engineer
Scott Escue
I build cloud-native applications, identity platforms, and developer infrastructure.
My work spans Next.js and TypeScript applications, Java services and extensions, enterprise authentication, AWS and Azure infrastructure, DevSecOps automation, and AI-assisted engineering workflows.
Capabilities
Engineering across the application lifecycle
From product interfaces and service boundaries to identity, infrastructure, delivery, and AI-assisted engineering workflows.
Identity and Security
Design authentication and authorization solutions using Keycloak, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SAML, LTI 1.3, and secure software-development practices.
Cloud and Platform Engineering
Design and operate cloud-native delivery systems using AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, CI/CD, and infrastructure automation.
Developer Tooling and AI-Assisted Engineering
Create local-development environments, git-worktree workflows, automation, and agent-assisted development processes that help engineers plan, implement, review, and deliver software more reliably.
Selected work
Systems built for real operational demands
Representative work across applications, identity, cloud platforms, automation, and AI-assisted engineering workflows.
Enterprise Authentication Platform
Designed a production authentication architecture integrating Java-based Keycloak extensions with a Next.js and TypeScript frontend. The platform supports more than 200,000 provisioned accounts across multiple customer organizations and authentication flows.
Learning Platform Applications
Developed and maintained learner and administrator portals and an external API, building connected application experiences across frontend, service, and data layers.
Cloud Platform Engineering
Built and operated AWS GovCloud, AWS Fargate, and managed-service delivery paths while improving deployment automation, availability, security, and operational consistency.
AI-Assisted Engineering Workflows
Use git worktrees, custom agent instructions, specification-driven planning, issue decomposition, and model-assisted review to run multiple isolated streams of development while preserving human ownership of architecture, code review, and delivery decisions.
Open source
Projects and reference implementations
Practical tools and reference implementations spanning Go data tooling, Java application integration, and engineering automation. Most of my recent production work is in private client repositories, so these projects highlight public libraries, experiments, and reference implementations I can share.
View all projectsGoWork in progress
Grizzle
An early-stage relational ORM and schema toolkit for Go, inspired by Drizzle ORM and Drizzle Kit concepts.
Explores type-aware schema definition, SQL query construction, migration workflows, and code generation for Go applications.
JavaUnmaintained reference
BackPorch ShedLock
A Java 6 and 7 backport of ShedLock for coordinating scheduled tasks across application nodes.
Preserved as a reference example of solving distributed scheduled-task coordination under legacy runtime constraints.
JavaUnmaintained reference
Dropwizard EntityManager
JPA EntityManager integration for older Dropwizard/Hibernate applications.
Preserved as a reference example of adapting Dropwizard Hibernate lifecycle behavior for applications built around JPA EntityManager APIs.
Contact
Let’s solve a hard engineering problem.
I’m interested in senior software-engineering opportunities involving cloud-native applications, identity, developer platforms, AI-assisted engineering workflows, distributed systems, and complex engineering problems.