JW Sargent

Work with me · open to new problems

Software & cloud engineering, and the disciplines around it.

I design and build the unglamorous systems that quietly make teams faster, data platforms, internal tools, cloud infrastructure, and the web apps on top. About a decade in, with detours through motion, 3D, and the outdoors.

Open to new contract work, full-time roles, and collaborations.

What I do

Software engineeringCloud & infrastructure (AWS)Data architecture & platformsInternal tools & automationWeb applicationsSystems design

And bring along

Motion design3D & visualizationProduct thinkingWriting

Selected work

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Write one Markdown file, push once; the build fans it to the home index, the section pages, this page, and the terminal.Write one Markdown file, push once; the build fans it to the home index, the section pages, this page, and the terminal.
Project · 2026

jwsargent.me, this archive

The site you're on, a static Astro archive where adding anything is one Markdown file and one push.

Astro · MDX Live
The writing desk: the manuscript editor at the core, with the pipeline, AI assistance, and the rest of the workspace arranged around it.The writing desk: the manuscript editor at the core, with the pipeline, AI assistance, and the rest of the workspace arranged around it.
Project · 2026

Obliqui

A writing environment for people who like to write, with as much or as little AI as you want.

AWS · Go In progress
Platform map: one backend as the source of truth, coordinating visitor check-in, smart-badge IoT, fleet and device config, identity and access, and a queryable audit trail.Platform map: one backend as the source of truth, coordinating visitor check-in, smart-badge IoT, fleet and device config, identity and access, and a queryable audit trail.
Project · 2025

Visitor Management

A production visitor-management platform on AWS, real badges, kiosks, and IoT, where the hard part is keeping a physical workflow honest under imperfect device signals.

Go · AWS Live

However you found your way here

For teams & clients

Need a system built or a hard problem owned end-to-end? I take on contract engagements and ship working software.

For employers

Hiring for a role where breadth and depth both matter? I'm open to the right full-time opportunity.

For collaborators

Building something strange and want a hand, or just to compare notes? Those are my favorite emails.

Start a conversation

Tell me what you're building.

A few lines about the problem is plenty, I'll take it from there.

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