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I'm Jason Blackburn, a Principal Software Engineer focused on building AI-powered healthcare platforms and large-scale distributed systems across AWS, Azure, and GCP. I specialize in HIPAA-compliant systems, real-time clinical data pipelines, and LLM-powered applications that support 10M+ patient records and high-volume workflows. I’m a hands-on technical leader with deep expertise in backend engineering, microservices, and AI integration, delivering high-performance systems that optimize clinical operations, automate workflows, and enable intelligent decision-making. In recent roles, I designed and scaled backend services handling millions of transactions, improved reliability and observability, and drove CI/CD and infrastructure automation to cut deployment time and cloud costs. I’ve led technical direction across teams while staying hands-on in system design and implementation, delivering scalable solutions across national healthcare platforms.…I'm Jason Blackburn, a Principal Software Engineer focused on building AI-powered healthcare platforms and large-scale distributed systems across AWS, Azure, and GCP. I specialize in HIPAA-compliant systems, real-time clinical data pipelines, and LLM-powered applications that support 10M+ patient records and high-volume workflows. I’m a hands-on technical leader with deep expertise in backend engineering, microservices, and AI integration, delivering high-performance systems that optimize clinical operations, automate workflows, and enable intelligent decision-making. In recent roles, I designed and scaled backend services handling millions of transactions, improved reliability and observability, and drove CI/CD and infrastructure automation to cut deployment time and cloud costs. I’ve led technical direction across teams while staying hands-on in system design and implementation, delivering scalable solutions across national healthcare platforms.

Jason Blackburn

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I'm Jason Blackburn, a Principal Software Engineer focused on building AI-powered healthcare platforms and large-scale distributed systems across AWS, Azure, and GCP. I specialize in HIPAA-compliant systems, real-time clinical data pipelines, and LLM-powered applications that support 10M+ patient records and high-volume workflows. I’m a hands-on technical leader with deep expertise in backend engineering, microservices, and AI integration, delivering high-performance systems that optimize clinical operations, automate workflows, and enable intelligent decision-making. In recent roles, I designed and scaled backend services handling millions of transactions, improved reliability and observability, and drove CI/CD and infrastructure automation to cut deployment time and cloud costs. I’ve led technical direction across teams while staying hands-on in system design and implementation, delivering scalable solutions across national healthcare platforms.…I'm Jason Blackburn, a Principal Software Engineer focused on building AI-powered healthcare platforms and large-scale distributed systems across AWS, Azure, and GCP. I specialize in HIPAA-compliant systems, real-time clinical data pipelines, and LLM-powered applications that support 10M+ patient records and high-volume workflows. I’m a hands-on technical leader with deep expertise in backend engineering, microservices, and AI integration, delivering high-performance systems that optimize clinical operations, automate workflows, and enable intelligent decision-making. In recent roles, I designed and scaled backend services handling millions of transactions, improved reliability and observability, and drove CI/CD and infrastructure automation to cut deployment time and cloud costs. I’ve led technical direction across teams while staying hands-on in system design and implementation, delivering scalable solutions across national healthcare platforms.

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I’m Jason Blackburn, a Principal Software Engineer focused on building AI-powered healthcare platforms and large-scale distributed systems across AWS, Azure, and GCP. I specialize in HIPAA-compliant systems, real-time clinical data pipelines, and LLM-powered applications that support 10M+ patient records and high-volume workflows. I’m a hands-on technical leader with deep expertise in backend engineering, microservices, and AI integration, delivering high-performance systems that optimize clinical operations, automate workflows, and enable intelligent decision-making.

In recent roles, I designed and scaled backend services handling millions of transactions, improved reliability and observability, and drove CI/CD and infrastructure automation to cut deployment time and cloud costs. I’ve led technical direction across teams while staying hands-on in system design and implementation, delivering scalable solutions across national healthcare platforms.

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Principal Software Engineer at Acuity, Inc.

May 1, 2025 - Present

Built and scaled AI-powered backend systems integrating LLM-based services for clinical data processing, summarization, and workflow automation. Developed distributed microservices handling 2M+ daily healthcare transactions with 99.9% uptime. Reduced deployment time by 60% with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure automation. Improved system reliability by 35% through performance tuning and fault-tolerant design. Led technical direction across teams while remaining hands-on in system design and backend implementation.

Enterprise Architect at Signify Health

March 1, 2021 - March 1, 2025

Built scalable backend systems supporting 10M+ patient records across national health care platforms. Designed AI/ML-powered data pipelines for predictive analytics and operational insights. Enabled 50+ integrations across health partners. Reduced infrastructure costs by 30% through system optimization and cloud-architecture improvements. Modernized legacy systems into scalable cloud-native platforms.

Solution Architect at Signify Health

May 1, 2018 - March 1, 2021

Developed AI/ML-powered data pipelines for predictive analytics and operational insights; designed microservices enabling numerous integrations across health care partners; built scalable backend systems supporting 10M+ patient records.

Senior Full Stack Developer at Conex Link

September 1, 2017 - May 1, 2018

Developed enterprise-grade full-stack applications; built RESTful APIs to improve integration with enterprise systems; contributed to scalable software delivery for large user bases.

Lead Technical Architect / Architect / Developer at UnitedHealth Group

August 1, 2007 - February 1, 2016

Led backend architecture and development for enterprise health care platforms; built secure backend services; improved reliability to 99.9% across multiple projects.

Principal Software Engineer at Acuity Inc

May 1, 2025 - Present

Built and scaled AI-powered backend systems integrating LLM-based services for clinical data processing, summarization, and workflow automation. Developed distributed microservices handling 2M+ daily health care transactions with 99.9% uptime. Reduced deployment time by 60% by implementing CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure automation. Improved system reliability by 35% through performance tuning and fault-tolerant design. Led technical direction across teams while remaining hands-on in system design and backend implementation.

Lead Backend Engineer at Acuity Inc

March 1, 2025 - May 1, 2025

Led distributed microservices for real-time processing of clinical and claims data; improved system throughput and reliability; contributed to backend API design and data processing pipelines.

Software Architect at Service Auto Pilot

May 1, 2016 - August 1, 2017

Built scalable backend systems supporting 250K+ monthly users. Improved system reliability and reduced downtime by 35%.

Lead Technical Architect / Architect / Developer at United Health Group

August 1, 2007 - February 1, 2016

Developed enterprise health care systems supporting 3M+ patient records. Built secure data exchanges for health care platforms. Improved system availability to 99.99% through reliability engineering and failover design. Led backend development across multiple large-scale health care initiatives.

Systems Developer at ARGO Data Resource Corp

May 1, 2004 - May 1, 2007

Developed backend systems processing 10M+ financial transactions annually. Improved system performance by 30% through optimization efforts.

Principal Architect at CVS Health

March 2, 2025 - May 2, 2025

Developed LLM-enabled health care data pipelines for real-time processing of patient and clinical data. Built secure backend services handling 10M+ patient records in HIPAA-compliant environments. Improved system observability, reducing incident resolution time by 40%. Optimized infrastructure usage, reducing cloud costs by 25%. Contributed directly to backend services, APIs, and data processing layers.

Senior Full Stack Developer at Conexlink

September 1, 2017 - May 1, 2018

Developed scalable backend systems and RESTful APIs, improving integration efficiency and enabling enterprise-scale adoption. Led frontend-backend collaboration and delivered end-to-end features.

Lead Technical Architect / Engineer at United Health Group

August 1, 2007 - February 1, 2016

Drove enterprise health care system development, built secure data exchange services, and increased system availability to industry-leading levels. Mentored teams across multiple locations and delivered resilient backend solutions.