583 karma · joined December 11, 2016
GitHub: https://github.com/jpoehnelt
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-poehnelt/
I am a Senior Software Engineer with a decade of experience bridging deep machine learning foundations with modern agent infrastructure. Previously a Senior Developer Relations Engineer at Google and a Founding Engineer at Descartes Labs.
Recently, I architected the open-source https://github.com/googleworkspace/cli in Rust—built entirely via AI agents which hit 20k+ stars and #1 on HN. My background spans building petabyte-scale Kubernetes architectures, engineering visual search engines over billions of satellite images, and developing full-stack embedded Rust IoT firmware with custom LoRa mesh networking for endurance races.
I excel at taking systems from 0 to 1 and driving adoption developer experiences. I'm looking for Senior/Staff or Founding Engineer roles where I can tackle complex distributed systems or build secure, agent-first infrastructure.