Paul Che

Systems Engineer & Tech Humanist

Brief

I specialize in building resilient backend architectures and developer experience tooling. I believe that software should be invisible, reliable, and respectful of the user's focus. Currently exploring distributed consensus and high-performance networking in the EU.

Core Principles

Simplicity First The best code is the code you can delete. I favor boring, well-understood technology over hype.

Privacy by Default Architecture must protect user data at the structural level, not just as a policy.

Reliability Systems should be designed to fail gracefully. Observability is not an afterthought.

Open Standards Favoring interoperability and open protocols to avoid vendor lock-in.

Experience

Senior Systems Architect 2020 — Present

Designing distributed storage solutions and cloud-native infrastructure for high-load applications.

Infrastructure Engineer 2017 — 2020

Automated complex CI/CD pipelines and managed large-scale Kubernetes deployments.

Technical Toolkit

Current Reading

I'm currently revisiting "Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces" and exploring "The Timeless Way of Building" by Christopher Alexander. I find that architectural patterns in the physical world often mirror digital ones.

Off-duty

When I'm not debugging systems, you'll find me on long-distance cycling routes or in a darkroom developing 35mm film. I appreciate the slow pace of analog photography as a counterbalance to the speed of software development.