Daniel Jensen
Chief Operating Officer, EarnIn Payroll AWS
Atlanta Metropolitan Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDaniel Jensen is a seasoned technology leader with over 25 years of hands-on and executive experience building secure, scalable cloud platforms and developer-friendly infrastructure. Currently COO of EarnIn Payroll AWS, he drove a 3x delivery velocity boost by instituting AI spec-driven development and designed a hybrid payroll platform that meets stringent regulatory requirements. Previously he led security and identity functions that cut active vulnerabilities by 63% and implemented zero-trust and DLP solutions to harden operations. At Intuit he founded data discovery teams and launched a data query platform used by 1,800+ data workers, improving access to sensitive data and enabling a hybrid Databricks architecture. Known for combining deep technical expertise (security, Kubernetes, AWS) with operational rigor, he also mentors early-career engineers and actively shares learnings in tech communities. He pairs measurable impact—faster delivery, lower risk, cost reductions—with a pragmatic focus on developer happiness as a lever for better products.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Master's Degree, Master of Business Administration, Master's Degree, Master of Business Administration at Georgia Institute of TechnologyBachelor of Science, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science, Computer Science at Western Governors University
Github Skills (73)
terraform-module10
rds10
aws10
hashicorp-vault9
puppet9
terraform9
rancher9
terraform-provider9
docker9
kubernetes-helm9
azure8
proxies8
amazon-elasticsearch8
orchestration8
container-management8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
OrigamiLogic/gollum
Apr 2018 - Feb 2019
Tool that fetches consul KV's and vault secrets providing a simple export list that can be sourced
Contributions:10 releases, 14 PRs, 24 pushes in 10 months
consul-kvvault
jensendw/traefik-puppet
Dec 2016 - Aug 2018
A puppet module for traefik
Contributions:3 releases, 2 PRs, 11 pushes in 1 year 8 months
puppettraefik
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