Daniel Jensen
Chief Operating Officer, EarnIn Payroll
Atlanta Metropolitan Area United States
Summary
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SeniorDaniel 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
22 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (107)
rds10
docker10
aws10
puppet9
terraform9
rancher9
terraform-module9
terraform-provider9
kubernetes9
kubernetes-deployment8
proxies8
golang8
amazon-elasticsearch8
microservices8
orchestration8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
jensendw/traefik-puppet
Dec 2016 - Aug 2018
A puppet module for traefik
Contributions:3 releases, 2 PRs, 11 pushes in 1 year 8 months
puppet-moduledockertraefikpuppet
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
hashicorp-vaultconsul-kvexportvault-secretsvault
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