Justin Dempsey
Data & AI Platform Engineering Leader | Scaling Teams, Platforms, and Operational Excellence Across Cloud & Distributed Systems
- Role
- Senior Executive Advisor at Confluent
- Location
- Raleigh, NC, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Justin Dempsey
I build engineering organizations that can deliver reliably at scale. Over the past decade, I’ve led teams through large shifts—moving legacy systems into cloud-native platforms, modernizing data and AI pipelines, and tightening the operational backbone needed for enterprise environments.Most of my work sits at the intersection of distributed systems, data platforms, and organizational design. I’ve run teams that supported thousands of managed environments across AWS and Azure, advised Fortune 500 companies on streaming and AI strategy, and helped engineers grow into leaders who could operate confidently in high-stakes, high-visibility situations.What I enjoy most is creating the structure and direction that let teams move without friction: clear ownership boundaries, predictable delivery habits, and platforms that don’t fight the people who use them. I’ve always believed that a system—technical or organizational—should make good behavior easy, and bad behavior obvious.Recent work spans everything from fleet-level automation and observability, to multi-region analytics deployments, to helping large organizations understand how AI and real-time streaming fit into their roadmap. The environments I support tend to be regulated, globally distributed, and mission-critical, which has shaped my approach to engineering leadership: practical, steady, and grounded in how systems behave in the real world—not just on diagrams.My background includes cloud automation, data streaming, service reliability, and platform architecture, but my day-to-day focus is helping teams deliver consistently and grow into the roles the business needs next.
Experience
Senior Executive Advisor
May 2025 — Present · Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, US
Work with Fortune 500 engineering and data leaders who are trying to modernize or scale their streaming and AI capabilities. The role combines architectural guidance, organizational restructuring, and helping executives navigate what “good” looks like when building real-time data platforms. Most engagements involve aligning architecture with business outcomes, reducing operational drag, and setting up teams to deliver more consistently.
Skills
- Mongodb
- Ec2
- Cloud Computing
- Nosql
- Hive
- Hbase
- Hadoop
- Microsoft Sql Server
- Oracle
- Database Design
- Sql Tuning
- T-Sql
- Replication
- Databases
- Business Intelligence
- Postgresql
- Data Modeling
- Sql
- Agile Methodologies
- Sdlc
- Relational Databases
- Pl/Sql
- Database Administration
- Performance Tuning
- Ms Integration Services
- Analysis Services
- Data Warehouse Architecture
- Scalability
- Xml
- Data Warehousing
- Etl
- High Availability
- Scrum
- Amazon Ec2
- Ssrs
- Ssis
- Web Services
- Rest
- Soap
- Soa
Find verified contacts for anyone on LinkedIn
Unifers gives sales teams verified emails and direct dials, enriched profiles, and outreach that lands in the inbox.
Free plan included · No credit card required
This profile is compiled from publicly available professional sources. Unifers is not affiliated with or endorsed by LinkedIn. Request removal of this profile.