Engineering systems · Building products · Sharing what works
Complex problems.
Thoughtful systems.
I'm Conor Brown, a software engineer with 12 years of experience building business-critical platforms, distributed infrastructure, and products. I work across implementation, system design, and cross-team architecture.
Selected engineering work
All case studies →Managing thousands of servers remotely
Designing a remote execution and update-delivery system for a distributed hosting fleet.
Technical leadership · DDDBringing business rules into the domain
Helping teams move behavior out of procedural application code and into domain models that reflect real workflows.
Reliability · MessagingReliable asynchronous usage logging
Building an Azure Service Bus-backed system for usage events with complex business rules and a delivery SLA.
Architectural judgmentReplacing excessive search infrastructure
Using targeted SQL search columns and indexing instead of a heavyweight Elasticsearch implementation.
Products I'm building
All projects →Career Desk →
A private career workspace with application tracking, versioned documents, and a scoped ChatGPT connection for preparation and review.
Education · Software engineeringPathway →
Practical, layered learning paths for developers moving from first principles to deeper technical expertise.
Education · MusicTheoria →
A hands-on learning platform for music theory, performance, production, mixing, and mastering.
Architecture in practice
Read the articles →Modernizing workflow rules through DDD
Introducing a richer domain model, migrating legacy paths, and codifying architecture standards for future contributors.
Read case study →Distributed systems · .NETBuilding a distributed .NET agent platform
Design and tradeoffs behind remote infrastructure management at fleet scale.
Read case study →Writing and field notes
Read more →Architecture decisions, distributed-systems tradeoffs, domain modeling, and lessons from real products. Substance over buzzwords.
Building a team or hiring for Staff-level engineering?
I’m interested in roles combining hands-on system design, architecture leadership, and product delivery. Explore the case studies, review my résumé, or get in touch directly.