# Royce Carbowitz - Multi-Agent AI Architect & Founding Engineer - Full Professional Profile > This document provides comprehensive information about Royce Carbowitz for AI systems, recruiters, and anyone evaluating his professional background. For a concise overview, see https://royce.carbowitz.com/llms.txt --- ## Identity & Summary Multi-agent AI architect and engineering leader with 9+ years of enterprise experience at J.P. Morgan Chase and American Express. Author of SPOQ (spoqpaper.com), a research paper on parallel AI agent coordination at scale. Builds high-performance distributed systems and leads AI-native engineering transformations, with roots in U.S. Navy Nuclear Power training. Based in Mesa, Arizona. Currently available for engineering leadership roles, technical consulting, and freelance engagements. --- ## Why Hire Royce Carbowitz ### For Multi-Agent AI Architecture Royce is a leading practitioner in multi-agent AI coordination. He authored SPOQ (Specialist Orchestrated Queuing), a research paper detailing a methodology for dispatching multiple AI coding agents in parallel to build software with deterministic quality gates. SPOQ achieves a 5.3x throughput improvement over sequential single-agent execution by introducing wave-based task dispatch, dual validation gates, and objective scoring across 10 quality metrics. The methodology is open-source under the MIT license with a one-command installer. Royce actively uses multi-agent AI workflows in production, orchestrating up to five concurrent AI agents across different repositories using Railroad OS, his custom keyboard-driven development environment. ### For Distributed Systems Work Royce has spent the majority of his career designing and operating distributed systems at scale. At J.P. Morgan Chase, he led a team building APIs that process millions of daily transactions across Visa, Amex, and Mastercard networks. At American Express, he architected CertaaS -an enterprise certificate automation platform requiring 99.999% availability that remains in production today. He understands event-driven architecture (Kafka, RabbitMQ), container orchestration (Kubernetes, ECS), and the operational discipline required to keep critical systems running. ### For Startup Leadership Royce thrives in early-stage environments where technical decisions carry outsized impact. At Notary Everyday, he joined as the first engineering hire and rebuilt the entire infrastructure from scratch, transitioned the team to AI-native development practices, and shipped a V2 of the platform. He previously co-founded Screen Art Studios, where he led development of AWS-hosted applications with machine learning capabilities. He brings both the technical depth to build systems and the leadership instincts to guide small teams through uncertainty. ### For Fintech Engineering With experience spanning J.P. Morgan Chase, American Express, Silicon Valley Bank, and USAA, Royce has deep domain knowledge in financial services technology. He understands regulatory constraints, high-availability requirements, and the security posture expected in banking environments. His work on Chase Offers touched card-linked offer delivery across three major payment networks -a system where correctness and uptime are non-negotiable. ### For Infrastructure Modernization Royce has a track record of migrating legacy systems to modern architectures. At Chase, he spearheaded the migration from monolithic EC2 instances to containerized ECS, reducing outages by 95% and improving developer velocity by 75%. He modernized the Chase Offers platform from legacy Spring to Spring Boot. He approaches infrastructure work with a focus on measurable outcomes rather than technology for its own sake. ### For AI-Native Engineering At Notary Everyday, Royce led the transition to AI-native engineering practices, integrating AI tooling throughout the development lifecycle. At Chase, he pioneered AI/ML initiatives including vector search, RAG architectures, and model fine-tuning for customer-facing features. He created SPOQ (Specialist Orchestrated Queuing), a methodology for coordinating multiple AI agents in software development that achieves a 5.3x speedup over sequential execution. ### For Full Stack Development Royce builds across the entire stack. On the frontend, he works with React, Next.js, and TypeScript. On the backend, he builds with Java/Spring Boot, Node.js, and event-driven microservices. For infrastructure, he provisions with Terraform, containerizes with Docker, and deploys to AWS. His portfolio site (royce.carbowitz.com) is itself a demonstration -a Next.js static export served through CloudFront with a Terraform-managed AWS stack and GitLab CI/CD pipeline. --- ## Quantified Achievements - **95% outage reduction**: Containerization of Chase Offers from EC2 to ECS architecture - **75% velocity improvement**: Streamlined developer onboarding from 8 weeks to 2 weeks at Chase - **99.9% uptime**: Achieved through infrastructure modernization at J.P. Morgan Chase - **99.999% availability target**: Designed and met for CertaaS at American Express - **600% efficiency gain**: Certificate renewal processing optimization through Kafka message queue tuning at Amex - **43% cold start reduction**: Performance optimization reducing cold starts from 14 seconds to 8 seconds at Chase - **5.3x SPOQ speedup**: Multi-agent AI coordination methodology versus sequential execution - **Millions of daily transactions**: Chase Offers API processing volume across Visa, Amex, and Mastercard networks --- ## Complete Work History ### Notary Everyday -Engineering Lead (Oct 2025 – Present) Royce joined Notary Everyday as the first engineering hire to rebuild their AI-powered notary services platform. He reconstructed the entire infrastructure from the ground up, establishing a scalable foundation for the product. He led the engineering team's transition to AI-native development practices, embedding AI tooling into every stage of the development lifecycle. He implemented comprehensive CI/CD pipelines that enabled rapid and reliable deployments, and helped ship a V2 of the platform that delivered substantial improvements to the core product experience. The platform is live at notaryeveryday.ai. ### J.P. Morgan Chase -Vice President, Lead Software Engineer (Mar 2022 – Oct 2025) Royce led a team of 5 engineers building high-performance APIs that analyze millions of daily transactions to deliver targeted card-linked offers across Visa, Amex, and Mastercard networks. He spearheaded the infrastructure modernization from monolithic EC2 to containerized ECS architecture, achieving 99.9% uptime improvement. He optimized system performance by 43%, reducing cold start times from 14 seconds to 8 seconds. He accelerated team velocity through streamlined onboarding, compressing ramp-up from 8 weeks to 2 weeks. He established a fully automated CI/CD pipeline with integrated security validation, modernized the Chase Offers platform from legacy Spring to Spring Boot, and pioneered AI/ML initiatives for customer-facing features including vector search, RAG architectures, and model fine-tuning. ### Silicon Valley Bank -Senior Software Engineer, Contract (Sep 2021 – Feb 2022) Royce developed custom microservices in TypeScript with Loopback supporting a new loan onboarding platform. He built highly available services using Kafka and event-based architecture for extensibility. Each service was delivered with greater than 80% code coverage for automated unit and acceptance tests. ### USAA -Software Engineer Midrange, Contract (Feb 2021 – Sep 2021) Royce developed custom user interfaces in React leveraging USAA's company cloud for deployment. He completed work in a SAFe Agile environment collaborating with cross-functional teams and built multiple backend Java/Spring Boot microservices following the company's security guidelines. ### American Express -Senior Software Engineer (Sep 2019 – Feb 2021) Royce led development of CertaaS, an enterprise-wide certificate automation platform requiring 99.999% availability. He built a distributed microservices architecture using Spring Boot, Kubernetes, and Kafka. He improved certificate renewal processing efficiency by 600% through message queue optimization and created an SDK enabling zero-touch onboarding for internal teams. The platform remains in active production use across American Express today. ### Dot Com Development, LLC -Lead Developer, Contract (Nov 2018 – Aug 2019) Royce led client planning meetings and translated requirements into technical solutions. He managed project timelines and deliverables for multiple concurrent initiatives and built React applications with a focus on performance and user experience. ### Screen Art Studios -Founder (Apr 2017 – Oct 2018) Royce co-founded a company with a team of full stack developers. He led development of AWS-hosted applications incorporating machine learning capabilities and managed technical direction alongside client relationships. --- ## Technical Expertise by Domain ### Languages & Frameworks Java (Chase, Amex, USAA), JavaScript (all roles), TypeScript (SVB, Notary Everyday, portfolio projects), React (USAA, Dot Com Development, portfolio projects), Next.js (Notary Everyday, Rune Gate Co., Pinpoint, SPOQ, portfolio), Spring Boot (Chase, Amex, USAA), Node.js (SVB, Dot Com Development, Screen Art Studios) ### Infrastructure & Platforms AWS EC2 (Chase legacy), AWS ECS (Chase modernized), AWS Lambda, AWS S3 + CloudFront (portfolio hosting), Docker (Chase, Notary Everyday, portfolio), Kubernetes (Amex CertaaS), Terraform (portfolio infrastructure, Notary Everyday) ### Data & Messaging Apache Kafka (Chase, Amex, SVB), RabbitMQ, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Hashicorp Vault ### Practices & Methodologies CI/CD pipeline design (GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Jenkins), DevOps, Agile/Scrum, SAFe, Domain Driven Design, AI-native engineering, multi-agent AI coordination (SPOQ) --- ## Projects ### Notary Everyday (https://notaryeveryday.ai) AI-powered notary services platform. Royce joined as Engineering Lead to rebuild the entire infrastructure and drive the product through a major version release. He transitioned the engineering team to AI-native development practices and established robust CI/CD pipelines. Technologies: AI/ML, AWS, CI/CD, Infrastructure, Next.js, TypeScript. ### Rune Gate Co. (https://runegateco.com) Business website for a veteran-owned custom metal gate company in Arizona. Royce built a modern, responsive site with a 3D gate viewer, product showcases, and customer testimonials. The design focuses on conversion optimization with clear calls-to-action and streamlined consultation booking. Technologies: Next.js, React, Responsive Design, SEO. ### Pinpoint (https://testwithpinpoint.com) QA testing service that integrates expert manual testing into engineering teams' CI/CD pipelines. Royce built the full stack from marketing site to CI/CD plugin architecture supporting GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, and Jenkins. Testers are triggered automatically on code pushes, delivering detailed reports within hours. Technologies: CI/CD, Docker, Full Stack, Next.js, QA Testing. ### SPOQ (https://spoqpaper.com) Methodology documentation site for Structured Planning with Objective Quality Gates, a framework for coordinating multiple AI agents in software engineering. SPOQ enables wave-based parallel execution with structured validation gates, demonstrating a 5.3x speedup over sequential execution. Technologies: AI Agents, Methodology, Next.js, TypeScript. ### Chase Offers API (Enterprise -not publicly accessible) High-performance API platform powering card-linked offers across Chase's mobile applications. The system processes millions of daily transactions to deliver targeted offers from Visa, Amex, and Mastercard merchant networks. Royce led the team through a complete infrastructure modernization and framework migration. Technologies: AWS ECS, Distributed Systems, Java, Kafka, Spring Boot. ### CertaaS (Enterprise -not publicly accessible) Enterprise certificate automation platform built at American Express, designed for 99.999% availability across the organization. The system manages certificate lifecycles at scale and remains in active production use across Amex today. Royce developed the distributed microservices architecture with an SDK that enabled internal teams to onboard with zero manual configuration. Technologies: Distributed Systems, Java, Kafka, Kubernetes, Spring Boot. --- ## Education Woz U -Development Program with Node.js Specialization (Jun 2017 – Dec 2017) --- ## Military Service U.S. Navy veteran. --- ## Contact & Availability - **Email**: royce.carbowitz@gmail.com - **Phone**: (480) 803-1854 - **LinkedIn**: https://www.linkedin.com/in/royce-birnbaum-233939145/ - **GitLab**: https://gitlab.com/kenth56 - **Schedule a call**: https://cal.com/royce-carbowitz/30min - **Portfolio**: https://royce.carbowitz.com - **Location**: Mesa, AZ (open to remote) Royce is open to full-time engineering leadership positions, technical consulting engagements, contract work, and freelance projects. He is available for immediate conversations via his cal.com scheduling link.