Principal Engineer & AI-Driven Systems Architect

Principal Engineer & AI-Driven Systems Architect

Platform Modernization • Declarative Architecture • Enterprise AI Enablement

Mark Kendall

Principal Engineer & AI-Driven Systems Architect

Platform Modernization • Declarative Architecture • AI-Enabled Engineering

Dallas–Fort Worth, TX

Email: mark.kendall@wipro.com

Website: https://www.learnteachmaster.org

Professional Summary

Mark Kendall is a Principal Engineer and AI-Driven Systems Architect with 20+ years of experience modernizing enterprise platforms across telecom, finance, healthcare, and retail.

He specializes in declarative architecture, cloud-native microservices, event-driven integration, and AI-enabled engineering acceleration. Mark’s work centers on designing high-velocity engineering ecosystems—systems that are easier to build, easier to change, and aligned with business outcomes.

He integrates modern patterns such as Kubernetes, Spring Boot, TypeScript monorepos, Kafka, OpenAPI, and reusable canonical templates to guide organizations through large-scale modernization.

Mark is also the founder of LearnTeachMaster, where he publishes modern engineering playbooks, AI-powered development frameworks, and insights on how to build high-performing engineering organizations.

Core Expertise

• Architectures: Declarative Architecture, Microservices, Cloud-Native Systems (Kubernetes, Docker), API Design (REST/OpenAPI), Event-Driven Flows (Kafka), Canonical Models

• Development: Java, Spring Boot, TypeScript, Node.js, Angular, React, Express, Zod

• DevOps & Platform: CI/CD (GitLab, Jenkins), Terraform, Kubernetes Operators, Observability (Logging/Tracing/Metrics)

• Cloud: AWS, Azure, MSK/Kafka, MongoDB, SQL Server

• Leadership: Engineering Strategy, AI-Driven Development, Enterprise Modernization, Developer Productivity Frameworks, Agile/Scrum Leadership

Experience

Principal Engineer / Architect — Wipro Buildit (2020–Present)

Mark leads modernization and declarative engineering initiatives across global enterprises, delivering consistent, repeatable engineering outcomes through architecture, automation, and AI.

Highlights

• Designed and delivered AI-assisted engineering patterns, enabling teams to generate high-quality service templates and integration flows at scale.

• Established canonical architectures for microservices, event-driven platforms, and cloud-native modernization.

• Partnered with executives to shape modernization roadmaps, cost-optimization strategies, and platform evolution.

• Mentored global engineering teams and uplifted DevOps maturity, observability, and platform reliability.

• Formalized architecture practices through OpenAPI standards, event schemas, decision records, and reusable service templates.

Selected Client Impact

• UnitedHealth Group (Optum): Migrated large legacy systems into Kubernetes-based microservices; significantly improved delivery velocity.

• Prudential Bank: Built enterprise DevOps pipelines; reduced release lead time by 50% through automation and governance.

• HP: Delivered standardized Java service templates, improving consistency, maintainability, and onboarding speed.

• Apple: Guided Angular modernization with performance budgets and reusable UI components.

• T-Mobile: Served as Technical Product Owner for modernization; aligned multiple squads on OKRs while managing cross-team integration risks.

Engineering Lead / Architect — CBRE (2015–2020)

• Modernized real-estate platforms into microservices and Angular UIs running on Azure.

• Established CI/CD pipelines and engineering best practices for global teams.

• Reduced MTTR by 40% through observability-driven architecture.

• Guided enterprise cloud transformation initiatives.

Leadership & Thought Work

Buildit Engineering Blog — Editor-in-Chief

Guides Buildit’s technical publication strategy. Publishes essays on declarative architecture, AI-enabled development, platform modernization, and engineering culture.

LearnTeachMaster — Founder & Author

Creates development kits, AI training packs, architecture frameworks, and modernization playbooks used by engineers worldwide.

Certifications & Education

• Multi-Cloud Certifications (AWS, Azure, others)

• Kubernetes & DevOps Specializations

• Agile/Scrum Leadership Certifications

• (Add degree here if you want it public—optional on Wix)

Professional Philosophy

Engineering should be declarative, composable, observable, and AI-accelerated.

Modern development is no longer about writing code—it’s about designing systems that evolve quickly, safely, and intelligently.

Mark’s work focuses on enabling teams to:

• Move faster with AI-driven development workflows

• Adopt platform thinking instead of “project thinking”

• Build high-coherence, low-coupling architectures

• Ship with confidence using observability-first design

• Scale engineering excellence through templates, automation, and standards

Let’s Connect

Mark is available for engineering leadership discussions, modernization coaching, and AI-driven development strategy sessions.

Website: https://www.learnteachmaster.org