Hi, I'm Jodi Middleton

Senior Engineering Manager

Certified Information Systems Security Professional

13+ Years Leadership CISSP Certified Apple Inc
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About Me

Senior Engineering Leader with a proven track record over 13 years of management experience of building and scaling high-performing teams.

Adept at leading cross-functional and executive-level initiatives, including and not limited to the development and adoption of GenAI-powered tools, implementing security at an organizational level, transforming workflows, and optimizing engineering operations at scale.

Passionate about mentoring technical leaders, fostering a culture of excellence and innovation, and aligning engineering strategies with long-term business objectives to maximize impact and efficiency.

13+
Years Leadership
32+
Team Size Scaled
30%
Support Burden Reduced

Career Journey

Senior Software Engineering Manager

Apple Inc 2020 - Present Sunnyvale, CA
  • Scaled organization from 5 to 32+ engineers and 3 managers across 3 teams (Operations, Security Infrastructure, Application Engineering), managing 5+ direct reports including both ICs and engineering managers
  • Led development and adoption of GenAI-powered Slack tool from concept through implementation, reducing engineering support burden by 30% and enabling self-service for common queries
  • Architected and delivered secure, isolated cloud environment for SaaS vendors in collaboration with internal and external teams, establishing Apple's data protection standards for third-party integrations
  • Drove vulnerability research initiative that identified critical security gaps and influenced company-wide policy changes to address issues found
  • Presented technical strategies and security roadmap to executive leadership at yearly security summits, securing approval for $2.5M multi-year investment in further development of projects
  • Established a hiring and mentorship strategy that grew team capacity by 100% while also improving the quality bar without adding extra burden to the hiring team

Senior Security Software Engineer

Apple Inc 2017 - 2020 Sunnyvale, CA
  • Architected high-performance Java service to automate HSM synchronization across data centers, reducing multi-day manual process to real-time API calls and eliminating 40+ hours/month of operational overhead
  • Led team's AWS cloud migration of critical PKI infrastructure serving 100K+ certificates an hour, achieving 99.9% uptime and establishing security patterns adopted by 50+ engineering teams across Apple
  • Developed Dropwizard authentication library enabling mTLS and standardized security integration across 20+ internal services; recognized as official domain expert, mentoring engineers and driving open-source contributions
  • Built automated certificate approval system with compliance workflows, reducing approval time from 2 weeks to 24 hours while strengthening security controls and audit capabilities
  • Implemented CI/CD pipeline using Selenium, Jenkins, Ansible, and Docker, reducing production defects by 60% and enabling daily releases vs. monthly deployment cycles
  • Modernized compliance Web UI (Backbone.js, SCSS, Dropwizard) with enhanced authentication, automated vulnerability scanning, and streamlined compliance reporting

Founder

Crikey Inc 2014 - 2017 San Jose, CA
  • Founded and scaled technology consultancy from 0 to 10 engineers, delivering API-driven platforms, web applications, and mobile solutions for 6 enterprise clients across education, healthcare, social networks, and e-commerce
  • Grew annual revenue from $0 to $1M through strategic client acquisition and retention, managing full sales cycle from contract negotiation through delivery and support
  • Led technical architecture and implementation of 8 client projects, establishing DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines that reduced deployment time by 70% and improved system reliability
  • Directed internal R&D initiatives resulting in 2 commercial product launches, gather a user base of 10K active users and demonstrating technical capabilities to prospective clients
  • Built engineering culture focused on code quality and rapid iteration, achieving 95%+ client satisfaction and 85% repeat business rate through consistent delivery excellence

Senior Engineering Manager

OpenBet 2008 - 2014 London, England
  • Scaled and managed teams from 10 to 55+ engineers, project managers and architects
  • Managed Teams in multiple geographic regions
  • Led a large project which spanned both the entire company and large client teams to deliver a 100% uptime at a major sporting event. Taking over 30m bets in total
  • Drove mobile betting and Web 2.0 sporting book technology advances with a new team of 10 web and mobile developers. Delivering a 40% increase in traffic over 3 years
  • Led and worked with governments in multiple countries to design and implement gambling, payment, and personal data compliance

Software Engineer

AMG Loss Adjusting LTD & Downing Developments 2006 - 2008 England

Core Competencies

Leadership & Strategy

Engineering Leadership & Organizational Growth Team Development & Mentorship Technical & Product Vision Cross-Functional Collaboration (Product, Security, Finance, Executive Leadership) Business & Engineering Alignment Strategic Roadmap & Execution Agile (Scrum, SAFe) Budgeting & Resource Planning

Security & Compliance

Security Strategy Secure Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) Risk Management & Governance DevSecOps & Security Automation Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) & Cryptography Identity & Access Management (IAM, OAuth, SAML) Zero Trust Architecture OWASP & Threat Modeling Regulatory Compliance (GDPR, SOC2, FedRAMP) Cloud Security (AWS, GCP, Security Best Practices) Security Monitoring & Vulnerability Management Incident Response & Crisis Management

Software Architecture

Technical Vision & Platform Scaling Secure API Design & Microservices Architecture Distributed Systems & High-Performance Computing Cloud & Infrastructure Strategy (AWS, GCP, Kubernetes, Terraform) Programming (Java, Python, Bash, JavaScript) CI/CD (Jenkins, GitOps, Kubernetes) Cost Optimization & Reliability Engineering

Data & Database

Data Strategy & Governance Database Management (Postgres, MySQL, Cassandra) Real-Time Analytics & Observability Data Security & Compliance

Education & Certifications

CISSP Certification

ISC2

2021 - Present (Active)

Certified Information Systems Security Professional

Software Development

University of Liverpool

2003 - 2006

Computer Science

Let's Connect

Interested in collaborating or learning more about my work? Feel free to reach out!

Email

jodi.midd@pm.me

LinkedIn

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