I'm a software engineer in Charleston. Right now I'm co-creating Amber, an open-source runtime for long-running AI agents on AWS.
Amber is a self-hosted durable execution runtime. A Python SDK checkpoints each step of an agent workflow, so a failed run resumes from the last completed step instead of starting over.
- Postgres-backed, queue-first orchestration with dedicated workers
- React dashboard for inspecting step history and forking failed runs
- Terraform-managed AWS infrastructure: ECS Fargate, RDS, CloudFront, Cognito
- The full technical case study
- jdrols.github.io site and resume
- linkedin.com/in/jdrols
- jdrols@gmail.com direct line
Open to software engineering roles, remote or in Charleston.

