About
My name is Daniel Mikusa. I’m a seasoned software engineer with over 25 years of experience in delivering scalable and robust applications using open source and standards-based solutions. I have a deep appreciation for web technologies, having spent almost 20 years working with Java, Spring, and CloudFoundry to deliver enterprise-scale solutions to customers at SpringSource, Pivotal and VMware.
At 7SIGNAL, where I worked as a lead software developer, I lead projects involving AWS Bedrock, MCP services, Java, Spring, Auth0 & OAuth2, Postgres, Apache Pinot, TypeScript, React.js, React Query, and Vite to build AI-powered diagnostics, unified authentication, real-time WiFi data services, and enterprise dashboard applications.
Currently, I work at Chainguard on the Libraries team helping to secure the OSS supply chain.
In my spare time, I’m a maintainer and steering committee member for Paketo Buildpacks, and a project maintainer on the Buildpacks Authors Tooling team, which is part of the Cloud Native Buildpacks project.
When not working on the computer, I’m usually found spending time with my lovely wife & kids, fixing things around the house, taking photos or reading a good book.