John Valko
Senior Software Engineer at Google
Greater Pittsburgh Region United States
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Top SchoolJohn Valko is a Senior Software Engineer with 11 years of experience delivering scalable cloud and distributed systems. Based in the Greater Pittsburgh region, he currently serves as Senior Software Engineer and Technical Lead at Google, focusing on GCP features to improve DevOps workflows and platform reliability. His Google tenure includes work on Google Cloud Logging and a dedicated role in Site Reliability Engineering for Google Shopping, where he automated operations and boosted system resilience. Prior to Google, he spent eight years at Cisco building carrier-grade software for the evolved packet core, emphasizing scalable, fault-tolerant infrastructure. An alumnus of Purdue University with a BS in Computer Science and Mathematics (3.9 GPA) and an MS in Computer Science (3.8 GPA), he also developed curriculum and taught as a Graduate Assistant, signaling a passion for mentoring alongside hands-on engineering.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Purdue University
Stackoverflow
53,523reputation
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444answers
19questions
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Github Skills (45)
symlink10
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Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
cn28h/docker-vagrantfile
May 2015 - Apr 2016
Contributions:3 commits, 2 pushes, 1 branch in 10 months
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