Summary
John Peaster is a lead software engineer at NAVEX Global in Ocala, Florida, with 10 years of experience delivering scalable web platforms and core services. He leads a team of six engineers while remaining an active individual contributor, guiding sprint planning, code reviews, and feature development for a ReactJS-based component library and related UI/UX infrastructure. John champions automation and quality, overseeing CI, zero-downtime deployments, automated testing, and proactive refactoring to optimize performance. He mentors juniors, coordinates across US and offshore teams, and has served as Scrum Leader and Team Lead to ensure roadmaps and accessibility guidelines are met. A self-taught technologist with INFJ perspectives, he brings a creative, user-centric approach shaped by a background in multimedia animation and 3D to tackle complex engineering challenges.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelors of Fine Arts, Animation, 3.9 GPA, Bachelors of Fine Arts, Animation, 3.9 GPA at International Academy of Design and Technology-Tampa