Javier Garza
Staff Solutions Engineer at Snyk
San Carlos, California, United States
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Top SchoolJavier Garza is a Staff Solutions Engineer with nearly a decade of recent experience championing web performance, HTTP/2, and developer-first security and DevOps practices. He’s a proven public speaker and author—co‑author of O’Reilly’s Learning HTTP/2—who has presented at Velocity, AWS re:Invent and dozens of global developer events, turning deep protocol knowledge into practical guidance. Javier has led developer advocacy programs and engineering teams at Akamai and now helps integrate security into developer workflows at Snyk, blending technical leadership with storytelling to drive adoption. Beyond product and platform work, he builds large-scale content programs, manages open-source initiatives, and trains technical stakeholders, reflecting a rare mix of hands-on architecture and community craftsmanship. Based in San Carlos, CA, he volunteers for children and education causes and brings an educator’s mindset—share what you learn, learn what you don’t—to every role.
9 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Master Information Systems, Master Information Systems at Hawaii Pacific UniversityBachellor Information Systems, Bachellor Information Systems at Cardiff University / Prifysgol Caerdydd
English, Spanish, German, Catalan, hawaiian
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (82)
authentication10
akamai10
cli10
java10
papi10
scheme10
addon10
linux9
command-line-interface9
ruby9
homebrew9
openhab9
python8
postman8
package-manager8
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
akamai/akamai-examples
Jun 2018 - Mar 2021
Snippets of code to run logic at Akamai Edge Servers
Contributions:1 review, 1 PR, 14 pushes in 2 years 9 months
akamailogicedgesnippets
akamai/cli-image-manager
Feb 2019 - Jul 2020
CLI for Akamai Image Manager
Contributions:1 release, 21 commits, 3 PRs in 1 year 5 months
akamaicliakamai-cliimage-manager
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