John Alexander
Software Engineer at Blue Origin
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJohn Alexander is a software engineer with 11 years of experience building high-throughput, distributed systems in both aerospace and cloud infrastructure—most recently working on satellite ground systems at Blue Origin after six years at Google where he helped design a novel configuration language and compiler for an ETL system handling millions of QPS. Skilled in C++, Python, and large-scale databases, he pairs deep systems-level engineering with practical product-focused instincts. He holds both a BS and MS in Computer Science from UC Santa Barbara and has a track record of contributing to performance-critical projects from RocksDB work at Microsoft to production tooling at Google. Known for translating complex data workflows into reliable, maintainable systems, he brings rigorous academic training and hands-on experience to challenging infrastructure problems.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
4.65, 4.65 at Moreau Catholic High SchoolMaster of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at UC Santa BarbaraBachelors of Science, Computer Science, 3.90, Bachelors of Science, Computer Science, 3.90 at University of California, Santa Barbara
Github Skills (18)
key-value-database10
storage-engine10
key-value-store10
lsm-tree10
key-value10
rendering10
storage10
bigtable10
persistent-storage10
persistent10
embeddable10
database10
opengl9
spatial6
spatial-data6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
scalableinternetservices/CS-Food
Oct 2017 - Dec 2017
Contributions:78 commits, 30 PRs, 44 pushes in 1 month
jalexanderqed/gcloud-website
Jul 2020 - Jan 2022
My website hosted on GCE
Contributions:1 review, 1 PR, 42 pushes in 1 year 6 months
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