Summary
John Blakeman is a Senior Staff Software Engineer with 12 years of experience building production-grade platform integrations and data-oriented services across startups and agencies. Currently leading engineering at Decile, he progressed from Staff to Senior Staff while focusing on scalable architectures and cross-team delivery. His background at SocialCode includes leading many engineering efforts to connect advertising and analytics systems, and earlier freelance/OSS work shows a hands-on streak for command-line networking tools. Trained in full-stack web development at General Assembly, he blends practical front-to-back expertise with strong systems thinking. Known as an inspired learner and challenge seeker, he favors pragmatic solutions that balance speed, reliability, and observability. Colleagues rely on him to translate complex requirements into maintainable, production-ready systems.
12 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
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