Summary
John Coleman is a Software Development Engineer in San Francisco with nine years of experience building full-stack, resilient cloud systems and supporting on-call DevOps for enterprise-grade platforms at PagerDuty. He pairs production engineering—microservices, backend APIs, web UI and deployment—with a rare clinical social work background (A.M. MSW from University of Chicago), bringing strong empathy and systems thinking to product and team interactions. His open-source contributions include full-stack work improving testing, UI validation, and API routes on projects like an AirBnB clone, demonstrating attention to quality and documentation. A former Peace Corps volunteer and IRONMAN finisher, he has a track record of leading community programs, fundraising, and mentorship under high-pressure conditions. That combination of clinical practice, community development, and reliable on-call engineering makes him effective at balancing user needs, operational reliability, and developer experience.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
New Trier Township High School
A.M. (MSW), Clinical Social Work, 3.61/4.0, A.M. (MSW), Clinical Social Work, 3.61/4.0 at The University of Chicago
B.A., Psychology, Theology, B.A., Psychology, Theology at Calvin College
Spanish, English