Summary
John Doty is a Senior Staff Software Engineer in Seattle with 18 years building resilient, large-scale systems across Microsoft, Facebook, Lacework, and now Databricks. A pragmatic programming generalist and technical firefighter, he thrives on quickly learning new technologies and stabilizing critical platforms—from cloud-scale infrastructure to threat detection pipelines. His background spans long tenures at legacy and hyperscale companies, giving him deep institutional knowledge of production reliability and secure engineering practices. Known for shipping pragmatic solutions under pressure, he combines Carnegie Mellon computer science rigor with hands-on experience translating complex requirements into operational systems.
18 years of coding experience
25 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University