John Duddy
Principal Software Engineer Co-owner at KJX Automations
San Diego, California, United States
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Top SchoolJohn Duddy is a Principal Software Engineer and co-owner based in San Diego with 13 years of experience designing high-availability, multithreaded, and distributed systems for instrument control and DNA sequencing platforms. He has led end-to-end system architecture and firmware efforts for DNA sequencers and manufacturing equipment, blending deep C++/Python expertise with practical DevOps using Docker and cloud abstractions. His work spans startups and large genomics firms—helping products meet FDA testing needs, building customer-facing UIs and manufacturing QC tools, and optimizing bioinformatics pipelines for high-depth sequencing. Comfortable stepping in for short, high-intensity engagements or providing long-term technical stewardship, he pairs hands-on coding with product-minded systems thinking. An uncommon strength is his track record of bridging microcontroller firmware to full-stack system software, enabling reliable instrument behavior from hardware to cloud.
13 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science Computer Science, Master of Science Computer Science at San Diego State University
Github Skills (10)
sequencing10
genomics9
bioinformatics9
pipeline8
science8
workflow-engine6
docker6
python6
data-science5
dotnet4
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
jdlogicman/Robot
Jul 2015 - Sep 2017
Contributions:19 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 2 months
kjxautomations/framework-template
May 2025 - Dec 2025
Contributions:3 PRs, 5 pushes, 2 branches in 6 months
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