John Fernkas
Senior Software Engineer at spokenote
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
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Top SchoolJohn Fernkas is a Senior Software Engineer with a decade of hands-on experience building scalable backend systems and integrations for startups and growth-stage products. Based in Indianapolis, he has driven product and operational impact at companies like Lessonly/Seismic and Student First Technologies, specializing in performance, automation, and systems that support scaling client operations. Comfortable in both startup and acquired-company environments, he blends an informatics foundation and business management insight to prioritize developer experience and measurable efficiency gains. Currently at spokenote, he continues to focus on practical engineering that improves learning and workflow outcomes while keeping an eye toward entrepreneurship and product-driven growth.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Informatics, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Informatics at Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis
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Github Skills (15)
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mqtt8
home-automation8
asyncio7
privacy7
automation7
garden6
internet-of-things6
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Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
johnfernkas/home
Jun 2020 - Aug 2022
Contributions:153 commits, 208 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years 2 months
johnfernkas/johnfernkas.github.io
Feb 2017 - Mar 2019
Contributions:4 pushes, 2 branches, 1 comment in 2 years 1 month
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