John Gainfort
Media Streaming Engineer at Apple
California, United States
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Top SchoolJohn Gainfort is a Media Streaming Engineer with 14 years of experience building and scaling streaming systems, currently focusing on media delivery and playback at Apple in California. He progressed from hands-on software development and development management at RealEyes Media to specialized streaming roles at Apple, blending electrical engineering fundamentals with practical software expertise. Comfortable across low-level signal and systems work and high-level streaming architectures, he brings deep domain knowledge in media protocols and performance optimization. His background as an electrical engineer and early research experience informs a pragmatic, measurement-driven approach to solving streaming challenges. Outside of work he’s maintained a clear passion for streaming media, reflected in a long-term commitment to the field rather than frequent job-hopping.
15 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Electrical and Electronics Engineering at University of South Florida
English
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Github Skills (76)
typescript-definitions10
vast10
streaming10
javascript10
http-live-streaming10
stream10
avfoundation10
playback10
video-streaming10
mediasource10
angular10
cli10
typescript10
dts10
hlsjs10
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
realeyes-media/ios-vast-client
Apr 2018 - Jan 2020
Contributions:32 releases, 1 review, 76 commits in 1 year 9 months
jgainfort/DefinitelyTyped
Jun 2017 - Oct 2019
The repository for high quality TypeScript type definitions.
Contributions:27 pushes, 10 branches in 2 years 3 months
type-definitionshigh-qualitydefinitionstypescriptquality
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