John Kelly
Senior Software Engineer at CodeHS
Berkeley, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJohn Kelly is a Senior Software Engineer in Berkeley with 11 years of hands-on experience designing and shipping web and education-focused software at CodeHS, where he progressed from Software Engineer to Tech Lead and back to senior individual contributor. He blends cognitive science insights from UC Berkeley with deep technical experience to build learner-centered products and developer-friendly systems. Known for pragmatic problem solving, he leads implementation efforts across front-end and backend stacks while mentoring teams on engineering best practices. Based in the Bay Area, he brings long-tenured institutional knowledge of one company’s product lifecycle, giving him a rare combination of continuity and breadth. Outside work his github bio points to foldp.com, suggesting ongoing side projects or experiments in functional or reactive programming.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Cognitive Science and Computer Science, Cognitive Science and Computer Science at University of California, BerkeleyBerkeley City College
English, Spanish, elm
Github Skills (99)
pgsql10
api10
rest10
database10
postgresql-database10
pg10
server10
sql9
postgresql9
http9
haskell9
rest-api9
mustache9
template-literals9
handlebars9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
john-kelly/john-kelly-org
Jul 2015 - Oct 2015
Contributions:72 commits, 2 PRs, 25 pushes in 2 months
john-kelly/john-kelly.github.io
May 2018 - Jun 2024
Contributions:67 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 2 months
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