John Kennedy
Staff Software Engineer, Bots at Cantina Labs
South Lake Tahoe, California, United States
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Top SchoolJohn Kennedy is a seasoned staff software engineer with 13 years of experience building front-end and full-stack web products, now focused on bot platforms at Cantina Labs after leading AI-first site editor efforts at Square. He has driven developer tools and shared TypeScript component platforms, shipped payments and invoicing experiences, and introduced new payment methods like ACH and Google Pay into production SDKs. Known for improving developer velocity—authoring style guides, optimizing build toolchains, and creating reusable MCP services—he balances hands-on implementation with architectural leadership. Based in South Lake Tahoe, he brings a pragmatic, product-minded approach informed by stints at Fitbit, Vote.org, and fast-paced agency work, and prefers to avoid unsolicited outreach about major tech firms and certain industries.
13 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Information Technology and Computer Engineering, Information Technology and Computer Engineering at Rochester Institute of Technology
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (161)
security10
emberjs10
javascript10
payment10
eslint10
http-server10
adyen10
square10
payment-processing10
braintree10
acme9
sdk9
golang9
ecmascript9
reverse-proxy9
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
JHKennedy4/wordpress-theme-votedotorg
Jul 2016 - Nov 2016
Contributions:13 pushes in 3 months
wordpresswordpress-themevote
JHKennedy4/basic-income
Nov 2015 - Nov 2015
Contributions:17 pushes, 2 branches in 1 day
incomeletbasic-income
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