John L
Software Engineer at Amazon
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJohn L is a systems-focused software engineer with 13 years of experience building low-level software across embedded firmware, OS kernels, and heterogeneous hardware platforms. He has shipped production code for AR glasses, autonomous driving stacks, Apple Silicon server compute, and now works on satellite systems at Amazon, demonstrating a rare breadth from FPGA-level thinking to large-scale cloud and edge deployments. Notable projects include a USB host stack for a microkernel OS at Meta, a deterministic scheduler for NVIDIA’s DRIVE platform, and embedded controller firmware for Magic Leap’s tracked controller. Based in Seattle and trained at Carnegie Mellon, he blends rigorous electrical and computer engineering foundations with practical product delivery. Beyond engineering, he runs a community-focused coffee bar and gallery, reflecting an entrepreneurial streak and a commitment to local culture. He’s passionate about emerging interaction tech—AR/VR, autonomy, and brain-computer interfaces—and prefers working where software directly leverages hardware.
13 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree Electrical & Computer Engineering, Bachelor’s Degree Electrical & Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University
English, Latin
Github Skills (3)
api9
rest8
rest-api8
Github contributions (2)
nvMcJohn/apitest
Dec 2013 - Mar 2016
Contributions:78 commits, 1 PR, 1 push in 2 years 3 months
apicomparisonframework-comparisonrestrest-api
nvMcJohn/gfxtrace
May 2013 - Jun 2013
Contributions:7 commits in 1 month
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