John Mitsch
Senior Software Engineer at QuickNode (We’re Hiring!)
Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
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Top SchoolJohn Mitsch is a Senior Software Engineer with 11 years of experience building full-stack, open-source-focused solutions across Ruby, Python, and JavaScript ecosystems. Currently at QuickNode after a multi-year tenure at Red Hat, he has deep experience in systems that manage on-prem infrastructure, notably contributing to Katello and Red Hat Satellite while also creating operational tooling like Satellite Clone. He bridges backend and frontend work—rewriting major pages in React and improving distributed content syncing—while maintaining strong DevOps skills (Ansible, Docker, AWS, Jenkins). Comfortable with databases from PostgreSQL to MongoDB, he pairs pragmatic engineering with a habit of teaching and mentoring, evidenced by a bootcamp TA role. Based in Fairfield, CT, he brings a curiosity-driven background that spans from artisan baking to culinary training, a detail that surfaces his disciplined craftsmanship and attention to process.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Grand Diploma Italian Culinary Experience, Grand Diploma Italian Culinary Experience at International Culinary CenterComputer Science, Computer Science at Bradfield School of Computer SciencePython Engineering, Python Engineering at The Iron YardBachelor of Science (BS) Restaurant Hotel and Institutional Management, Bachelor of Science (BS) Restaurant Hotel and Institutional Management at Texas Tech University
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Github Skills (197)
ruby10
automation10
infrastructure10
zammad10
satellite10
continuous-testing10
maas10
puppet10
provisioning10
deb10
controlling10
infrastructure-management10
rpm10
virtualization10
ansible10
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
johnpmitsch/forklift
May 2016 - May 2020
Helpful deployment scripts for Katello
Contributions:4 PRs, 136 pushes, 63 branches in 4 years
deploymenthelpfulkatellodevops
johnpmitsch/hammer-cli-katello
Dec 2015 - Jan 2020
Next-gen CLI tool for Katello (Katello-specific commands)
Contributions:26 pushes, 9 branches in 4 years 2 months
katellocli-toolnext-gencommand-linegen
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