John Nystrom is a Senior Software Engineer based in Lindale, Texas, with a decade-plus background in backend engineering and a recent focus on Rust. He has delivered production systems across defense and media domains, including roles at L3/L3Harris and Disney Streaming Services, and now leads backend efforts at Squire Solutions. His experience blends systems engineering rigor with practical software development, tackling distributed systems and performance-sensitive workloads. John holds a MS in Computer Science from Southern Methodist University and a BS from East Texas A&M, underscoring a strong academic foundation paired with hands-on engineering. Notably, his career path shows steady progression from tutoring and embedded/system roles into high-impact streaming and enterprise backends, revealing a talent for translating complex requirements into reliable services. He brings a pragmatic, security-aware mindset to building scalable backends and mentoring engineering teams.
5 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Computer Science, Master of Science - MS Computer Science at Southern Methodist University
Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science at East Texas A&M University
Contributions:7 releases, 8 reviews, 80 commits in 10 months
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John Nystrom - Senior Software Engineer at Squire Solutions