John S
Lead Software Engineer (Full Stack, Blockchain) at White Lights
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJohn S is a Lead Full Stack and Blockchain Engineer based in New York with over a decade of experience building high-impact web and web3 products. He architects and ships Solidity-based tooling, Node backends, and AWS infrastructure that power creator-focused platforms—most notably enabling Manifold-powered experiences used by Christie’s 3.0 and top cryptoartists like Mad Dog Jones and XCOPY. Previously he accelerated editorial and mobile web stacks at Refinery29, migrating legacy systems to server-side React and AWS to triple developer velocity. Equally at home in creative practice, he runs an independent music and digital art project with 2M+ Spotify streams, bringing a practitioner’s eye to product design and artist partnerships. Known for blending deep engineering with hands-on design and client liaison, he has a track record of turning artistic vision into scalable technical products. Pragmatic, cryptopunk-minded, and creator-centric, he builds tools that foreground artist ownership and novel digital experiences.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree Computer Science, Bachelor's Degree Computer Science at New York UniversityHigh School General, High School General at Horace Greeley High School
English
Github Skills (200)
threejs10
testing10
ganache10
qunit10
3d10
spotify10
lazyload10
opensea10
browser10
firefox10
erc72110
oculus10
mp310
erc2010
playlists10
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
johnnyshankman/xtznftswap-contracts
May 2022 - Sep 2022
Tezos blockchain contracts for use with SmartPy that enable anonymous safe swapping of FA2.1 digital assets aka NFTs.
Contributions:31 commits, 5 PRs, 13 pushes in 4 months
pythontezos-platformtezos-blockchainblockchainweb3
johnnyshankman/hihat
Nov 2023 - Apr 2025
A free & minimalist offline music player for OSX audiophiles :: Based on iTunes circa 2002
Contributions:3 reviews, 61 PRs, 530 pushes in 1 year 5 months
audio-playeraudiophileelectronmac-appmaterial-ui
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