John Silkey
Software Engineer & Team Lead at Walts Tv
Chandler, Arizona, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJohn Silkey is a software engineer and team lead with nine years of experience designing and migrating monolithic PHP/Laravel ERPs into modular, service-oriented e-commerce platforms. Based in Chandler, Arizona, he combines backend expertise (PHP, Laravel/Lumen, MySQL, PHPUnit, AWS) with front-end skills (React, ES6, responsive UI) and practical DevOps experience on Nginx and cloud deployments. He has shipped enterprise software across stacks—having worked with .NET/C# and SSIS on large healthcare contracts—and coaches engineers as a former coding bootcamp TA. Known for applying SOLID principles and testing rigor, he led architecture and data-design decisions that automated mission-critical workflows for online retail. His background in language studies and curriculum design hints at strong communication and mentorship abilities that help him translate complex requirements into maintainable systems.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
The University of ArizonaJapanese, Japanese Language and Literature, Cum Laude, Japanese, Japanese Language and Literature, Cum Laude at Arizona State University
English, Chinese, JapaneseProgramming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
glue-systems/sp-api-open-api
Jul 2023 - Apr 2024
Contributions:21 releases, 2 reviews, 35 PRs in 8 months
glue-systems/laravel-sp-api
Aug 2023 - Apr 2024
Contributions:11 releases, 5 reviews, 18 PRs in 8 months
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