Summary
John Solo is a versatile software engineer based in San Francisco with eight years of experience building secure, scalable full-stack systems across AWS, enterprise, and consumer products. Currently at Salesforce after impactful roles at Amazon Web Services, Capital One, and Verizon, he specializes in Java, Spring Boot, React/TypeScript, Node.js, SQL, and cloud-native patterns on AWS. He has a strong track record delivering Tier 1 infrastructure services—authoring private CA lifecycle tooling, reducing latency in S3 APIs, and automating self-service security portals—while also improving UX through accessible React frontends. John blends hands-on implementation with a security-first mindset, having led threat models, on-call mitigations, and vulnerability remediations that prevented outages and scaled safely. His work emphasizes observability, automation, and test-driven quality (90%+ coverage in past projects), and he’s comfortable spanning from MATLAB research prototypes to production microservices. A California State University, Stanislaus computer science graduate, he thrives on solving complex operational problems that sit at the intersection of security, performance, and user experience.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science at California State University, Stanislaus
Associate of Science - AS Computer Science, Associate of Science - AS Computer Science at Merced Community College District
English