John Steele
Software Engineer at Red Hat
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Senior🎓
Top SchoolJohn Steele is a seasoned software engineer with 15 years of experience specializing in Java and Eclipse-based IDE tooling, currently building IDE integrations at Red Hat for VSCode, IntelliJ, CodeReady Studio and Eclipse Che as part of the Migration Toolkit for Applications. He has deep expertise in Eclipse RCP, EMF, Graphiti, SWT/JFace and related frameworks from roles spanning embedded tools to enterprise Java systems. Based in Seattle, he blends hands-on plugin and modeling work with a passion for evangelizing open-source developer tooling and migration workflows. Outside of work he leads an active outdoor lifestyle—an indication of his persistence and focus on long-term goals. He’s practical, collaborative, and especially effective at translating complex platform ecosystems into usable IDE experiences.
15 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science, Computer Science at University of WashingtonAssociate of Science, Computer Science, Associate of Science, Computer Science at Bellevue College
Github Skills (43)
jvm10
netty10
intellij10
non-blocking10
reactive10
javaee10
eclipse-plugin10
ide10
forge10
migration10
devtools10
java10
event-loop10
nio10
eclipse10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
windup/intellij-mta
Aug 2020 - Dec 2022
IntelliJ MTA Plugin
Contributions:305 commits, 462 PRs, 320 pushes in 2 years 4 months
intellij
johnsteele/pacemaker
May 2022 - May 2025
Contributions:2870 pushes, 1 branch, 2 comments in 3 years
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