Summary
John Stoecker is a Senior Software Engineer based in San Francisco with 14 years of professional experience and a decade of full-stack practice spanning React, Go, Ruby on Rails, Java, and AWS. He currently ships production services at Clever and has a track record of architecting scalable learning platforms, leading small cross-functional teams, and operating infrastructure for thousands of daily users. Early work includes health-focused open-source contributions to Raxa/raxacore where he implemented core patient-list and Hibernate-backed DAO logic, reflecting practical experience in both backend systems and healthcare tech. He balances hands-on coding with mentorship and product-minded architecture, and even took a year as a stay-at-home dad while continuing contract work and side projects. Trained at Stanford in computer science and music, he brings a mix of analytical rigor and creative problem-solving to complex engineering challenges.
14 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
BS, BA, Computer Science (Theory), Music, BS, BA, Computer Science (Theory), Music at Stanford University
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