John Young
Principal Software Engineer at Rhythm
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJohn Young is a Principal Software Engineer based in Washington, D.C., with 12 years of experience designing and delivering full‑stack, data‑driven systems. He has led engineering efforts at Rhythm and TrackMaven, building resilient services using Python/Django, PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, Kafka, Docker and Kubernetes. A pragmatic problem solver, he pairs hands‑on implementation with architecture and lifecycle ownership, from rapid prototypes to production-scale pipelines. His consulting background includes secure authentication integrations and legacy modernization, and he has experience translating Excel processes into robust web apps that improve operations. Notably, he prefers private-sector engineering work and is explicit about avoiding federal contracting or security-clearance roles, reflecting a clear career focus. He holds a BS in Computer Science and Mathematics from Virginia Tech and brings cross‑stack fluency across both .NET and Python ecosystems.
12 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science Mathematics, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science Mathematics at Virginia Tech
Github Skills (54)
client-library9
elasticsearch-client9
elastic8
python8
capability8
intellisense8
python-extension7
django-forms7
c-extension7
elasticsearch7
pylint7
cpp6
filter6
vscode6
database6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
jtyoung/django-crispy-forms
Sep 2015 - Sep 2015
Contributions:2 pushes in 1 day
renderpythondjangocapabilityconfigure
gotrhythm/docker-pgbouncer
Jun 2023 - Jun 2023
Minimal PgBouncer image that is easy to configure
Contributions:1 PR, 1 push in 1 day
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