Johnathan Gilday
Distinguished Engineer at Pixee
Red Bank, New Jersey, United States
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Top SchoolJohnathan Gilday is a Distinguished Engineer with 13 years of experience building secure, high-performance Java systems for startups, the US Intelligence Community, and the Department of Defense. He combines technical leadership at a hyper-growth application security company with hands-on engineering—currently helping Pixee ship the pixeebot GitHub app. His background spans mission-critical systems, prototype mission control UIs for DoD platforms, and deep expertise in Gradle, Java, and automated testing reflected in contributions to popular Spring Boot tutorial repositories. Known for pragmatic, security-first design, he favors small Linux devices, cloud automation, and tooling that makes high-throughput systems reliable and testable. Based in Red Bank, NJ, he holds a BS from Rutgers and an MS from Johns Hopkins, blending applied research rigor with product-focused delivery.
14 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at Rutgers University–New BrunswickMaster of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (16)
javas10
gradlew10
java10
gradle10
junit9
testing8
kotlin7
json6
jersey6
maven6
option-type6
java-streams6
jackson6
android6
rest6
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
eugenp/tutorials
Jun 2019 - Dec 2019
Getting Started with Spring Boot 3:
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:10 commits, 5 PRs, 2 comments in 6 months
Contributions summary:Johnathan's contributions focused on building and configuring a Gradle-based project. They set up the project structure, defined dependencies, and implemented various functionalities using Java and Kotlin DSL. The user also worked on dependency constraints, platforms, and test fixtures, showcasing proficiency in Gradle's advanced features. Furthermore, the user formatted the code and updated the JavaDoc for better readability.
springspring-boot
Contrast-Security-OSS/contrast-java-examples
Apr 2019 - Feb 2023
Contributions:2 reviews, 4 PRs, 27 pushes in 3 years 11 months
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