Jon C
VP Developer Infrastructure at Anza Technology, Inc.
France
Summary
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Top SchoolJon C is a VP of Developer Infrastructure and seasoned software engineer with 11 years of experience building high-performance systems across finance, crypto, and blockchain using Python, C#, C++, Rust, and TypeScript. He has led production-grade distributed trading infrastructure as a former CTO and contributed to major open-source projects including Solana (core and program library) and QuickFIX, focusing on maintainability, testing, and build/deployment robustness. Based in France, he combines deep backend and DevOps expertise—Docker, build scripts, and program unit testing—with practical cryptographic and trading domain knowledge that handled terabytes of market data daily. Outside engineering he teaches vinyasa and nidra yoga, a discipline that informs his pragmatic leadership and emphasis on developer ergonomics.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts, Physics, Theatre Arts, Bachelor of Arts, Physics, Theatre Arts at University of Pennsylvania
English, French
Github Skills (20)
docker10
c-language10
lib10
testing10
bash10
dockers10
solana10
blockchain10
smart-contracts10
nodejs10
rust10
cprogramming-language10
unit-testing9
cicd9
python9
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
solana-labs/solana-program-library
Sep 2020 - Jan 2023
A collection of Solana programs maintained by Solana Labs
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:112 releases, 2652 reviews, 429 commits in 2 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Jon contributed to the development of the stake-pool program, focused on implementing features related to withdrawals, transfer fees, and other modifications to the core logic of the program. They implemented several instructions, including "IncreaseAdditionalValidatorStake", improved account state checks, and performed a code refactor for a more maintainable structure. The user also fixed tests to address validation changes.
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solana-labs/solana
Aug 2020 - Jan 2023
Web-Scale Blockchain for fast, secure, scalable, decentralized apps and marketplaces.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 release, 935 reviews, 113 commits in 2 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Jon primarily contributed to the Solana blockchain project by implementing functionalities related to the program unit tests and build dependencies. Their work involved making `PubKey::create_program_address` available within program unit tests by addressing undefined reference errors. They also made modifications to build and deployment scripts, with the primary technology being Rust. In addition, the user made some improvements to the Docker configuration of the project.
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