Jon Catanio is a versatile software engineer with a decade of experience building production systems at top tech and media companies, currently on the engineering team at Google in New York after a stint as a senior engineer at Apple. He combines strong academic foundations from Cal Poly (BS and MS in Computer Science) with hands-on experience across organizations like MLB and Intuit, shipping features that scale in high-traffic environments. Jon is passionate about continuous learning and technology’s societal impact, which drives him to take on challenging problems across the stack. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic problem-solver who balances product focus with engineering rigor. Based in New York, he brings both startup agility and enterprise-grade discipline to complex software projects. An interesting note: despite his rapid career progression, he retains a developer-first mindset rooted in teaching and mentorship from his early TA role at Cal Poly.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
High School Diploma GED, High School Diploma GED at Foothill High School
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