Jon Gottfried
Co-Founder & Head Of Engineering at DevRelCon and more
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolJon Gottfried is a seasoned builder and operator with 15 years of experience founding and scaling Major League Hacking, where he currently serves as Co-Founder and Head of Engineering. He blends hands-on engineering, developer relations, and community-first product building to help students and early-career technologists learn by doing. Based in New York, he has a track record of launching and leading technical community initiatives—from Hacker Union and StartupBus to organizing DevRelCon North America. Jon moves between strategy and code, having served as CRO before refocusing on engineering leadership, and he advises developer-focused startups. A self-described hacker and hobbyist baker, he brings an entrepreneurial, creative approach to team culture and unconventional projects. His background in history and early work across developer evangelism reflects a talent for storytelling and translating technical concepts into engaging community experiences.
15 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Math/Science, Math/Science at Rockland Community CollegeBA History, BA History at Stony Brook University
Stackoverflow
429reputation
12kreached
14answers
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twilio
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Github Skills (101)
organizer10
policies10
version-control10
localhost10
database9
visualization9
twilio9
github-services9
slack9
data-visualization8
clojure8
gitweb8
dashboard8
postgresql8
data-analysis8
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
jonmarkgo/vDiplomacy
May 2019 - Mar 2025
Fork of the original webdip code with many variants and some dev tools
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 5 years 10 months
javascriptdev-toolsdev
jonmarkgo/twilio-node-2factorauth
May 2012 - Jul 2013
Contributions:11 commits in 1 year 2 months
twilionode-jsauthenticationfactortwo-factor
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