Jon Malek
Principal Platform Engineer
New York City Metropolitan Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJon Malek is a Principal Platform Engineer based in the New York City area with two decades of hands-on experience across the full software development lifecycle, from customer support and systems engineering to platform leadership. He specializes in building and operating resilient platform services, release automation, and quality engineering, having progressed through technical and leadership roles at KEMP, NS1, Harbr, FileCloud, and now Acadian Asset Management. Known for bridging hardware-level understanding with software automation, he brings rare fluency in troubleshooting complex systems and shipping repeatable, testable infrastructure. Jon's background includes leading release engineering and platform service teams, driving reliability and faster delivery in production environments. He combines a practical, operations-first mindset with mentoring experience, helping teams move from ad-hoc processes to scalable engineering practices. A BS in Computer Science from New York Institute of Technology underpins his long-running curiosity about how systems behave under load and fail in the real world.
11 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
BS Computer Science, BS Computer Science at New York Institute of Technology
Github Skills (16)
python-sdk10
dns9
sdk9
docker-stack7
python7
docker-image7
docker5
docker-compose5
zeal2
viewer2
openvas1
translator1
software-update1
discord-bot1
discord1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
saxmfone1/klipstack
Aug 2021 - Feb 2023
Docker stack to run Klipper, Moonraker, and Fluidd
Contributions:1 review, 50 commits, 12 PRs in 1 year 5 months
docker-imagedockermoonrakerdocker-stackdocker-compose
ns1/ns1-privatedns
Oct 2019 - Dec 2020
NS1 Private DNS files, scripts, and utilities.
Contributions:19 releases, 4 reviews, 79 commits in 1 year 2 months
dnsns1ns1-privatednsdns-serverprivate-dns
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