Summary
Jon Melnik is a Lead Software Engineer with over two decades of multidisciplinary experience building telecom, firmware, and cloud-native systems, currently driving AWS microservice design for telephony and media at Genesys. He combines deep telecom protocol and media streaming expertise—from SIP and SBCs to HMP—with hands-on firmware, device driver, and kernel work dating back to Intel and Siemens. Known for turning complex call-control and performance problems into sustainable, modular designs, he leads cross-functional teams through architecture decisions, prototyping, and continuous delivery. His background spans videogame development, blockchain, and full‑stack work, revealing a rare breadth that helps bridge product strategy and low-level engineering. Based in rural New York, he pairs academic training in telecommunications and computer engineering with a track record of shipping secure, high-performance communications platforms.
11 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
B.S, Computer Engineering, B.S, Computer Engineering at Rochester Institute of Technology
M.S., Telecomunications and Network Management, M.S., Telecomunications and Network Management at Syracuse University
Iroquois High School