Jon Newton
Adv Software Development Engineer at Aetna
Denver, Colorado, United States
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Top SchoolJon Newton is an experienced software engineer with 12 years building scalable, resilient systems across Android, AWS, simulation, AI, UI, and 3D graphics. At Aetna he tackles diverse production challenges with Kotlin, Java, Node.js, and serverless AWS patterns, while prior roles at New Mexico State University involved leading teams to deliver parallelized simulations and a stand-alone communications model that cut costs and dramatically sped up runs. He brings deep interest in programming languages—especially functional—and applies software fundamentals to concurrency, scaling, and resiliency across ecosystems. Comfortable from low-level graphics and AI to cloud-native serverless architectures, Jon blends research-grade simulation experience with practical shipping expertise in mobile and backend systems. Based in Denver, he pairs a dual academic background in computer science and biochemistry with a knack for turning complex, multidisciplinary requirements into efficient engineering solutions.
12 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Biochemistry, Bachelor of Science - BS, Biochemistry at Kansas State University
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Github Skills (28)
facebook10
testing9
aws8
typescript8
javascript8
microsoft7
electron7
nodejs7
vscode-extension7
vscode7
terraform7
editor7
visual-studio6
redis-client6
terraform-provider6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
bluesxman/stopwatch
Feb 2015 - Dec 2015
Contributions:1 release, 15 commits, 14 pushes in 9 months
bluesxman/settings
Sep 2015 - Jan 2019
Contributions:6 pushes in 3 years 4 months
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