Jonathan Frederick
Software Engineer at Rearc
Cliffside Park, New Jersey, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJonathan Frederick is a software engineer with 12 years of experience specializing in Linux systems, cloud operations, and open source infrastructure. He has supported and operated hosting platforms for open source projects at Oregon State University's Open Source Lab, served as a Cloud Operations Analyst, and most recently worked as an engineer at Rearc before joining Bloomberg on GitHub. Jonathan contributes to community tooling like netboot.xyz, maintaining iPXE menus and OS versioning to keep multi-OS network booting current—an indication of hands-on systems architecture experience. He runs a homelab of second‑hand servers and Raspberry Pis, reflecting practical, cost-conscious experimentation with physical infrastructure. Based in Cliffside Park, NJ, he blends operational reliability with developer-focused tooling and a user-centered approach learned during an Intel UX internship.
12 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Some College, Computer Science, Some College, Computer Science at Oregon State UniversityHigh School Diploma, 12, High School Diploma, 12 at Forest Grove High School
Github Skills (14)
menu10
installer10
installers10
boot10
operating-system10
linux9
alpine-linux9
ipxe9
ansible7
dhcp7
ansible-galaxy7
bare-metal7
dockers5
docker5
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
netbootxyz/netboot.xyz
Oct 2018 - Feb 2019
Your favorite operating systems in one place. A network-based bootable operating system installer based on iPXE.
Role in this project:
System Architect / Software Architect
System Architect / Software ArchitectContributions:6 commits, 5 PRs in 3 months
Contributions summary:Jonathan primarily focused on updating the menu options and versions for various operating systems within the netboot.xyz project. Their contributions involved modifying iPXE scripts to reflect the latest releases and versions of operating systems like OpenBSD, Alpine Linux, CentOS, and Arch Linux. They also worked on updating the version numbers, demonstrating a key role in maintaining the project's relevance and ensuring users can boot the most recent OS versions.
operating-systemspxebootbiosmenubootloader
doublej472/doublej472-blog
Aug 2019 - Nov 2022
Contributions:35 commits, 29 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 3 months
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