Jordan Ganoff
Senior Principal Software Engineer at Docker, Inc
Issaquah, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolJordan Ganoff is a Senior Principal Software Engineer with 16 years of experience building cloud-native, data, and big-data systems, currently leading platform work at Docker after a technical leadership role at Stripe driving their Data Platform. He has broad hands-on expertise across distributed systems, containers, edge infrastructure, and data processing—shaping Oracle’s container and security strategy, co-founding a cloud-first ML startup, and contributing to Pentaho’s Hadoop/NoSQL integrations. Jordan pairs architect-level thinking with practical implementation, from improving MapReduce and Hadoop plugins to enhancing full-stack BI tooling and query editors. He is comfortable operating at the intersection of product and infrastructure, designing for compliance and high-assurance environments (FedRAMP/DoD) while keeping developer ergonomics in mind. Based in Issaquah, WA, he combines enterprise-scale cloud architecture with open-source contributions that improve usability and integration in complex data ecosystems. A penchant for tackling “last-mile” usability—cleaning outputs, fixing operators, and smoothing file-browser and parameter workflows—underscores his focus on shipping reliable, user-focused systems.
16 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelors Computer Science, Bachelors Computer Science at University of Central Florida
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Github Skills (18)
hadoop-mapreduce10
javascript10
mapreduce10
hadoop10
java10
javas10
data-access10
hdfs9
web-development9
xml9
apache-commons8
apache8
vfs8
cdi6
lex6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
pentaho/big-data-plugin
Aug 2010 - Mar 2013
Kettle plugin that provides support for interacting within many "big data" projects including Hadoop, Hive, HBase, Cassandra, MongoDB, and others.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:246 commits in 2 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Jordan primarily focused on improving the functionality of the Hadoop Big Data Plugin. Their contributions involved fixing issues related to username/password settings in text fields, updating the file browser for the Hadoop File Input dialog, and addressing class loading issues. They also updated the Pentaho MapReduce jobs and introduced a feature to clean the output path before execution. These changes demonstrate a focus on enhancing the integration of the plugin with various Hadoop components.
operationhadoop-hivefeature-storehive-hbasemongodb
pentaho/data-access
Apr 2011 - Jul 2012
Pentaho Data Access Wizard
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:30 commits in 1 year 3 months
Contributions summary:Jordan primarily focused on enhancing the functionality and usability of the Pentaho Data Access Wizard, modifying JavaScript code and Java files. Their work involved adding an aggregation type to the MQL Editor, fixing line endings, and updating query operators. They also improved the MQL XML generation and parameter handling.
data-accesswizardpentaho
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