Jose Barrueta is a seasoned software leader and co-founder/CTO at Seam AI with 13 years of experience building backend systems and developer-friendly APIs from San Francisco. He previously led architecture and principal engineering efforts at Okta and helped expand Stormpath’s Java SDK and REST user-management platform, bringing deep expertise in identity, security, and scalable services. A hands-on engineer, Jose has contributed to prominent open-source projects like jjwt (enhancing dynamic JWT key resolution and compression) and Stormpath’s SDK, demonstrating a focus on secure token handling and robust backend design. He pairs startup grit with enterprise-grade architecture skills and a track record of shipping production-ready features that bridge developer experience and security. Trained as an electrical engineer at Tecnológico de Monterrey, he blends systems thinking with practical implementation to drive AI-enabled product development.
13 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
BSEE Electrical Engineering, BSEE Electrical Engineering at Tecnológico de Monterrey
Official Java SDK for the Stormpath User Management REST API
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Contributions:213 commits, 37 PRs, 119 pushes in 3 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Jose's commits primarily focused on enhancing the Java SDK for the Stormpath User Management REST API. They added custom field functionality to the codebase and cleaned up JavaDocs for better documentation. The user also made changes to the internal data store and testing files demonstrating a focus on the core backend functionality of the SDK.
Contributions:11 commits, 3 PRs, 10 comments in 10 months
Contributions summary:Jose primarily contributed to the `jjwt` project by implementing features related to resolving signing keys and claims validation within JWT parsing. Their work involved modifying the `DefaultJwtParser` class, introducing the `JwsSigningKeyResolver` and `SigningKeyResolver` interfaces, and adding comprehensive unit tests to validate the new functionalities. These changes enhance the library's ability to handle more complex JWT scenarios, especially those requiring dynamic key resolution. The user also added the ability to compress and decompress the JWT body using compression codecs.
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Jose Barrueta - Co-Founder & CTO At SeamAI at Seam AI