Justin Holguin
Senior Software Engineer at GitHub
Portland, Oregon, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJustin Holguin is a Senior Software Engineer in Portland, Oregon with 12 years of experience delivering production software across infrastructure and health-tech domains. Currently at GitHub since 2018, he brings a strong foundation from Puppet Labs where he moved between technical writing and engineering—demonstrating both systems thinking and attention to user-facing documentation. His background includes operational intelligence and EMT work, reflecting an ability to perform reliably under pressure and translate real-world constraints into pragmatic engineering decisions. Justin also contributed to the widely used puppet-docs project, improving accuracy and maintainability of critical OSS documentation during Facter migrations. He holds interdisciplinary academic roots in linguistics, philosophy, and liberal arts, plus a certificate in information security and risk management, which together inform a thoughtful approach to secure, readable systems. Colleagues would describe him as a steady, detail-oriented engineer who bridges technical depth with clear communication.
12 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Liberal Arts, Liberal Arts at St. John's College (NM)Certificate, Information Security & Risk Management, Certificate, Information Security & Risk Management at University of WashingtonUCLA ExtensionB.A., Linguistics, Philosophy, B.A., Linguistics, Philosophy at Reed College
Spanish, French, Arabic
Github Skills (8)
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Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
puppetlabs/puppet-docs
Sep 2013 - May 2014
Curated Puppet Documentation
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:118 commits in 7 months
Contributions summary:Justin primarily contributed to the documentation of the Puppet project. Their commits involved removing outdated documentation references, fixing broken links, and updating website navigation elements, such as links to the bug tracker. These changes focused on maintaining the accuracy and usability of the documentation, ensuring that users have access to up-to-date information and resources. Further contributions involved migrating between older and newer Facter versions.
puppet
juxtin/juxtin
Jun 2020 - Nov 2024
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 5 months
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