Justin Plock
Director Software Engineering at RTX
Connecticut, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJustin Plock is a seasoned software engineering leader with 16 years of experience building cloud-native, security-conscious systems and leading cross-functional teams at enterprises like RTX, AWS, FireEye, and The Hartford. He combines deep operational roots—from data center and storage leadership to database and network engineering—with hands-on software development and open-source contributions to projects such as Dropwizard Metrics and the Consul Java client. Known for launching large-scale production services (including one of the largest Elasticsearch deployments and a company-first cloud application), he focuses on developer enablement, repeatable platforms, and measurable customer value. As a founder of Smoke Turner, LLC and a former principal solutions architect at AWS, Justin pairs entrepreneurial grit with cloud architecture rigor and strong communication skills. He actively mentors engineers and prioritizes low-attrition, high-trust teams that ship reliable, secure solutions. A not-obvious strength: he’s contributed operational enhancements (CPU profiling, reporting, and API correctness) to widely used open-source tooling, reflecting a bias for observability and production readiness.
16 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
State College Area High SchoolBachelor of Science - BS Information Sciences & Technology, Bachelor of Science - BS Information Sciences & Technology at Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology
Github Skills (22)
api-rest10
restful-api10
testing10
java10
dropwizard10
javas10
consul10
api10
rest10
spring-boot10
rest-api10
metric10
api-design9
apim9
apidoc9
Programming languages (24)
Github contributions (5)
dropwizard/dropwizard
Feb 2013 - Apr 2022
A damn simple library for building production-ready RESTful web services.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 release, 214 reviews, 507 commits in 9 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Justin primarily focused on updating and improving documentation related to testing. They also made several minor code changes, including correcting typos and updating the use of testing libraries. Additionally, the user contributed by adding error code responses and modifying the code to include features like range header support. These changes indicate the user was involved in both improving code quality and adding new functionalities.
production-readyweb-services-restfulrestful-webservicesjax-rsproduction
dropwizard/metrics
Jul 2013 - Apr 2021
:chart_with_upwards_trend: Capturing JVM- and application-level metrics. So you know what's going on.
Role in this project:Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:46 reviews, 61 commits, 74 PRs in 7 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Justin contributed to the `dropwizard/metrics` repository by adding and modifying features within the core metrics library. They refactored code related to reporting, as seen in the GangliaReporter change. They also added CPU profiling support to the AdminServlet, which enhanced the operational capabilities of the application. Additionally, they reverted changes related to supporting `BigInteger` and `BigDecimal` types.
dropwizard-metricscapturingchartjvmtrend
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