Parker Turchan
Senior Software Engineer at Apple
Denver, Colorado, United States
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Top SchoolParker Turchan is a Senior Software Engineer based in Denver with 11 years of full-stack experience spanning startups, enterprise fintech, and infrastructure-focused roles. He has built and maintained Java/Spring backends, Vaadin front-ends, Dockerized deployments, ELK stacks, and PWA/mobile apps, consistently shipping production-ready systems and automation. As a founder/operator of a game-hosting service, he handled everything from systems administration and backups to customer support for thousands of users, giving him strong operational instincts beyond code. Parker has contributed backend integrations to popular open-source projects like DiscordSRV, adding LegendChat support and refining hooks to improve message relay reliability. Currently at Apple after senior engineering roles at VORTO and a brief tenure at Bayside Solutions, he blends hands-on implementation with platform thinking. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic solutions that bridge legacy systems, CI/CD automation, and maintainable full-stack services.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Portage Northern High SchoolEducation For Employment
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Github Skills (10)
minecraft10
javas10
plug10
bukkit10
discord-js10
discord10
plugin10
java10
jde9
spigot9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
DiscordSRV/DiscordSRV
May 2016 - May 2016
Discord bridging plugin for block game https://modrinth.com/plugin/discordsrv
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:7 commits, 2 PRs, 1 comment in 1 day
Contributions summary:Parker's contributions primarily centered on adding support for the LegendChat plugin within the DiscordSRV Minecraft plugin. They implemented the necessary hooks to integrate LegendChat events, ensuring messages from LegendChat channels are processed and relayed to Discord. The user addressed minor issues and made adjustments to the LegendChat hook to improve functionality, as evidenced by the spacing and removal of redundant code.
leaderboardminecraftmodrinthdiscordmineflayer
KookykraftMC/CatBot
Feb 2016 - Nov 2023
KKMC's adorable chat plugin
Contributions:2 pushes, 2 issues in 7 years 10 months
chatchat-pluginplugin
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