John Ericson

Software Engineer

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Relevant Professional Experience

Instructional Associate

Georgia Tech --- Jan 2025 - Present

CS 6210: Advanced Operating Systems (Online Offering) — Development of test questions, student interviews for code ownership, and office hours focused on concepts and debugging.

Contract Backend Development Engineer

Carterhaugh --- Mar 2022 - June 2022

Primary programmer on a new project that collected information from public sources and transformed through business logic to meet client needs. Administrative user interface was designed using React and Bootstrap. Communication through backend and frontend in a monorepo was performed using RPC.

Processing Chemist

Nitto Denko Technical Corporation --- May 2013 - Aug 2018

Development of intellectual property for an international team primarily focused on graphene oxide based membranes and antimicrobial films.

Co-author on several patents.

Education

Georgia Tech, MS Computer Science

Focus: Computing Systems --- May 2026

GPA: 3.80

Oregon State and Santa Barbara City College

Core Computer Science Curriculum --- Sept 2019 - June 2021

GPA: 3.94 / CS 4.00

Activities: Involvement in competitive programming and computer science clubs.

Competitions: ICPC Southern CA Regional 2019.

Hamline University, BS Chemistry

Sept 2007 - May 2011

Awards: American Institute of Chemists Award, Beggs, Carter, Mitsch, and Hamline Honors Scholarships.

Technical Acumen

Languages

Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, SQL (Postgres). Strong exposure to C, C++, Java, and Bash.

Technologies

Git, Linux fundamentals, Docker, Django, Node.js, testing frameworks (pytest, JUnit).

AI Tooling

Cursor, agentic AI workflows for development and review.

Frontend

React, component-driven UIs, client state, and async data flows.

Systems & Concurrency

Practical exposure to concurrent and parallel programming — threads, synchronization (locks, semaphores, condition variables), atomics, OpenMP, and MPI.

Interests

Rock climbing, programming, photography, scientific inquiry, and finding answers to interesting questions.