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John Doring

@johndoring

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Founding backend engineer building scalable, secure services for high-growth platforms.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I seek backend or platform roles where I can design scalable systems, own architecture, work with cloud-native tooling, and collaborate with product and frontend teams to build secure, compliant customer-facing services.

I am a founding backend engineer with extensive experience designing and implementing scalable, secure backend systems using Go, Python, and cloud-native tooling. I have led architecture and feature development for marketing, e-commerce, loyalty, and healthcare platforms, delivering performant RESTful APIs and microservices.

My work emphasizes reliability and compliance: I architected microservices with Docker and Kubernetes, optimized AWS infrastructure (EC2, S3, RDS), and implemented secure PostgreSQL schemas with encryption and access controls to meet GDPR and CCPA requirements. I also integrated third-party services including payment gateways, SMS providers, and video conferencing APIs.

I collaborate closely with frontend teams (React) to deliver cohesive product experiences, and I bring strong experience in real-time systems, message queuing (RabbitMQ), caching (Redis), CI/CD, and monitoring to ensure high availability and rapid iteration.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Founding Backend Engineer

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Alpine IQ, Inc

Dec 2021 - Present (4 years 6 months)

Spearheaded design and development of scalable backend systems and microservices for a marketing and customer engagement platform, delivering performant RESTful APIs and features like e-commerce integrations, loyalty engine, and marketing automation while ensuring GDPR/CCPA-compliant data protection.

Go Python Flask Docker Kubernetes PostgreSQL RESTful APIs AWS Microservices

Senior Full Stack Engineer

Teladoc Health, Inc

Nov 2016 - Nov 2021 (5 years)

Developed EHR and telehealth systems including video integration and remote patient monitoring, built full-stack features with Node.js, Java (Spring Boot), React and managed transactional flows like payments and geolocation.

Node Java Spring Boot React Python Django MongoDB PostgreSQL WebRTC Stripe

Backend Developer II

Reddit, Inc

Sep 2012 - Sep 2016 (4 years)

Optimized voting systems and real-time features using Python and Node.js, implemented scalable PostgreSQL schemas, Redis caching, RabbitMQ for background jobs, and CI/CD to improve performance and reliability.