John Vajda
Longmont, Colorado, United States
Summary
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RockstarJohn Vajda is a Technical Staff Product Manager focused on Developer Experience, DevRel and PLG growth with 18 years of experience, currently driving API, SDK and tooling adoption at Deepgram from Longmont, Colorado. He pairs product strategy and discovery with hands-on engineering — contributing to Apollo Client, the widely used apollographql/fullstack-tutorial, and Python automation for JumpCloud — turning open source work into a top-of-funnel growth engine. Previously at Apollo and New Relic he built developer enablement ecosystems and observability quickstarts that measurably increased signups and engagement. An open source advocate who still loves to code, he combines community-driven prioritization, Double Diamond discovery, and pragmatic roadmap leadership to align DX with enterprise outcomes.
9 years of coding experience
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Github Skills (20)
apim10
json10
wp-graphql10
javascript10
python10
javascripts10
api10
apollo-client10
wordpress-graphql10
graphql10
rest-api10
react10
react-router-dom9
nodes8
nodejs8
Programming languages (22)
Github contributions (5)
apollographql/fullstack-tutorial
Oct 2022 - Nov 2022
🚀 The Apollo platform tutorial app
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:6 reviews, 20 commits, 14 PRs in 1 month
Contributions summary:John primarily focused on updating the client-side code of the Apollo fullstack tutorial application. Their contributions included modifying React components, updating routing with `react-router-dom`, and integrating the Apollo client for GraphQL interactions. The changes involved adjusting page layouts, component structures, and UI elements to improve the user interface of the application. The user made several updates to core files within the client application.
reactjavascriptapollo-servergraphqlapollo-client
TheJumpCloud/support
Dec 2017 - May 2018
Public scripts and examples for managing JumpCloud managed systems and service endpoints
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:14 commits, 14 pushes in 4 months
Contributions summary:John contributed to the development of scripts designed to interact with the JumpCloud API. Their work focused on creating scripts in Python to retrieve specific user and system information, particularly regarding MFA status. The contributions included implementing API calls, data parsing using JSON, and adding comments to improve script usability and clarity. Pagination was also addressed in the latest commits, which implies an understanding of API limitations and optimization.
jumpcloudendpoints
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