Hi, I’m John Harrison, a Lead Software Engineer specializing in .NET, cloud-native architectures, and high-volume financial systems. With 10+ years building distributed fintech, healthcare, and insurance platforms, I design microservices, event-driven patterns, and API-first solutions on Azure and AWS. I also contribute to frontend development using React, Angular, and Blazor, and I enjoy mentoring engineering teams to deliver scalable, secure software. My greatest strength is removing barriers to collaboration and productivity so teams can ship reliable, business-critical features quickly. I’m passionate about building robust, data-intensive systems and guiding technical direction while staying hands-on with code and architecture. I thrive in cross-functional environments and love turning complex problems into elegant, maintainable solutions that deliver measurable value.

John Harrison

Hi, I’m John Harrison, a Lead Software Engineer specializing in .NET, cloud-native architectures, and high-volume financial systems. With 10+ years building distributed fintech, healthcare, and insurance platforms, I design microservices, event-driven patterns, and API-first solutions on Azure and AWS. I also contribute to frontend development using React, Angular, and Blazor, and I enjoy mentoring engineering teams to deliver scalable, secure software. My greatest strength is removing barriers to collaboration and productivity so teams can ship reliable, business-critical features quickly. I’m passionate about building robust, data-intensive systems and guiding technical direction while staying hands-on with code and architecture. I thrive in cross-functional environments and love turning complex problems into elegant, maintainable solutions that deliver measurable value.

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Hi, I’m John Harrison, a Lead Software Engineer specializing in .NET, cloud-native architectures, and high-volume financial systems. With 10+ years building distributed fintech, healthcare, and insurance platforms, I design microservices, event-driven patterns, and API-first solutions on Azure and AWS. I also contribute to frontend development using React, Angular, and Blazor, and I enjoy mentoring engineering teams to deliver scalable, secure software. My greatest strength is removing barriers to collaboration and productivity so teams can ship reliable, business-critical features quickly.

I’m passionate about building robust, data-intensive systems and guiding technical direction while staying hands-on with code and architecture. I thrive in cross-functional environments and love turning complex problems into elegant, maintainable solutions that deliver measurable value.

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Work Experience

Lead Software Engineer at MyBambu
December 1, 2024 - December 1, 2025
Led architecture and delivery of cloud-native microservices-based platform capabilities using .NET Core and TypeScript; improved cross-team reuse through shared libraries, templates, and reference implementations. Built REST and GraphQL APIs with versioning, validation, and authorization; Created CI/CD pipelines with tests and security scans; Established observability standards (logging, metrics, tracing) and dashboards; Implemented event-driven workflows using Kafka/EventBridge to enable asynchronous processing at scale; Drove security-first design (OIDC/OAuth2, JWT, least-privilege access, secrets management); Facilitated design sessions and architecture reviews; Mentored engineers and contributed to AI-assisted tooling guardrails.
Senior Developer, Solution Architect at ExxonMobil
April 1, 2021 - November 1, 2024
Served as solution architect for enterprise clients, designing distributed architectures with TypeScript/JavaScript front ends and .NET Core service layers; built reusable platform components; containerized deployments with Docker/Kubernetes; standardized CI/CD and release orchestration; provisioned environments with Terraform; established observability and secure-by-default practices; designed data access patterns across SQL stores; led testing strategies (unit/integration/contract/e2e) and mentored teams; collaborated with architecture leadership to raise engineering standards in a regulated environment.
Senior Developer, Solution Architect at Big Nerd Ranch
April 1, 2021 - November 1, 2024
Led client engagements delivering TS/JS front ends and .NET Core service layers; built reusable platform components (API gateways, auth modules, shared UI components); introduced containerized deployments with Docker/Kubernetes; implemented Terraform-based IaC; drove CI/CD with build/test/release automation and environment promotion; established comprehensive automated testing and observability; mentored teams and contributed to architecture governance.
Software Engineer, Lead Developer at ExxonMobil
July 1, 2016 - April 1, 2021
Led development of enterprise applications using .NET Core services and TypeScript/JavaScript web interfaces; modernized legacy systems toward service-oriented architecture; built secure API layers with authentication/authorization; implemented monitoring and runbooks; designed data models and optimized SQL queries; mentored engineers through code reviews and pairing; contributed to standards for coding conventions, observability, and security.
Lead Software Engineer at Mary Staff
December 1, 2024 - December 1, 2025
Led architecture and delivery of cloud-native, microservices-based platform capabilities using .NET Core and TypeScript; designed REST and GraphQL APIs with consistent versioning, validation, and authorization patterns; built CI/CD pipelines with quality gates, automated tests, security scans, and progressive delivery; introduced observability-by-default standards (structured logging, metrics, tracing with OpenTelemetry; dashboards and alerting); implemented event-driven workflows using Kafka/EventBridge-style patterns; drove security-first design (OIDC/OAuth2, JWT, least-privilege access, secrets management); mentored engineers through design reviews and code reviews; evaluated AI-assisted development tooling and established guardrails for safe adoption.

Education

Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science at University of Florida
January 1, 2012 - January 1, 2016
Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science at University of Florida
January 1, 2012 - January 1, 2016
Bachelor of Science at University of Florida
January 1, 2012 - January 1, 2016

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Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Healthcare, Professional Services, Education, Financial Services