# John Mitsch

> Senior Software Engineer at Quicknode

Location: New York City Metropolitan Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/johnmitsch

Full Stack Software Engineer who is passionate about open source technologies, developing efficient software, and continually absorbing new information.


Languages: Ruby, Python, JavaScript
Back-end Frameworks: Rails, Node, Django, Flask
Front-end Frameworks: React, Angular (1 and 2+)
Databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, MongoDB
Version Control: git, Github
Config Management: Ansible, Puppet
Deployment: Digital Ocean, AWS, Heroku
Other: Linux system administration, Containerization, Apache, RPM packaging, Vagrant, Jenkins, Github Actions

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ QuickNode (We’re Hiring!)
Jan 2022 – Present | Remote

### Senior Software Engineer @ Minerva Project
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco, California, United States

### Senior Software Engineer @ Red Hat
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021
I work on Red Hat Satellite, an application that is used to manage on-premise system infrastructure. I've worked in all areas of the stack, from the database to the front-end. 

Some of my key responsibilities and contributions:

- Designs and leads implementation of features, collaborating across a global team using agile methodologies
- Core contributor to the open source infrastructure management project Katello, an upstream component of Red Hat Satellite
- Assists Fortune 500 customers with architecture, design, and troubleshooting of their Red Hat Satellite infrastructure
- Creator and owner of Satellite Clone, a collection of Ansible playbooks to clone a Red Hat Satellite environment
- Represented Red Hat Satellite at Red Hat Summit 2019, leading a team that ran lab sessions demoing the latest Satellite version to current and prospective customers.
- Created and maintain backup, restore, and hostname management utilities to help users configure and maintain their Satellite environments.
- Made significant back-end changes to assist with distributed proxy content syncing.
- Introduced the concept of AppStreams into Satellite, which is a way Red Hat Enterprise Linux manages multiple versions of the same RPM package on a system.
- Rewrote a major page in React and a newer version of Patternfly (Red Hat UI library).

### Software Engineer @ Red Hat
Jan 2016 – Jan 2019

### Associate Software Engineer @ Red Hat
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016

### Intern @ Red Hat
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015

### Teaching Assistant @ UNC-Chapel Hill Boot Camps
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Chapel Hill, NC
Assisted  students in navigating a six month intensive coding bootcamp specializing in Node.js, MongoDB, ReactJS, and Express.js.

### Artisan Bread Baker @ La Farm Bakery and Cafe
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Cary, NC

### Baker @ Hartford Baking Co.
Jan 2013 – Jan 2014

### Stagier/Line Cook @ Taverna Del Capitano
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | Massa Lubrense, Campania, Italy

### Intern/Line cook @ Salumeria Rosi Il Ristorante
Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | New York, NY
Internship

### Intern/Line Cook @ Del Posto
Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 | New York, NY


## Education
### Computer Science
Bradfield School of Computer Science
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020

### Python Engineering
The Iron Yard
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015

### Grand Diploma in Italian Culinary Experience
International Culinary Center
Jan 2012 – Jan 2013

### Bachelor of Science (BS) in Restaurant, Hotel, and Institutional Management
Texas Tech University
Jan 2008 – Jan 2012


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/john-mitsch-9519a229
- Website: https://johnmitsch.com

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Last updated: 2026-03-22