John Galimi
About John Galimi
John Galimi is a Senior Backend Engineer at Hungryroot, specializing in backend infrastructure management using Google Cloud Platform and performance analysis tools like Datadog and Grafana. He has a background in software engineering with extensive experience at Wayfair and a degree in Finance and Math from Northeastern University.
Work at Hungryroot
John Galimi serves as a Senior Backend Engineer at Hungryroot, a position he has held since 2023. In this role, he focuses on backend infrastructure management, utilizing Google Cloud Platform to ensure efficient operations. His responsibilities include monitoring and performance analysis, employing tools such as Datadog and Grafana to maintain system reliability and performance.
Previous Experience at Wayfair
Prior to his current role, John Galimi worked at Wayfair in various capacities. He served as Software Engineer III in Profitability Algorithms from 2022 to 2023, and as Software Engineer II in the same department from 2021 to 2022. Additionally, he held the position of Software Engineer II in Merchant Partnership Apps from 2020 to 2021 and Software Engineer I in the same area from 2019 to 2020. His experience at Wayfair provided him with a strong foundation in software engineering and algorithm development.
Education and Expertise
John Galimi earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Finance with a minor in Math from Northeastern University, completing his studies from 2015 to 2019. He possesses expertise in integrating and managing data pipelines using Apache Airflow and Kafka. Additionally, he is experienced in container orchestration with Kubernetes, specifically Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), and skilled in continuous integration and deployment processes using Jenkins and Buildkite.
Co-op Experience
John Galimi has gained valuable experience through various co-op positions. He worked at Harvard Management Company as an Investment Operations Co-op in 2017 for five months. In 2018, he served as a Multi-Asset Investment Co-op at Eaton Vance for six months. He also completed a Data Analytics Co-op focused on Competitive Intelligence at Wayfair in 2019 for seven months. These roles contributed to his development in data analysis and investment operations.