CJ Horton

Software engineer and lifelong generalist.

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I've been a senior software engineer at HashiCorp since 2019, working on HCP Terraform (formerly known as Terraform Cloud). Before that, I was a software engineer at Revelry. I live in Portland, OR.

My career so far has covered the full stack from frontend to deploying infrastructure, but I've found the most satisfaction straddling the boundary between software developer and SRE. I love hunting down weird bugs, dealing with production chaos, and plotting ways to build stronger systems.

I do my best work when I can think about my job as something that contributes to others' success. I believe that at its best, software is a force multiplier that increases human capacity.

I tried my hand at a few other things before I found my way to building software: I have a music degree, worked as a dog handler, did ebook and print production, and narrowly escaped becoming a public librarian. Nothing really stuck until I found a job where learning is pretty much constant.

When not at my laptop, I'm usually lifting something heavy, exploring the beautiful Pacific Northwest, reading (scifi and fantasy, the campier the better), or submitting to the whims of my local feline overlord.