{"id":93903,"date":"2019-09-25T14:28:27","date_gmt":"2019-09-25T21:28:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/?p=93903"},"modified":"2025-07-21T13:34:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T20:34:16","slug":"welcome-dash-sr-full-stack-engineer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/welcome-dash-sr-full-stack-engineer\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome Dash — Sr. Full Stack Engineer"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As the Backblaze team and products continue to expand we found that we needed more engineers to help us keep up with existing systems and build out news ones (and we\u2019re always hiring, by the way). To help us, we hired Dash to join our team as a Senior Full Stack Engineer. Let\u2019s learn a bit more about Dash, shall we?<\/p>\n

What is your Backblaze Title?<\/strong>
\nSr. Full Stack Engineer.<\/p>\n

Where are you originally from?<\/strong>
\nCalifornia.<\/p>\n

What attracted you to Backblaze?<\/strong>
\nCulture.<\/p>\n

What do you expect to learn while being at Backblaze?<\/strong>
\nModer Java programming.<\/p>\n

Where else have you worked?<\/strong>
\nCisco Systems.<\/p>\n

Where did you go to school?<\/strong>
\nSaddleback.<\/p>\n

What’s your dream job?<\/strong>
\nMad Scientist.<\/p>\n

Of what achievements are you most proud of?<\/strong>
\nMarrying my wife.<\/p>\n

Why do you like certain things?<\/strong>
\nThey are sharp and shiny.<\/p>\n

Favorite place you’ve traveled?<\/strong>
\nPatrick’s Point.<\/p>\n

Favorite hobby?<\/strong>
\nVideo Games.<\/p>\n

Favorite food?<\/strong>
\nMy wife’s cooking.<\/p>\n

Star Trek or Star Wars?<\/strong>
\nDoctor Who.<\/p>\n

Coke or Pepsi?<\/strong>
\nCoke.<\/p>\n

Anything else you’d like to tell us?<\/strong>
\nMaybe.<\/p>\n

We are excited to add another Whovian to the office! You will fit in great here, Dash!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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