Conner Snitker is a software engineer specializing in internet infrastructure, domain systems, and protocol development. He serves as a Software Engineer V at GoDaddy and has contributed to technologies related to domain registration, WHOIS, RDAP, public key infrastructure, and decentralized naming systems. ^[2]

Career

Snitker began working with Blue Oval Property Management in 2010, providing information technology support and systems administration services. In 2011, he also began working with Q2 Advantage in a general IT support capacity. Later that year, he joined GoDaddy as an Inbound Technical Sales and Support Specialist, assisting customers with technical and internet-related services.

In 2012, Snitker transitioned into a System Administrator role at GoDaddy, where he managed infrastructure and operational systems. Beginning in 2015, he advanced through a series of engineering positions, serving as Software Engineer II, Senior Software Engineer, Software Engineer IV, and Software Engineer V. Across these roles, he worked on large-scale internet infrastructure, software development, debugging, multithreaded systems, security, and backend engineering. His work has focused on technologies and services related to domain name management, registry and registrar systems, internet protocols, and large-scale domains infrastructure.

In addition to his engineering responsibilities, Snitker has contributed to the development of internet standards and protocol design. His work has included technologies and services associated with domain registration, WHOIS, RDAP, public key infrastructure (PKI), and domain-related APIs. He has also participated in industry working groups and standards initiatives, including activities associated with ICANN and the Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust ecosystem. As a Lead Engineer on the Agent Name Service (ANS), he has contributed to protocol architecture, reference implementations, and discussions related to decentralized naming and identity infrastructure. ^{[1] [3]}