Jason Jones
Verified Expert in Engineering
Software Developer
Jason is a full-stack developer with a keen eye for design and over a dozen years' experience. As a self-taught developer, his M.O. has always been to figure out the skills he needs to solve the challenges put before him and to meet them head-on, and he has never met a challenge he couldn't overcome. He does not miss deadlines, and he leaves a trail of happy clients and managers in his wake.
Portfolio
Experience
Availability
Preferred Environment
Sublime Text 2, Ubuntu, OS X, Windows
The most amazing...
...thing I've done recently is scale a UI to handle thousands of complex components at once.
Work Experience
React/Node Engineer
EY Global Innovation
- Provided full-stack development on an internal web application built with Node.js, MySQL, React, Java, RabbitMQ.
- Developed a REST API in Node.js to surface complex domain types and transformations originating in MySQL database and multiple remote services via their REST APIs.
- Developed a React/Redux single-page application, utilizing single sign-on via SAML.
- Owned the database and node application.
- Developed and maintained CI/CD infrastructure for development, testing, and deployment to AWS.
Senior React Engineer
Dubsmash
- Developed features using React, Redux, Ramda for internal application.
- Used Styled library to implement site look and feel via CSS-in-JS.
Software Development Engineer
Amazon
- Maintained and improved an in-house front-end framework to maximize developer productivity and minimize latency on over 94% of Amazon.com retail website page views. Brought the four-year-old framework up to WCAG AA accessibility standards while reducing the overall file size.
- Architected a custom isomorphic front-end platform and API controller for Amazon Prime Now using React/Redux on the client and SpringMVC on the server. The platform was designed to be highly configurable and usable by developers with little to no front-end/JavaScript experience.
- Contributed to the Amazon retail app, Prime Now app, FireTV, and numerous other cross-discipline platforms and internal tools at Amazon.
Web Developer
Unitrends, Inc.
- Developed a web UI for virtual machine backup software using Python and Django.
- Built a custom JavaScript framework supporting the development of modular UI components with tight jQuery UI integration.
- Contributed to visual design and mockups for two major versions.
- Extended Django's form system to handle infinitely-nested inline forms and support dynamic creation of said forms on the client.
- Scaled multiple rich UI components to handle datasets in the tens of thousands with rich, complex controls and business logic.
Interactive Media Manager
Peak Resorts
- Took sole responsibility for the design and development of marketing sites and internal tools.
- Coordinated with marketing teams to produce feature-rich information sites for a number of brands.
- Contributed to marketing efforts including copy writing, ad and billboard design, and campaign management.
- Created internal communication and media management tools to facilitate knowledge sharing and best practices.
- Created custom webcam software that helped reduce bandwidth and support more concurrent users.
Experience
Unitrends Virtual Backup
Skills
Languages
Sass, CSS3, CSS, Less, JavaScript, SQL, Python, ActionScript 3, PHP, Ruby, Java, HaXe, C#
Frameworks
Redux, Django REST Framework, Django, AngularJS, Knockout (Knockout.js), Flask
Libraries/APIs
React, jQuery UI, jQuery, NW.js, Node.js, Selenium WebDriver, Tastypie, Backbone.js, Underscore.js, Moment.js, Ramda
Tools
Adobe Creative Suite, Sublime Text 3, Sublime Text 2, CasperJS, Git, Subversion (SVN), Microsoft Visual Studio, Flash
Paradigms
Object-oriented Programming (OOP), UX Design, Object-oriented Design (OOD), UI Design, Asynchronous Programming
Platforms
Windows, MacOS, OS X, Ubuntu, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Linux
Other
Documentation, Writing & Editing
Storage
SQLite, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MySQL
Education
Undergraduate Coursework towards a Degree in English and Professional Writing
Kutztown University - Kutztown, Pennsylvania