Jason Jones
Verified Expert in Engineering
Software Developer
Jason is a full-stack developer with a keen eye for design and over 20 years of experience. As a self-taught developer, his approach has always been to identify the necessary skills required to tackle the challenges and confront them with determination. He has never met a challenge he couldn't overcome. Jason consistently meets deadlines and has a track record of leaving satisfied clients and managers in his wake.
Portfolio
Experience
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Preferred Environment
OS X, Windows, TypeScript, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Linux, PostgreSQL
The most amazing...
...thing I've done recently was scaling a user interface to handle thousands of complex components at once.
Work Experience
Senior Front-end Engineer
Calm.com, Inc.
- Contributed to planning, estimation, specification, and implementation of features across Calm's technology stack.
- Implemented Google PageSpeed optimizations for Calm's primary website, including improvements to Webpack bundling and React implementation.
- Implemented PostgreSQL full-text search improvements and contributed to the introduction of database migration workflow to ease production schema and data migrations.
- Heavily customized an existing Python-based Stripe service mocking tool to unblock intermittent CI/CD pipeline test failures due to Stripe test service timeouts.
- Took over full-stack development of fixes and long-awaited new features for neglected Node.js/React administration application that unblocked Calm's support team and improved customer satisfaction.
React/Node.js Engineer
EY Global Innovation
- Provided full-stack development on an internal web application built with Node.js, MySQL, React, Java, and 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.
- Managed both the database and Node.js 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, TypeScript, HTML5, SQL, Python, ActionScript 3, PHP, Ruby, Java, HaXe, C#
Frameworks
Redux, Express.js, Django REST Framework, Django, AngularJS, Knockout (Knockout.js), Flask
Libraries/APIs
React, Node.js, jQuery UI, jQuery, NW.js, Selenium WebDriver, Tastypie, Underscore.js, Moment.js, Stripe API, Ramda
Tools
Adobe Creative Suite, Sublime Text 3, Sublime Text 2, Git, Subversion (SVN), Microsoft Visual Studio, Flash
Paradigms
Object-oriented Programming (OOP), UX Design, Object-oriented Design (OOD), UI Design, Asynchronous Programming, Web UI Design, Web UX Design
Platforms
Windows, MacOS, Docker, OS X, Ubuntu, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Linux, Visual Studio Code (VS Code)
Storage
PostgreSQL, SQLite, MySQL
Other
Documentation, Writing & Editing, Technical Writing, Public Relations (PR)
Education
Undergraduate Coursework towards a Degree in English and Professional Writing
Kutztown University - Kutztown, Pennsylvania
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