Jeff Mcdonald
Engineering Manager at Tiki
Portland, Oregon, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJeff Mcdonald is a seasoned technology leader and engineering manager based in Portland, Oregon, with over a decade of experience steering high-uptake web platforms. He has led engineering at Tiki since 2021, focusing on modernizing backend stack, Kubernetes orchestration, containerization, and performant, cost-efficient services. Previously as Director of Technology at EduGuide, he built nationwide educational platforms, mentored small teams, and collaborated with Ford on customized deployments. His broader career spans roles at ShermansTravel, Sunnyside Biomedical, Iomojo, and Inktomi, where he designed robust systems—from HIPAA-compliant health apps to scalable e-commerce tooling and Linux-based appliances. An advocate for open source and best practices, he aligns business goals with pragmatic technology choices and champions secure, maintainable architectures. Based in Portland, he thrives in cross-functional environments and remote teams, turning ambitious ideas into reliable, scalable software.
14 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Dual major Chemistry + Biology, Bachelor's degree, Dual major Chemistry + Biology at University of Louisville
Github Skills (28)
composer8
phpredis7
php7
package-manager6
letter6
react6
flux6
dependency-manager6
bundle6
macos5
extensible5
symfony5
linux5
windows5
symfony-bundle5
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
jkm9000/LTI-Tool-Provider-Library-PHP
May 2019 - May 2019
LTI Tool Provider library for PHP
Contributions:1 push in 1 day
providerguzzlelti-toolphplti
Izumi-kun/LTI-Tool-Provider-Library-PHP
May 2019 - May 2019
LTI Tool Provider library for PHP
Contributions:1 commit, 1 PR, 2 comments in 1 day
providerlti-toolphpltilaravel
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