Allan Jones
General Manager Software Engineering at A²I² - Applied Artificial Intelligence Institute
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolAllan Jones is a software engineering leader with 13 years’ experience building and managing multidisciplinary teams to deliver practical AI and web software from research to production. As General Manager of Software Engineering at A²I² and former manager at Deakin’s innovation lab, he blends hands-on full‑stack development (Ruby on Rails, Java, C#, JavaScript) with a proven track record of establishing engineering culture, delivery practices and hiring frameworks. He has sustained coding activity throughout his career, contributing UI and back-end improvements to projects like the Doubtfire LMS API and optimising data models and queries for better performance. Comfortable in both research and defence-grade simulation contexts, Allan applies an applied-AI mindset to make software that meaningfully improves user outcomes. Based in Melbourne, he pairs academic roots in professional software development with pragmatic leadership that keeps teams productive and engaged.
13 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science, Professional Software Development (Honours), Bachelor of Science, Professional Software Development (Honours) at Swinburne University of Technology
Github Skills (12)
rails10
bootstra10
bootstrap10
ruby-on-rails10
erb9
javascript9
lessc9
html9
css9
api8
responsive-design8
apidoc8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
doubtfire-lms/doubtfire-api
Jul 2012 - Mar 2014
Rails RESTful API for the Doubtfire back-end
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:93 commits in 1 year 8 months
Contributions summary:Allan contributed to the Doubtfire-api Rails RESTful API, primarily focusing on front-end development and UI enhancements. They installed and integrated the Bootstrap framework to improve the application's visual appearance and responsiveness. They also updated the layout and navigation elements, including the use of Bootstrap components, and made improvements to tutor student lists. Additionally, the user optimized several queries and modified project-related models.
apirailsrestfulrubyrest
apj/dotfiles
Feb 2016 - Aug 2020
Contributions:12 pushes in 4 years 6 months
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