Cam Jackson
Frontend Chapter Lead at BIG W
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Top SchoolCam Jackson is a frontend chapter lead and full-stack engineer with 12 years’ experience building high-traffic ecommerce and enterprise systems, currently accountable for frontend strategy, architecture and performance at BIG W. He combines hands-on expertise in React, Next.js, TypeScript and GraphQL with proven leadership from a decade at ThoughtWorks, where he helped organisations improve engineering practices, delivery and DevOps. Customer-obsessed and metrics-driven, he runs experimentation programs that tie product work directly to revenue while prioritising team wellbeing and developer capability. His background spans startups to heavy industry, and he pairs frontend craft with backend and infrastructure skills across Node, Rust, AWS and Terraform. Outside product work he contributes to open-source documentation (e.g., improving clarity in the Rust glium project), reflecting a strong attention to detail and communication. Trained in mechatronics and computer science, he brings a practical systems perspective to web architecture and team coaching.
12 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Double degree, Mechatronics Engineering / Computer Science, Double degree, Mechatronics Engineering / Computer Science at Swinburne University of Technology
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Github Skills (21)
jestjs10
mocking10
nodejs10
ecmascript10
documentation10
javascript9
python9
jython9
parsing9
user-input9
graphql6
jenkins6
pip6
react6
php6
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
glium/glium
Jan 2015 - Jul 2015
Safe OpenGL wrapper for the Rust language.
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:9 commits, 6 PRs, 28 comments in 5 months
Contributions summary:Cam's commits primarily focus on fixing spelling and grammar errors within the documentation files of the glium/glium repository. These changes span multiple files, suggesting a broad review of the project's documentation. The edits improve the clarity and readability of the documentation, making it easier for developers to understand and utilize the OpenGL wrapper.
rustopenglgarbage-collectorrust-languageopengl-wrapper
camjackson/react-rs
Nov 2015 - Oct 2017
Contributions:5 commits, 4 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 11 months
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