Summary
Gavin Jackson is a software engineer based in San Marcos, Texas with 20 years of engineering experience and a BS in Computer Science from Texas State University. He has hands-on experience building production web applications and platform tooling—most recently implementing OIDC with Okta CIAM and leading a Starter-App effort that accelerated time-to-production for Army software teams. His background spans full-stack technologies including React, TypeScript, Java, Spring Boot, PostgreSQL, and Docker, and he’s applied research experience in emotion recognition and generative AI with two IEEE publications. Comfortable in agile and highly structured environments, Gavin also mentors junior developers and bridges platform and application teams to deliver secure, scalable systems. Outside of work he practices Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and pursues game engine and ML interests, blending practical engineering with academic curiosity.
20 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science at Texas State University