Summary
Jack Howard is a Senior Software Engineer with 11 years of experience building themeable web and mobile applications across startups and large media organizations. He currently architects a TypeScript/React design system at Expel and previously delivered production React frontends and scalable AWS-backed services for The Washington Post. His background spans real-time mapping and tracking, accessibility improvements in React Native, and data-driven journalism tools, reflecting a blend of user-focused UI work and backend reliability. Comfortable across the stack—React, Redux, Node.js, Docker, AWS—he favors design systems, CI/CD, and pragmatic engineering trade-offs. Based in the Greater Chicago Area, he pairs a journalism degree with deep technical chops, which helps him translate complex data and product needs into clear, maintainable interfaces.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
University of Missouri
Spanish