Jackson G
Software Engineer at tonari
Earth, Texas, Japan
Summary
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Top SchoolJackson G is a software engineer with six years' experience blending platform engineering, data analysis, and media-focused research. With an MPhil from the University of Oslo, he has built research-grade tooling for 20 years of journal metadata and audio analysis and created public-facing React resources for music technology. As a principal/platform engineer at nLine he supported real-time infrastructure monitoring thousands of sensors to improve electrical grid reliability across Sub-Saharan cities, and now continues platform work at tonari. He contributes to open-source UI projects—having enhanced a fast, multi-platform Spotify client with UX improvements like keyboard seeking and artwork handling—reflecting a knack for thoughtful front-end detail on top of back-end systems. Curious and design-minded, he combines signal/communications insight with pragmatic engineering to turn complex data streams into usable, production-ready services.
6 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
University of OsloBachelor of Arts - BA, Cognitive Science, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Cognitive Science at Occidental College
Chinese, French
Github Skills (13)
druid10
user-interface10
rust10
keyboard9
navigationview9
keyboard-hooks9
front-end-development9
navigationbar9
keyboard-input9
keyboard-events9
macos8
linux8
dependency-management7
Programming languages (31)
Github contributions (5)
jpochyla/psst
Aug 2021 - Mar 2025
Fast and multi-platform Spotify client with native GUI
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:79 reviews, 93 PRs, 292 pushes in 3 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Jackson primarily focused on enhancing the user interface and adding new features to the Spotify client. They implemented UI changes, including splitting sections, adding a volume slider, and adding artwork functionality. Furthermore, the user made improvements to the application's navigation by adding the ability to seek with arrow keys and adding the ability to refresh views. The commits also include bug fixes, code style improvements, and dependency updates.
windowslinuxspotifyguimulti-platform
jacksongoode/cacophony
Nov 2020 - Dec 2024
Contributions:20 pushes, 2 branches in 4 years 1 month
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