Jackson Howe
Staff Software Engineer at Instructure
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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Top SchoolJackson Howe is a Staff Software Engineer with a decade of experience building native iOS and Android apps and backend systems, currently advancing the Canvas LMS at Instructure. He has progressed from web developer and freelance mobile app creator to senior and staff roles, helping maintain a platform used by tens of millions of students and educators. His contributions to the open Canvas repository show a practical focus on calendaring and module UX improvements, bridging backend logic with user-facing preferences. Based in Salt Lake City and studying Computer Science at BYU, he pairs academic grounding with hands-on product delivery. He’s comfortable shipping end-to-end features for large-scale education software and has a track record of creating mobile apps adopted by whole school districts. Notably, his background includes managing high-impact web services for a university department and coordinating large volunteer teams, reflecting both technical depth and operational leadership.
10 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Software Development, Web Development, Software Development, Web Development at Jordan Applied Technology CenterBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at Brigham Young University
English, Finnish
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Github Skills (19)
outlook-calendar10
back-end-development10
google-calendar-api10
calendarkit10
api10
calendar-view10
api-design9
restful-api9
api-rest9
rest-api9
javascript5
algorithm4
algorithms4
ui-design4
graphical-user-interface4
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
instructure/canvas-lms
Jun 2020 - Jan 2023
The open LMS by Instructure, Inc.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:605 commits in 2 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Jackson's contributions focus on enhancing the user experience within the Canvas LMS platform, particularly concerning calendar events and module functionalities. They made changes related to displaying and handling account-specific calendars, including adding the ability for users to automatically subscribe to calendars. Furthermore, they implemented improvements in the display and functionality of module items within the calendar. Their work suggests expertise in back-end development, with interactions in user preferences and calendaring.
open-lmsinstructurecanvas-lmslmsinc
JacksonHowe/jacksonhowe.github.io
Jun 2016 - Dec 2023
Contributions:21 pushes, 1 branch in 7 years 7 months
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