Jade Thornton
Senior Software Engineer at DroneDeploy
Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
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Top SchoolJade Thornton is a Senior Software Engineer with a decade of experience building full-stack systems and a 7+ year track record in professional and open-source projects, currently shipping software at DroneDeploy from Saint Paul, MN. She is a go-to expert in JavaScript, Python, and SQL, with hands-on experience improving HTTP tooling—such as adding Brotli compression and auth enhancements to the popular http-server project. Passionate about user experience, she blends product-minded frontend work with robust backend and ML interests, and has moved between startups, consulting, and aviation-focused teams at FlightAware. Self-motivated and responsible, Jade is especially driven to apply engineering to aerospace and climate impact problems, pairing practical delivery with continuous skill growth.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Certificate, Certificate at freeCodeCampUniversity of Minnesota Twin CitiesAssociate of Science - AS, Associate of Science - AS at Saint Paul College
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Github Skills (14)
http10
nodejs10
javascript10
brotli10
server10
testing10
gzip9
command-line8
json6
windows6
html6
elisp6
google-maps-api6
tcl6
Programming languages (22)
Github contributions (5)
http-party/http-server
Aug 2018 - May 2022
A simple, zero-configuration, command-line http server
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:11 releases, 47 reviews, 222 commits in 3 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Jade primarily contributed to the implementation of Brotli compression support within the http-server. This involved modifying the core server logic to handle Brotli encoding and integrating it into the testing framework. The user also merged updates and addressed bugs by incorporating master branch changes and adding authentication features.
command-linehttp-serverzero-configurationhostingserver
thornjad/el2md
Apr 2020 - Mar 2026
Contributions:3 pushes, 2 branches, 2 tags in 6 years
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