Jake Mckennon
Software Engineer II at Karat
Woodinville, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJake Mckennon is a full-stack Software Engineer II with nine years of experience building scalable web and cloud-native systems, currently at Karat and formerly at Microsoft and Porch. He has deep JavaScript expertise and practical DevOps skills, evidenced by contributions to the widely used MSAL.js project where he implemented network throttling that cut server load and added CI/publishing automation for msal-core. Jake combines frontend and backend fluency with measurable impact—reducing server load by 37% at Microsoft and delivering customer-facing microservices and org-wide tooling at Porch. He pairs strong engineering with mentorship and documentation initiatives, and holds a CS degree from the University of Washington with a 3.9 GPA. An interesting detail: beyond feature work he’s contributed skeleton network managers and unit tests to critical open-source auth infrastructure, reflecting both architectural thinking and attention to reliability.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science and Software Engineering, B.S., Computer Science, 3.9, Computer Science and Software Engineering, B.S., Computer Science, 3.9 at University of WashingtonAssociate’s Degree, Integrated Studies, 3.9, Associate’s Degree, Integrated Studies, 3.9 at Cascadia College
English
Github Skills (10)
typescript10
javascript10
typescripts10
network-programming10
build-automation10
typescript-types10
nodejs9
unit-testing9
cdn9
cicd8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
AzureAD/microsoft-authentication-library-for-js
Mar 2020 - Nov 2020
Microsoft Authentication Library (MSAL) for JS
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:64 reviews, 178 commits, 23 PRs in 7 months
Contributions summary:Jake's contributions focused on enhancing the Microsoft Authentication Library (MSAL) for JS. They added a script to automate publishing `msal-core` files to a CDN, indicating DevOps and build automation skills. Furthermore, the user developed skeleton code for the `NetworkManager` and implemented various network-related utility functions, demonstrating a deep understanding of the library's network architecture and internal workings. They also fixed and added unit tests for throttling functionalities.
jsmicrosoft-authenticationmsal
jmckennon/ThreadOS-FileSystem
Apr 2017 - Sep 2017
Contributions:9 pushes, 1 branch in 5 months
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