Jamie Howard
Full Stack Developer at Strapi
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolJamie Howard is a Full Stack Developer based in London with 7 years’ experience building and operating web applications across frontend, backend and cloud-native DevOps environments. Currently contributing to Strapi — a leading open-source headless CMS — Jamie has fixed critical content-type bugs and improved data integrity and API query handling, demonstrating a strong backend validation mindset. Comfortable working cross-functionally, he blends automation and cloud tooling with a keen appreciation for user experience to deliver performant, reliable systems. His background at Accenture gave him broad exposure to diverse cloud providers and client-facing delivery, while roles at Blokur and Strapi show a shift toward open-source and product-focused engineering. Always curious and a quick learner, he proactively researches gaps in knowledge and brings practical, user-aware solutions to complex engineering problems.
7 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
GCSE, GCSE at Ashby SchoolComputer science with a Year in Industry, Computer Science, First Class Hons, Computer science with a Year in Industry, Computer Science, First Class Hons at University of Kent
English
Github Skills (10)
content-management-system10
cms10
typescript10
javascript10
typescripts10
apidoc10
typescript-types10
cm10
database-design9
api9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
strapi/strapi
Sep 2022 - Jan 2023
🚀 Strapi is the leading open-source headless CMS. It’s 100% JavaScript/TypeScript, fully customizable, and developer-first.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 release, 774 reviews, 126 commits in 4 months
Contributions summary:Jamie's contributions primarily focused on fixing bugs and preventing database clashes within the content type builder. Their work involved modifying code in core packages related to the content type builder, addressing issues in the admin interface and server-side controllers. The user demonstrated expertise in validating unique fields and data, contributing to the stability and integrity of the application's content management features. The work also included ensuring proper query string encoding in API interactions.
cmsdashboardcontent-management-systemheadlessjavascript
jhoward1994/strapi-plugin-ckeditor
Jul 2024 - Sep 2024
Contributions:8 pushes, 6 branches, 2 tags in 1 month
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