Jamie Neander
Senior Software Engineer II at Enova International
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolJamie Neander is a Senior Software Engineer II based in Chicago with 13 years of hands-on experience building and modernizing web applications across front-end and full-stack domains. A polyglot and craftsperson, Jamie has led large refactors, shipped React-based features for widely used systems like Canvas LMS, and driven organization-wide design system and dependency strategies at companies like Glassdoor. They excel at translating detailed Figma prototypes into robust, accessible UIs, untangling legacy monoliths, and reducing technical debt through pragmatic tooling and incremental rollouts. As a founder and longtime contributor, Jamie pairs entrepreneurial curiosity with a willingness to tackle the messy, unglamorous engineering work that unlocks long-term velocity.
13 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Technical Computer Animation, Technical Computer Animation at Academy of Art UniversityAssociate of Arts (AA), Computer Programming, Associate of Arts (AA), Computer Programming at Joliet Junior CollegeBachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science at Governors State UniversitySouthern Illinois University, Carbondale
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Github Skills (20)
javascript10
ui-design10
uid10
front-end-development10
react10
jsx10
ui-components9
web-application9
user-interface9
webapp9
web-development9
html8
css8
passport-twitter6
passport-local6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
instructure/canvas-lms
Mar 2016 - May 2020
The open LMS by Instructure, Inc.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:750 commits in 4 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Jamie primarily contributed to front-end code, with most of their commits focused on updating and refactoring components used in the learning management system (LMS). The changes are heavily focused on React components, particularly within the areas of assignment display, quizzes and other similar features. They also focused on refactoring and applying styling improvements to different modules within the code, focusing on the user interface.
open-lmsinstructurecanvas-lmslmsinc
jneander/app-launch-guide
Apr 2016 - Jul 2019
This aims to be an indie dev's definitive guide to building and launching your app, including pre-launch, marketing, building, QA, buzz building, and launch. More info at:
Contributions:4 PRs, 2 pushes in 3 years 4 months
pre-launchdevbuzzmore-infoandroid
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