Jared Blashka
Senior Software Applications Engineer
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJared Blashka is a Senior Software Applications Engineer with 12 years of experience building backend and web applications, currently focused on Identity and Access Management at Red Hat. He brings deep Java expertise complemented by PHP, JavaScript, jQuery, AJAX, and relational databases (Postgres/MySQL), and a practical, get-things-done approach to making systems reliable. At Red Hat he contributes to Keycloak, fixing backend bugs, test automation, and subtle issues like cache invalidation and OAuth session_state handling in code-to-token flows. His background spans small-team web development through enterprise-grade open-source projects, giving him both hands-on coding chops and production discipline. Based in Chapel Hill, he continually pursues learning and improvement, preferring engineering solutions that prioritize correctness and operability over flashy design. A less obvious strength is his sustained focus on internationalization and robust startup-time diagnostics in large Java services.
12 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science, Computer Science at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Github Skills (7)
keycloak10
javas10
java10
testing10
oid9
javascript8
saml7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
keycloak/keycloak
Mar 2016 - Jul 2020
Open Source Identity and Access Management For Modern Applications and Services
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Test Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & Test Automation EngineerContributions:6 commits, 10 PRs, 6 comments in 4 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Jared primarily contributed to bug fixes and improvements within the Keycloak project, focusing on the backend and testing aspects. They addressed a JavaScript error in theme internationalization and removed an admin theme from i18n considerations. Furthermore, they fixed an invalidation issue related to `CachePolicy.MAX_LIFESPAN` within the user storage cache. Additionally, the user contributed by resolving an issue in the code-to-token flow concerning the `session_state` parameter in the initial redirect URI and fixed the logging of the stacktrace for startup errors.
oidcauthorizationidentity-and-access-managementaccess-managementsecurity
jblashka/keycloak
Mar 2016 - Jul 2020
Identity and Access Management for Modern Applications, Services and APIs
Contributions:9 pushes, 4 branches in 4 years 4 months
oidcauthorizationidentity-and-access-managementaccess-managementsecurity
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