Jared Collier
Freelance Software Engineer
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJared Collier is a freelance software engineer with 11 years of experience building scalable web applications and leading engineering efforts for clients including Harvard, the CDC, and large enterprises. He blends full‑stack expertise—from Node.js backends and AWS serverless architectures to Angular and Vue front ends—with a strong focus on security, auditability, and reproducible infrastructure. Jared has acted as project lead and core team member for Keystone.js, contributing bug fixes and UI/back-end enhancements to a popular Node-based CMS with a large open-source following. He has led teams at Fidelity and the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, introducing modern tooling and best practices while delivering high-traffic, mission-critical systems. Comfortable across greenfield startups and regulated environments, he has contributed 3,000+ open-source commits and built HIPAA-compliant multi-account systems on AWS. Practical, hands-on, and detail-oriented, he pairs deep technical craftsmanship with product-minded delivery.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at University of Massachusetts Amherst
Github Skills (10)
cms10
nodejs10
javascript10
react9
back-end-development8
front-end-development8
backend8
testing7
git7
css6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
keystonejs/keystone-classic
Apr 2016 - Jun 2019
Node.js CMS and web app framework
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:21 commits, 25 PRs, 15 pushes in 3 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Jared contributed to bug fixes and feature enhancements across both the front-end and back-end of the KeystoneJS framework. Their work included addressing password encryption issues, fixing linting errors, and merging branches. They also made changes to UI components in the admin interface and the website's data, as well as fixing failing unit tests.
cmsnode-jsjavascriptnodejskeystonejs
autoboxer/windjammer
Feb 2023 - Mar 2023
A component library built using tailwindcss
Contributions:95 commits, 34 PRs, 25 pushes in 29 days
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