Jared Dykstra
Software Engineering Manager at IDEXX
Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolJared Dykstra is a seasoned software engineering manager with nine years of modern full-stack experience and a long history of technical leadership stretching back to early embedded and systems work. Currently leading engineering at IDEXX, he brings deep front-end and API expertise—particularly in TypeScript, React, GraphQL, Protobufs, C#, and Java—paired with a track record of shipping secure, extensible platforms at companies like Shopify and Spotify. He excels at aligning teams, protecting developer time, and turning aggressive milestones into repeatable delivery through strong scope management and mentorship. Jared’s background spans startups to enterprise consortia, including blockchain-based trading platforms and mission-critical airport systems, showing a rare comfort with both product velocity and high-availability engineering. He also contributes practical architecture innovations (including a patent-minded approach to extensibility and trust) and combines hands-on coding with cross-team collaboration to reduce duplication and increase maintainability.
9 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Engineering, Computer Engineering at University of OttawaProject Management (PMI), Project Management (PMI) at Mount Royal University
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google-chrome
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Github Skills (60)
javascript10
design-tokens10
shopify10
vscode-extension10
placeholder10
figma-plugin10
component-library10
skeleton10
boilerplate10
react10
es6-promise9
react-wrapper9
react-leaflet9
typescript9
browser9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
perrupa/immer-ts
Aug 2019 - Jan 2021
Contributions:2 PRs, 1 comment in 1 year 5 months
jared-dykstra/eos-block-viewer-cra
Oct 2018 - Jun 2019
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 7 months
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