Jared Shields
Principal Software Engineer at CACI International Inc
Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States
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Top SchoolJared Shields is a Principal Software Engineer and AI architect with over a decade of experience delivering agentic AI platforms and mission-focused software for federal clients from CACI and prior roles at SPAWAR, Exelis, SAIC, and CSC. He blends systems-level engineering and software architecture with practical DevSecOps discipline, backed by an M.S. in Computer Science and DAWIA SPRDE certification. Jared is hands-on in both code and documentation—his open-source contributions include UX and structure improvements to the widely used Mattermost docs—reflecting a focus on usable developer experiences. Based in Virginia Beach, he’s known for translating complex defense requirements into auditable, production-ready AI systems and for evangelizing responsible, agentic AI adoption across teams.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
DAWIA - Systems Planning, Research, Development and Engineering (SPRDE) - Level II Certified, DAWIA - Systems Planning, Research, Development and Engineering (SPRDE) - Level II Certified at Defense Acquisition UniversityMaster of Science (M.S.), Computer Science, Master of Science (M.S.), Computer Science at Old Dominion University
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Github Skills (6)
mattermost10
sphinx10
documentation10
html9
css9
javascript8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
mattermost/docs
Aug 2016 - Oct 2017
Mattermost documentation
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:24 commits, 17 PRs, 64 comments in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Jared primarily contributed to the Mattermost documentation repository, focusing on improvements to the user interface and overall documentation structure. Their work involved adding new features like an "Edit on GitHub" link and a search box to the mobile view, enhancing the user experience. They also refactored the documentation site into a "guides" format with a tile-style homepage, while correcting build warnings and resolving display issues.
mattermost-documentationmattermost
shieldsjared/mattermost-server
Aug 2016 - Oct 2020
Open source Slack-alternative in Golang and React - Mattermost
Contributions:36 pushes, 10 branches in 4 years 2 months
golangreactslackmattermostslack-alternative
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