Jarren Jackson
Senior Software Engineer at H&R Block
Kansas City, Missouri, United States
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Top SchoolJarren Jackson is a Senior Software Engineer with nine years of hands-on experience building web and automation solutions, currently advancing tax-tech systems at H&R Block in Kansas City. He blends full-stack development skills with a practical security mindset developed during multiple SOC and cybersecurity internships at Cerner, where he built Splunk dashboards and automated scanning workflows. Comfortable across frontend frameworks and backend stacks, he has a track record of improving developer productivity—most notably automating Jest snapshot handling in CI to reduce manual review. Jarren pairs a problem-solving ethos and customer-first attitude (a longtime "friendly neighborhood tech support") with a willingness to dive into unfamiliar tools like Django, Kali, and Jenkins. His background ranges from university CS fundamentals to real-world system hardening and process improvements, showing a steady progression from intern to senior engineer. He’s driven by using code to solve tangible problems and enjoys shaping small automation wins that scale across teams.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at Northwest Missouri State UniversityHigh School, High School at Lenawee ChristianSenior Associate, Technology Solutions, Senior Associate, Technology Solutions at Northland Center for Advanced Professional Studies (CAPS)High School Degree, High School, High School Degree, High School at Park Hill South High School
Github Skills (22)
minecraft10
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api-documentation10
bukkit9
gradle9
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paper-plugin9
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slate8
mobile-game8
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Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
JarrenJ/SE-Internship-Management-System
Feb 2021 - Apr 2021
Software Engineer Practice - Internship Management System (IMS)
Contributions:38 commits, 1 push in 2 months
management-systeminternshipphpimssoftware-engineer
JarrenJ/personal
May 2017 - Jul 2018
Contributions:4 PRs, 18 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 2 months
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