Jason Clawson
Senior Principal Software Engineer at Atlassian
Boulder, Colorado, United States
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Top SchoolJason Clawson is a Senior Principal Software Engineer with 14 years of experience building large-scale content and enterprise systems, currently leading Drive Labels and Content Services Platform work after joining Atlassian. He conceived and designed Google Drive Enterprise Metadata (Drive Labels), guiding it from architecture to production while leading cross-functional teams at Google. Jason combines deep backend expertise (Java, JPA/Hibernate, large distributed services) with a knack for performant UI-driven products informed by earlier full-stack roles and UI design work. His career includes accelerating platform performance dramatically (10,000% improvements on permission rebuilds) and contributing to next-generation application platforms at companies like Qualys and Trustwave. Based in Boulder, Colorado, he blends hands-on engineering with product-focused leadership and a track record of turning complex compliance and content requirements into scalable, auditable solutions. Beyond core systems, his background spans low-level algorithm design for mission-critical aerospace projects and creative 3D work, reflecting a rare mix of technical rigor and visual design sensibility.
14 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
BS Computer Science, BS Computer Science at Texas A&M University
Stackoverflow
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30answers
2questions
cron
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Github Skills (33)
webservice10
jax-rs10
jetty10
cron9
java9
hocon9
parser9
jdbi9
rest9
parsing9
hibernate9
dropwizard9
multi-tenant8
jersey-framework8
load-balancing8
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
jclawson/hazeltask-samples
Feb 2013 - Jun 2013
Contributions:12 commits in 3 months
jclawson/jackson-dataformat-hocon
Dec 2013 - Apr 2017
Jackson parser format for parsing HOCON
Contributions:35 commits, 5 PRs, 12 pushes in 3 years 4 months
hoconparserparsing
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