Jason Coffman
Senior Software Engineer at Pinterest
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolJason Coffman is a Senior Software Engineer with nine years of experience building cloud-native systems and front-end architectures for major tech companies, currently shaping analytics and ML tooling at Pinterest. Previously he helped customers deliver enterprise-scale AWS solutions as a Front End Architect in AWS Professional Services and contributed to Search Labs at Google, blending product-focused engineering with deep cloud expertise. He spans front-end React work, Java backends, and embedded IoT (ESP32/FreeRTOS), bringing a rare mix of UX sensitivity and low-level systems curiosity. An active open-source contributor, he improved AWS Lambda support in the well-known Spinnaker clouddriver project, enhancing reliability across multi-cloud deployments. Trained in Nuclear Engineering (UC Berkeley) with a master’s in Applied Data Science (U-M), he combines rigorous engineering foundations with practical data-driven delivery.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree Nuclear Engineering, Bachelor’s Degree Nuclear Engineering at University of California, BerkeleyMaster's degree Applied Data Science, Master's degree Applied Data Science at University of Michigan - School of Information
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Github Skills (15)
javas10
aws-lambda10
aws10
backend10
back-end-development10
java10
spinnaker9
cloud-infrastructure9
git8
restful-api7
api-design7
api-rest7
rest-api7
python6
fest3
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
spinnaker/clouddriver
Aug 2020 - Nov 2020
read and write operations across cloud providers
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:6 commits, 6 PRs in 3 months
Contributions summary:Jason primarily contributed to the `clouddriver` repository by fixing issues related to AWS Lambda functions. They addressed bugs concerning Lambda creation, cache updates, memory and KMS key settings, and function deletion. The user also implemented support for artifact payloads within Lambda invocations and handled exception handling related to Lambda account configurations. Their work focused on improving the reliability and functionality of the AWS Lambda integration within the `clouddriver` project.
gcpproviderscloudcloud-providersazure
jasoncoffman/NE155
Feb 2017 - Nov 2017
Contributions:2 PRs, 30 pushes, 3 branches in 8 months
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