Jason Gayle
Mentor at Google Summer of Code
Kingston, Jamaica
Summary
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Top SchoolJason Gayle is a front-end focused full-stack software engineer and mentor from Kingston, Jamaica, with six years of experience designing user-centered interfaces and building production React/TypeScript applications. He combines hands-on UI design (Figma) and frontend engineering with practical experience in DevOps, payments integration, and CI pipelines—skills honed at companies like Osoobe and through mentoring the Talawa-Admin project in Google Summer of Code. Jason has shipped secure features such as 2FA and crypto transaction flows, and implemented payment gateways and bulk mailing systems, demonstrating an ability to bridge UX and backend concerns. He also contributes to open-source projects and streamlines developer experience through tooling and installation automation. Currently pursuing an MSc in Applied Data Science, he brings a growing data and AI perspective to product-focused engineering. Colleagues would describe him as a pragmatic problem-solver who pairs strong UX instincts with production-grade implementation.
6 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Information Technology, Information Technology at St.Catherine HighMaster's degree, Applied Data Science, Master's degree, Applied Data Science at The University of the West IndiesBachelor's degree, Computer Science, First Class Honours, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, First Class Honours at The University of the West Indies, Mona
Github Skills (52)
sql-query10
javascript10
sqlite10
postgresql10
query-builder10
cockroachdb10
admin10
mysql10
mariadb10
devrel10
databases10
typescript10
backend-api10
prisma10
sql-server10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
DangaRanga/pattoo
May 2020 - Sep 2020
pattoo stores IoT timeseries data polled by pattoo agents
Contributions:41 PRs, 246 pushes, 9 branches in 3 months
timeseries-dataagentstimeseriesiotstores
DangaRanga/SciTechGuideBot
Jun 2020 - Mar 2021
A twitter bot for UWI's Faculty of Science and Technology
Contributions:1 PR, 24 pushes, 1 branch in 9 months
twitter-botsciencebotfacultytwitter
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