Jason Grout
Jupyter Foundation Governing Board
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
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Top SchoolJason Grout is a founder and long-time Jupyter core developer with 18 years of experience building and leading open-source software projects, particularly around JupyterLab, ipywidgets, and the notebook ecosystem. He combines full-stack engineering, DevOps/release management, and QA expertise—having shipped UI improvements, kernel/message-layer fixes, CI modernization, and tooling across flagship repos like jupyterlab, ipykernel, and nbconvert. A persistent community leader, he has served on Jupyter’s Executive Council, Steering Council and the Foundation Governing Board while also mentoring teams as a technical lead at Databricks. Based in Phoenix and holding a PhD in mathematics, he brings academic rigor to practical engineering and enjoys improving developer UX and standards for reproducible computational workflows.
18 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree Mathematics and Computer Science, Bachelor's Degree Mathematics and Computer Science at Missouri State UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Mathematics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Mathematics at Brigham Young University
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Github Skills (92)
messaging10
python10
clientside10
testing10
http10
ipython10
visualizations10
web-widgets10
javascript10
uid10
ipywidgets10
front-end-development10
jupyter-widget10
http-request10
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Programming languages (21)
Github contributions (5)
jupyter/jupyter_core
Jul 2015 - Jan 2023
Role in this project:
Backend Developer & DevOps Engineer
Backend Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:22 reviews, 96 commits, 25 PRs in 7 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Jason primarily focused on improving the Jupyter core functionality by modifying existing code and fixing various issues. They addressed code quality by removing unused imports and commented code. The user also worked on the build process, adding a `--debug` switch to jupyter --paths for debugging path influences and contributing to the testing infrastructure. The user also made significant changes to the pathing structure of the project.
jupyter-notebookjupyterjupyterlab-extensionjupyterlab
jupyter-widgets/ipywidgets
Dec 2013 - Jan 2023
Interactive Widgets for the Jupyter Notebook
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:3 releases, 75 reviews, 2830 commits in 9 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Jason's commits focus on enhancing the styling of the Jupyter Widgets' UI. They added specific CSS rules to customize the appearance of various components, including buttons, text inputs, sliders, and the output area. The contributions involved modifying the layout and visual presentation of widgets, improving accessibility, and incorporating enhancements to improve user experience.
jupyterlab-extensionjupyter-notebooknotebookjupyterlabipywidgets
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