Jason Haugen
Travel Coach at WTA
Austin, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJason Haugen is a software engineer with six years of experience building reliable, user-focused systems at scale, including contributions to high-impact open source projects like AWS Node Termination Handler and kOps. He spent three years at AWS improving EC2 Spot experiences—shipping Go and Kubernetes-driven tooling and earning recognition for developer-facing tools—and earlier helped optimize Amazon’s mobile homepage for millions of customers. After a two-year sabbatical coaching a top-150 WTA player while traveling, he’s returning to engineering with strengthened mentoring and cross-cultural collaboration skills. Known for quickly onboarding to new technologies and simplifying developer workflows, he pairs backend and DevOps craftsmanship with a strong appreciation for clear documentation and operational robustness.
6 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, 3.62/4.0, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, 3.62/4.0 at Washington University in St. Louis
Github Skills (23)
kubernetes10
amazon-sqs10
aws-sqs-fifo10
aws-eventbridge10
cloud-infrastructure10
eventhub10
cicd10
eventbus10
automation10
go10
aws10
kubernetes-pods10
automations10
cloud-services10
testing9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
aws/aws-node-termination-handler
Mar 2020 - Jun 2021
Gracefully handle EC2 instance shutdown within Kubernetes
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & DevOps Engineer
Back-end Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:3 releases, 74 reviews, 18 commits in 1 year 3 months
Contributions summary:Jason made several code changes focused on the EC2 metadata service interaction and overall system behavior within the Kubernetes environment. They implemented new functionality, including the ability to cordon nodes without draining and the use of JSON logging, indicating a focus on flexibility and operational management. Additionally, they modified files related to the EC2 metadata proxy, scheduled event handling, and interruption event store, showcasing contributions towards enhancing the node termination handling logic and related testing infrastructure. These improvements suggest a combination of backend development focused on AWS services and infrastructure automation through configuration and management.
golangmaintenance-eventsec2shutdownspot-instances
kubernetes/kops
Mar 2021 - Apr 2021
Kubernetes Operations (kOps) - Production Grade k8s Installation, Upgrades and Management
Role in this project:DevOps Engineer & Cloud Engineer
DevOps Engineer & Cloud EngineerContributions:12 reviews, 15 commits, 3 PRs in 1 month
Contributions summary:Jason primarily focused on enhancing and maintaining the infrastructure and operational aspects of the Kubernetes project. They made modifications to event bridge and SQS configurations, likely for improved event handling and queue processing. The commits show the user's involvement in test setup and mock implementations, particularly for AWS services, and also included changes to address build verifications. This indicates a focus on streamlining development workflows and ensuring reliable cloud operations.
containersgcphelmlinodeinstallation
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