Jason Hedlund
Director Of Engineering at American Express
Gilbert, Arizona, United States
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Top SchoolJason Hedlund is a Director of Engineering at American Express with 12 years of software experience, leading Loyalty Platform application teams and driving enterprise modernization efforts. He specializes in decomposing monoliths into high-performance, scalable microservices and shipping cloud-native CI/CD pipelines, primarily building in Golang. A hands-on leader who advanced through individual contributor roles at AmEx and Allstate, he blends architectural vision with day-to-day engineering rigor. Prior to software he spent a decade as a Master Certified Auto Technician, a background that informs his pragmatic, systems-oriented problem solving and attention to operational reliability. Based in Gilbert, Arizona, he holds a BS in Computer Science with a math minor from Northern Arizona University and is focused on translating complex legacy systems into resilient, maintainable platforms.
12 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Automotive Technology with Street Rod and Auto Customizing, Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician, Automotive Technology with Street Rod and Auto Customizing, Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician at Wyoming Technical InstituteAssociate of Science (AS), General Studies, Associate of Science (AS), General Studies at Coconino County Community CollegeBachelor of Science (B.S.) in Computer Science with minor in Mathematics, Mathematics and Computer Science, 3.64 G.P.A., Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Computer Science with minor in Mathematics, Mathematics and Computer Science, 3.64 G.P.A. at Northern Arizona University
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Github Skills (46)
data-stream10
cqrs10
amqp10
kafka10
event-sourcing10
message-queue10
dm10
rabbitmq10
stream10
stream-processor10
golang10
message-bus10
stream-processing10
jq10
singer10
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
SpaceBlender/SpaceBlender
Apr 2014 - Oct 2016
Contributions:9 commits, 1 PR in 2 years 6 months
plug-inplugblenderblender-addon
jhedlund79/learn
Jul 2017 - Apr 2021
Contributions:18 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 9 months
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