Jason Karlavige
Senior Frontend Engineer at Speedway Collective
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States
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Top SchoolJason Karlavige is a Senior Frontend Engineer with eight years of experience building performant, user-focused web applications using JavaScript, React, Next.js and Node.js. At dbt Labs he contributes front-end improvements to the widely used docs.getdbt.com site, shipping navigation and layout enhancements that improve discoverability and reading flow. He also founded Speedway Collective, where he built full-stack features—authentication, forums, analytics and an admin panel—and cut hosting costs 50% by moving to a DigitalOcean NGINX setup. Comfortable across the stack, Jason has production experience with BigCommerce, Express APIs, and databases (MySQL), and brings a pragmatic blend of design sensibility from a Digital Design degree and hands-on operational experience. Colleagues describe him as a detail-oriented engineer who turns UI polish into measurable usability gains.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Digital Design and Media Art / Minor in Business Administration, Bachelor’s Degree, Digital Design and Media Art / Minor in Business Administration at Wilkes UniversityAssociate's Degree, Radio and Television Broadcasting Technology/Technician, Associate's Degree, Radio and Television Broadcasting Technology/Technician at Luzerne County Community College
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Github contributions (5)
dbt-labs/docs.getdbt.com
Aug 2021 - Jan 2023
The code behind docs.getdbt.com
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:370 reviews, 714 commits, 241 PRs in 1 year 5 months
Contributions summary:Jason's commits primarily focused on UI improvements for the dbt documentation website, including adding breadcrumbs, integrating a new blog layout component, and adjusting the visual appearance of the website's elements. They added functionalities to the sidebar to help with navigation. The user also implemented modifications to the layout and styling of the blog.
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dbtlabs-sandbox/docs.getdbt.com
Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
The code behind docs.getdbt.com
Contributions:124 PRs, 198 pushes, 26 branches in 11 months
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