Jason Keller is a Senior Software Engineer with 11 years of hands-on experience building and supporting Java-based observability tooling, currently contributing to the widely used New Relic Java agent. He progressed from technical support into engineering at New Relic, combining deep troubleshooting skills with backend development to improve instrumentation, supportability metrics, and MBean tracking. Jason is passionate about web and mobile programming and brings a knack for pragmatic problem-solving evidenced by targeted fixes and enhancements in the open-source newrelic-java-agent repository. Based in Portland, he pairs formal CS training from the University of Oregon with a longtime curiosity-driven learning habit and a background in recording arts, giving him a practical, user-focused perspective on building tools that make life easier.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer & Information Science, GPA: 3.69, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer & Information Science, GPA: 3.69 at University of Oregon
Associate of Science (A.S.), Recording Arts Technology/Technician, Associate of Science (A.S.), Recording Arts Technology/Technician at Full Sail University
Associate of Arts (A.A.), Oregon Transfer, GPA: 3.97, Associate of Arts (A.A.), Oregon Transfer, GPA: 3.97 at Lane Community College
Contributions:24 releases, 340 reviews, 497 commits in 2 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Jason focused on the New Relic Java agent, making several targeted changes to enhance supportability and functionality. Their work involved fixing supportability metrics for span events, increasing timeouts for database connection pool, and addressing code style issues. They also added metrics to track MBean supportability, resolved issues with instrumentation modules, and corrected code spellings.
Contributions:4 reviews, 5 PRs, 3 pushes in 4 years 1 month
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Jason Keller - Senior Software Engineer at New Relic, Inc.