Summary
Jason Leo is a full-stack software engineer with 8 years of experience building and maintaining web applications using Python, JavaScript, React, Vue, Django, FastAPI, and AWS. Currently at PerformYard, he combines fluency in SPA/SSR and serverless architectures with a pragmatic instinct for when to adopt — or avoid — external dependencies. A lifelong self-educator and creative problem solver, he brings a background in interdisciplinary arts and creative writing that informs clear, user-focused interfaces and thoughtful system design. He balances engineering with an active creative life as a longtime composer and band leader, a perspective that helps him iterate quickly and collaborate well. Based in Brunswick, Maine after years in Tucson and raised in Vermont’s mountains, he thrives on projects that blend technical rigor with creative craft.
8 years of coding experience
The University of Arizona
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Double: Interdisciplinary Arts & Letters with an emphasis in Creative Writing; Environmental Studies, Bachelor of Arts (BA), Double: Interdisciplinary Arts & Letters with an emphasis in Creative Writing; Environmental Studies at Prescott College