Jason Lunn is an experienced software leader with 11 years of building scalable applications, resilient systems, and high-performing teams across industries from his base in New York. As a former SVP of Software Development, he blends hands-on engineering with strategic leadership, translating business needs into reliable technical solutions. He holds a BS in Computer Science with a minor in Business Management from the University of Maryland, College Park, giving him both technical depth and commercial perspective. Jason contributes to open-source, notably improving the JRuby implementation of Google's Protocol Buffers—addressing encoding bugs, test regressions, and extending core functionality—which reflects his attention to interoperability and production-grade robustness. Colleagues describe him as pragmatic and systems-minded, able to move between code-level fixes and organizational scaling. He excels at turning complex requirements into practical, auditable systems that teams can sustain and evolve.
11 years of coding experience
BS, Computer Science, minor Business Management, BS, Computer Science, minor Business Management at University of Maryland, College Park
Protocol Buffers - Google's data interchange format
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:2 releases, 132 reviews, 63 PRs in 8 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Jason primarily contributed to the JRuby implementation of Protocol Buffers, focusing on core functionality and bug fixes. Their work involved updating JRuby to leverage a pure-Ruby DSL, addressing test regressions, and improving the `respond_to?` method. They also fixed a bug related to encoding and added a regression test. Furthermore, the user made code improvements, including improved range handling and the addition of options and extension support.
Contributions:17 PRs, 20 pushes, 16 branches in 2 years 11 months
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