Jason McNeil
Avionics Systems Technical Supervisor at Fiber
Greenwood, Nova Scotia, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolJason McNeil is an avionics and software systems leader with 5+ years of modern software experience layered on a two-decade career in the Canadian Armed Forces, currently supervising avionics teams on the CP-140 Aurora. He combines hands-on engineering in Go, JavaScript, Kubernetes and cloud (Azure/AWS) with operational rigor—having shipped a custom aircraft maintenance platform and led migrations to Kubernetes with Istio. An active open-source maintainer on the popular gofiber/fiber web framework, he has improved middleware security (CSRF, CORS) and helped harden session storage and thread safety. Jason pairs technical leadership and mentorship with practical systems thinking from roles spanning instructor, planner, and technical assessor, enabling him to turn complex, regulated requirements into reliable software and processes. Based in Greenwood, Nova Scotia, he runs a small software company (X2 Studios) and brings an unconventional, contrarian mindset that often finds simpler, bolder solutions to entrenched problems.
5 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Apprentice, Avionics Maintenance Technology/Technician, First in class, Apprentice, Avionics Maintenance Technology/Technician, First in class at Canadian Forces School of Aerospace Technology and EngineeringJourneyman, Military Signals, Journeyman, Military Signals at Canadian Forces School of Communications and ElectronicsJourneyman, Avionics Maintenance Technology/Technician, First in class, Journeyman, Avionics Maintenance Technology/Technician, First in class at 404 Long Range Patrol and Training SquadronENGINEERING, ENGINEERING at Mount Royal UniversityCertificate, Electrical, Electronic and Communications Engineering Technology/Technician, Certificate, Electrical, Electronic and Communications Engineering Technology/Technician at Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT)
Github Skills (10)
fiber10
csrf10
cors10
middleware10
go10
session-management10
fibers10
security9
web-framework9
testing8
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
gofiber/fiber
Mar 2021 - Aug 2022
⚡️ Express inspired web framework written in Go
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:199 reviews, 6 commits, 41 PRs in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:Jason primarily contributed to the `gofiber/fiber` repository by addressing issues and implementing features related to the CSRF middleware. This includes bug fixes for cookie and storage interactions, along with implementing custom extractor functionality. Additional contributions involved enhancing the CORS middleware, and updating the session middleware for thread safety. These changes indicate a focus on improving security and maintainability of the framework.
golangexpressjsexpressfiberframework
sixcolors/cs50-final-project
Jun 2023 - Mar 2025
A web app that allows users to see the current wildfires in Canada
Contributions:5 reviews, 248 PRs, 329 pushes in 1 year 10 months
leafletjssveltewildfire
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