Jason Nader
Software Engineer at ManTech
Aldie, Virginia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJason Nader is a seasoned software engineer with over two decades of experience designing, integrating, and sustaining complex systems and GIS applications, currently contributing at ManTech. He blends hardware, software, and systems engineering expertise—backed by an M.S. in Systems Engineering and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from George Mason University—with a strong record of meeting technical, cost, and schedule objectives. Jason has advanced through senior technical roles at BAE Systems and General Dynamics, bringing enterprise-scale systems engineering discipline to software delivery. An active open-source contributor, he has made practical backend improvements to prominent projects like the i3 window manager, sway compositor, and the fish shell, focusing on robustness, portability, and user-facing tooling. His contributions reveal a knack for low-level correctness and cross-platform polish (e.g., shell path handling and command completions) that often goes unnoticed but materially improves reliability. Based in Aldie, VA, he combines systems-level thinking with hands-on code work to solve thorny integration and operational problems.
9 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
B.S., Electrical Engineering, B.S., Electrical Engineering at George Mason University
English
Github Skills (36)
json10
git10
markov-chain10
python10
scripting10
mpi10
bash10
code-completion10
c1110
ipc10
dbus10
c1710
x1110
script10
i3-config10
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
greshake/i3status-rust
Nov 2017 - Jan 2023
Very resourcefriendly and feature-rich replacement for i3status, written in pure Rust
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:23 releases, 171 reviews, 1239 commits in 5 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Jason primarily contributed to enhancing the music playback block by adding customization options for the marquee interval and speed, allowing for smart trimming of artist and title names, and implementing features such as seeking through the current track using scroll events. The user also refactored parts of the music block code, added customizable separator for title/artist in the music block. Moreover, they added the ability to ignore certain music players.
rustfeature-richpure-rusti3statusreplacement
fish-shell/fish-shell
Sep 2018 - Apr 2022
The user-friendly command line shell.
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:7 reviews, 129 commits, 116 PRs in 3 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Jason primarily contributed to the fish-shell project by fixing typos, grammar errors, and improving code completion scripts. They modified shell completion files, specifically for commands like `mvn`, `git`, `bundle`, `mkdocs`, and `sfdx`, enhancing the user experience. The user also implemented Windows path support fixes and added new completions for commands such as `apt`, `lsusb`, `tar`, `wvdial`, `unrar`, `mutt`, and `configure`.
bashterminalfishcommand-lineshell
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