Summary
Jason Owens is a pragmatic software engineer with 11 years of experience building resilient backend systems for financial services, spanning crypto custody, trading, and traditional banking. He specializes in Go, C++, Java, Postgres and cloud-native deployments (Kubernetes, AWS/GCP), and has repeatedly delivered automated ledger and transaction-processing pipelines for securities, options, and tax reporting. His background includes production work at American Express and Microsoft and hands-on crypto infrastructure at Apex, Bakkt, and Alpaca, where he focused on distributed services, serialization, and performance tuning. Currently pursuing a master's in Cybersecurity Management, he blends strong systems engineering with an increasing focus on secure design and auditability. Based in Milwaukee, he pairs deep algorithmic and Unix experience with database and devops pragmatism, and maintains active coding practice on HackerRank and LeetCode.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Cybersecurity Management, Master's degree Cybersecurity Management at Nova Southeastern University
Bachelor's Degree Computer Science Mathematics, Bachelor's Degree Computer Science Mathematics at University of Florida
Spanish, Italian