Jason Paulos
Senior Software Engineer at microsoft
Cambridge, Massachusetts United States
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Top SchoolJason Paulos is a Senior Software Engineer with 12 years of experience, based in Cambridge, MA, currently at Microsoft and grounded in MIT computer science (BS, MEng). He specializes in backend systems and blockchain tooling, contributing significant fixes and feature work across Algorand's Python, JavaScript, and Go SDKs and node implementation. His contributions include adding indexer client features, AVM 1.0 support, ABI improvements, and pragmatic bug fixes that improved SDK interoperability and CLI tooling like goal and tealdbg. Comfortable across Python, JavaScript, and Go, he focuses on reliable APIs, message-pack handling, and transaction confirmation semantics. Known for digging into protocol-edge cases, he blends production-grade engineering with open-source stewardship on a widely used blockchain stack.
12 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Spanish, English
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Github Skills (25)
javascript10
python10
apidoc10
command-line-interface10
algorand10
go10
api10
sdk10
blockchain10
command-line10
cli10
debugging9
typescript9
typescript-types9
typescripts9
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
algorand/js-algorand-sdk
Sep 2020 - Jan 2023
The official JavaScript SDK for Algorand.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 release, 452 reviews, 65 commits in 2 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Jason primarily focused on fixing issues with the JavaScript SDK for Algorand, especially in handling message pack responses. The user corrected errors related to endpoints, and the use of byteLength. Additionally, the user made adjustments to the ABI interaction support. These changes were instrumental in improving the SDK's functionality.
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algorand/py-algorand-sdk
Nov 2020 - Dec 2021
Algorand Python SDK
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:206 reviews, 8 commits, 61 PRs in 1 year
Contributions summary:Jason primarily contributed to the Algorand Python SDK, focusing on enhancing the indexer client functionality. Their work included adding support for new features, endpoints, and parameters related to searching accounts, assets, and applications. Furthermore, the user implemented the AVM 1.0 support with various updates and additions. They also fixed the `wait_for_confirmation` function in `algosdk/future/transaction.py`.
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