Jason Pollentier
Software at Revelry Labs
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
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Top SchoolJason Pollentier is a seasoned software engineer with 14 years of experience building mission-critical web applications and a decade-plus of hands-on work across development, operations, product design, and customer service. Based in New Orleans, he has co-founded and led technical architecture at a small company, owned backend responsibilities, and worn many hats—from bookkeeping to customer-facing support—giving him strong product empathy. At Revelry Labs he continues to deliver full-stack solutions on small teams, favoring pragmatic, maintainable systems. His open-source contributions include backend work on Elixir’s Credo static analysis tool, where he added custom configuration loading and tests, reflecting a focus on developer ergonomics and code quality. Early roles span QA-driven automation and building integrated web systems for community sports leagues, showing a knack for turning grassroots needs into reliable digital services. He holds a BA in Mathematics from Carleton College and brings a blend of analytical rigor and operational pragmatism to engineering problems.
13 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Mathematics, Bachelor’s Degree, Mathematics at Carleton CollegeIllinois Mathematics and Science Academy
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Github Skills (20)
static-analysis10
elixir10
php10
code-analysis10
linter10
mysql9
testing9
html-table9
html9
command-line-interface8
command-line8
configuration-management8
git-clone6
font-size6
css6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
rrrene/credo
Jan 2018 - Jul 2018
A static code analysis tool for the Elixir language with a focus on code consistency and teaching.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:7 commits, 2 PRs, 8 comments in 5 months
Contributions summary:Jason primarily contributed to the codebase by implementing features related to configuration and code analysis. They added a command-line switch to load custom configuration files, which involved modifying existing modules and creating new methods for reading and merging configuration settings. Additionally, the user refactored the code, renaming options and fixing formatting issues. Finally, they added a test to validate the loading of custom configuration files, improving the reliability of the tool.
linterteachingelixirstatic-code-analysiselixir-language
grossvogel/websocket-gui
Oct 2013 - Nov 2015
Contributions:9 commits, 1 push in 2 years 1 month
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