Jason Sigal
Staff Engineer at Spotify
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJason Sigal is a Staff Engineer at Spotify with 12 years of software engineering experience building accessible, creative web experiences and audio tooling. He combines front-end polish and full-stack rigor—contributing to high-profile open-source projects like p5.js and Tone.js where he improved audio playback, debugging workflows, accessibility, and added tests and documentation. At Spotify he progressed from Software Engineer to Staff Engineer, bringing product-focused engineering to large-scale music technology. His background spans academia and creative labs (NYU, ITP, Music Experience Design Lab), reflecting a blend of engineering, teaching, and creative coding. Jason’s work often sits at the intersection of sound and web tech, evidenced by contributions that improved audio preload, transport, and editor UX for artists and educators. Based in New York, he pairs production-grade engineering with a maker’s curiosity and a history of shipping tools for creative communities.
13 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
BA, BA at Brown UniversityMPS, MPS at New York University
Github Skills (17)
javascript10
lib10
audio-processing10
audio10
scheduling10
web-audio-api10
front-end-development10
html10
web-development10
react10
synthesis9
css9
sample-size9
sample-data9
sample-rate9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
processing/p5.js
Feb 2014 - May 2021
p5.js is a client-side JS platform that empowers artists, designers, students, and anyone to learn to code and express themselves creatively on the web. It is based on the core principles of Processing. Looking for p5.js 2.0? http://beta.p5js.org
Role in this project:
Software Engineer
Software EngineerContributions:1 release, 3 reviews, 258 commits in 7 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Jason contributed to the p5.js library by fixing bugs and improving functionality related to audio features, particularly the loadStrings(), loadJSON(), and the management of sound file playback. They incorporated code and approaches from external resources to improve audio preload and performance. Their work primarily involved JavaScript and modifying core library files to enhance the user experience with the library.
jsp5jsjavascriptgraphicsart
processing/p5.js-web-editor
Jul 2016 - Jul 2016
The p5.js Editor is a website for creating p5.js sketches, with a focus on making coding accessible and inclusive for artists, designers, educators, beginners, and anyone else! You can create, share, or remix p5.js sketches without needing to download or configure anything.
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:10 commits, 1 PR, 6 comments in 10 days
Contributions summary:Jason primarily focused on enhancing the functionality and user experience of the p5.js web editor. Their contributions included implementing a console component to display messages from the preview frame, allowing for better debugging. They also worked on integrating local files (HTML, CSS, and JavaScript) into the preview, and improved the rendering process of the sketch. Moreover, the user refined the preferences menu, added accessibility features and fixed the sketch clearing process.
p5js
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