Jason Smathers
Sr. Software Engineering Manager at Jack Henry
Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJason Smathers is a senior software engineering manager with 18 years of experience who blends deep systems and backend expertise with strong leadership and cross-functional communication. Currently leading engineering at Jack Henry, he has a track record of shipping low-level networking and platform work—contributing to prominent open-source projects around WireGuard, Go runtime/sys, and systemd—demonstrating comfort with kernel, crypto, and cross-platform interoperability. He moves between hands-on coding (Go, C, system tooling) and people management, mentoring teams, removing roadblocks, and driving data and DevOps initiatives at enterprise scale. His background also includes building data pipelines and automations in healthcare and retail environments and running volunteer and pastoral leadership roles, which inform a pragmatic, service-oriented management style. Notably, his open-source contributions touch critical infrastructure—VPNs, kernel fuzzing, and OS random-seed handling—indicating a rare combination of production engineering and security-conscious systems thinking.
18 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Divinity, Master's degree Divinity at Golden Gate Baptist Theological SeminaryBachelor of Science - BS Information Systems, Bachelor of Science - BS Information Systems at Strayer University
Github Skills (104)
wp-api10
testing10
windows10
command-line-interface10
winapi10
c1110
wireguard10
security10
c1710
system10
network-protocol10
boot10
arm10
embedded10
systemd10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
anht3889/android_kernel_lge_sm8150
Feb 2018 - Jun 2022
Contributions:122 commits in 4 years 5 months
periodic1236/WireGuard
Jun 2015 - Dec 2019
Contributions:1384 commits in 4 years 7 months
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