Jason Won is a generalist software engineer and tech lead with 11 years of experience building developer tools, build systems, and scalable infrastructure across companies like Meta, Dropbox, and YouTube. He currently focuses on designing and scaling remote execution systems and has driven faster local and CI/CD builds as a lead on Dropbox’s Build Toolchains and Developer Tools teams. Equally comfortable in front-end and back-end work, he has contributed to browser-based live coding tooling by improving HTML parsing, validation, and editor warning systems. Based in Sunnyvale and educated at UC Berkeley in EECS, Jason blends hands-on engineering with team leadership and mentorship. A practical problem-solver, he pairs deep systems experience with an attention to developer feedback loops that measurably improve build and editor ergonomics.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at University of California, Berkeley
Contributions:19 commits, 5 PRs, 27 comments in 25 days
Contributions summary:Jason primarily contributed to the front-end aspects of the live-editor repository. Their work focused on enhancing the HTML parsing and validation capabilities, specifically by adding checks for invalid URLs and missing or incorrect DOCTYPE declarations. They also implemented and tested a new warning system for the editor, improving the user's feedback and error handling. These changes were accompanied by updates to the testing suite.
Contributions:222 commits, 97 PRs, 144 pushes in 3 months
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