Summary
Jasper Lin is a self-taught software engineer with eight years of experience specializing in backend Ruby on Rails development, API design, and production systems maintenance. Based in Tucson, he combines a strong pattern-recognition ability and skeptical research mindset with a background in 3D animation and production art, which gives him a unique edge in problem solving and product-focused engineering. He has modernized legacy Rails applications, led migrations (Unicorn to Puma), implemented API documentation and security checks, and built cross-platform messaging and chatbot features for nonprofit and commercial projects. A natural teacher and team cheerleader, Jasper also brings curriculum design and instructing experience to mentoring and process-driven development. He is comfortable diving deep into data traces and legacy code, quickly learning new tools to deliver pragmatic, well-documented solutions.
8 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Fine Arts - MFA, 3D Animation, Master of Fine Arts - MFA, 3D Animation at Academy of Art University
Bachelor of Arts Education, Fine Arts, Bachelor of Arts Education, Fine Arts at National Taipei University of Education
Chinese, English, Mandarin