Summary
Jay Mcentire is a seasoned Network Software Engineer with 15 years at Utah State University building and scaling web applications and network tooling using Python, PostgreSQL, JavaScript, REST, and Celery/RabbitMQ. He has led programming teams and designed an in-house CMS that grew from a departmental tool to an enterprise platform serving hundreds of sites from a single server, reflecting a practical focus on performance and resource-efficient scaling. Comfortable across front-end UI, content management, and backend services, he blends hands-on coding with operational ownership of campus-wide systems. With an MS in Instructional Technology and deep institutional knowledge, he uniquely pairs technical skill with an understanding of academic workflows and user-centered web publishing.
15 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
MS, Instructional Technology, MS, Instructional Technology at Utah State University