Jayd Lawrence
Principal Software Developer at Autodesk
Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
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Top SchoolJayd Lawrence is a Staff Software Engineer with a decade of experience designing modern web architectures and shipping full-stack solutions across startups and established companies. Based in McKinney, Texas, he has led engineering efforts at Quest Global Research and previously built reusable component libraries, microservices, and CMS applications using React, GraphQL, Node.js, Java and SQL. Jayd combines hands-on implementation with technical leadership—moving from individual contributor roles to lead and staff positions while mentoring teams and stewarding architecture. Outside work he identifies as a coder, maker, gamer, Christian, family man and farmer, reflecting a practical, hands-on curiosity that informs his approach to problem solving. His background in chemistry gives him a methodical, experimental mindset that complements his engineering craft.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
BSc Honours Organic Chemistry, BSc Honours Organic Chemistry at University of KwaZulu-Natal
English, Afrikaans
Stackoverflow
920reputation
203kreached
18answers
14questions
Github Skills (114)
testing10
webpack10
aws-ecs10
javascript9
angular9
html9
storybook9
aws-copilot9
aws-fargate9
react-native9
web-components9
vite9
react9
aws-apprunner9
typescript9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
jaydlawrence/sleep-timer-ui
Sep 2020 - May 2021
Contributions:15 commits, 12 pushes, 2 branches in 8 months
jaydlawrence/stock-checker
Oct 2020 - Feb 2021
Contributions:15 commits, 2 PRs, 18 pushes in 4 months
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