Jennifer Konikowski is a staff software developer with 12 years of experience building full-stack Ruby applications and leading engineering teams across startups and mid-sized companies. Currently at Kolide by 1Password, she has held senior technical roles at organizations including Splice, Stitch Fix, and Akamai, combining hands-on coding with team leadership and mentorship. A practical problem-solver, she contributes to open-source projects like rubyforgood/casa, fixing bugs and linting issues across both front-end JavaScript and back-end Ruby to improve volunteer management tools for nonprofits. Her background in industrial and systems engineering (Georgia Tech) and an MS in Software Engineering informs a systems-oriented approach to product and infrastructure decisions. Based in the Finger Lakes region, she’s also pursuing work that connects to her personal interests—anything involving trees or wineries—bringing both technical rigor and real-world curiosity to her next role.
12 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree Industrial and Systems Engineering, Bachelor’s Degree Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology
Master of Science - MS Software Engineering, Master of Science - MS Software Engineering at Penn State University
Certificate Computer Science, Certificate Computer Science at Boston University Metropolitan College
Volunteer management system for nonprofit CASA, which serves foster youth in counties across America.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Contributions:94 reviews, 73 commits, 71 PRs in 2 months
Contributions summary:Jennifer primarily focused on fixing linting issues and addressing bugs within the JavaScript and Ruby codebases. They made changes to both the front-end (JavaScript files related to case contacts, the dashboard, and reports) and the back-end (Ruby files related to models and controllers). Their contributions span across multiple areas of the application, including user interface adjustments and bug fixes within core application features.
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Jennifer Konikowski - Staff Software Developer at Kolide by 1Password