Jenny Owen
Developer, Quality Team at Neo4j
Aberystwyth, Wales, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolJenny Owen is a developer on Neo4j's Quality Team with eight years of experience building reliable packaging, distribution and test automation for Linux and container platforms. She maintains Neo4j’s official Docker images and contributes to core repository work—managing POM/release tasks, configuration migrators, and Java tests—bringing a pragmatic blend of backend engineering and DevOps. Her background includes automated security and multi-platform testing at Neo4j and prior quality and support roles at The MathWorks, where she built test infrastructure for parallel and cloud MATLAB features. Comfortable across embedded C++ research projects and large-scale product teams, she combines deep technical rigor with a knack for operational hardening and reproducible releases.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree, Electronic Engineering with Music Technology Systems, 2:1, Master’s Degree, Electronic Engineering with Music Technology Systems, 2:1 at University of York
English, German, Swedish
Github Skills (24)
dependency-management10
docker10
user-permissions10
scripting10
permission10
databases10
bash10
dockers10
java10
neo4j10
graphdb10
javas10
script10
filepermissions10
sh10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
neo4j/docker-neo4j
Dec 2018 - Jan 2023
Docker Images for the Neo4j Graph Database
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & DevOps Engineer
Back-end Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:68 reviews, 354 commits, 295 PRs in 4 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Jenny's contributions primarily revolved around improving the functionality and maintainability of the Docker images for the Neo4j graph database. They addressed issues with file permissions, specifically related to the /data and /logs directories within the container. Furthermore, the user modified the entrypoint scripts to handle various scenarios, including setting user privileges, setting the default password, and adjusting license-related checks. They also improved the container's configuration by adding support for setting values using environment variables.
neo4j-graphdockerneo4j-graph-databasedatabasedocker-images
neo4j/neo4j
Apr 2018 - Nov 2022
Graphs for Everyone
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:48 commits, 5 PRs, 4 pushes in 4 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Jenny primarily contributed to the `neo4j/neo4j` repository by updating various POM (Project Object Model) files, indicating work related to dependency management and release processes within the project. Their work also includes modifying Java code, as evidenced by changes in files like `Neo4jPackV1.java` and `BoltStateMachineTest.java`, suggesting involvement in the core functionality or testing of the Neo4j graph database. Additionally, the user updated the `2.x-config-migrator.jar` file, which shows some responsibility for managing or upgrading the configuration of older versions of Neo4j.
neo4j-databasedirected-acyclic-graphnosqlgraphsdatabase
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