Jensen Li
IT Software Engineer at Nelnet
West Hartford, Connecticut, United States
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Top SchoolJensen Li is an IT Software Engineer with a decade of hands-on experience and a B.S. in Computer Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, currently pursuing an M.S. in Information Technology with a concentration in Software Design and Engineering. Based in West Hartford, CT, he transitioned from an intern to a full-time engineer at Nelnet, where he applies full-stack skills to deliver production software. Jensen is an active open-source contributor to Submitty, improving both front-end (JavaScript, Twig) and back-end (PHP, database) functionality for an automated grading and homework submission platform used in education. He combines practical UI/UX fixes with deeper autograding and database work, showing a preference for projects that bridge student-facing features and backend reliability. Known for moving between layers of the stack, he brings a pragmatic, education-focused engineering mindset to software design and delivery.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Information Technology, Master of Science - MS, Information Technology at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Github Skills (11)
php10
javascript10
backend10
back-end-development10
auto-generate9
twig9
front-end-development9
forum8
autograd8
sql8
ed255197
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
Submitty/Submitty
Jan 2020 - Jan 2023
Homework Submission, Automated Grading, and TA grading system.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:79 reviews, 116 commits, 80 PRs in 3 years
Contributions summary:Jensen contributed to the Submitty platform by fixing bugs related to the user interface (UI), forum functionality, and autograding configurations. They were involved in implementing new features such as splitting forum posts and adding a message page before the gradeable. Their work included changes to the front-end (JavaScript, Twig templates) and back-end (PHP, database queries) of the system.
reactsubmittygrading-systemhomework-serverteaching-tools
YACS-RCOS/blog
Aug 2019 - Dec 2022
The Yacs Contributor Blog
Contributions:2 PRs in 3 years 4 months
contributorjekyllyacs
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