Jeremy Wood
Principal Engineer at Open Source Software Development
North Carolina, United States
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Top SchoolJeremy Wood is a Principal Engineer with 15 years of hands-on software experience, currently leading architecture and delivery at 7Factor Software from North Carolina. He brings deep Java back-end expertise, honed through long-running contributions to notable open-source Minecraft tooling like Multiverse-Core and integrations for the Aikar Commands framework, where he improved permissions, command routing, and JDA support. Comfortable across the stack, Jeremy has a track record of building maintainable systems—from enterprise features and automation scripts in healthcare to game-mod mechanics and server tooling—and he repeatedly focuses on robustness, logging, and I/O correctness. He pairs technical leadership with practical operational insight born from roles managing billing/IT and freelance consulting, and he keeps shipping widely used community software while mentoring teams and driving platform reliability.
15 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Game and Interactive Media Design, Game and Interactive Media Design at Collins CollegeHigh School High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates, High School High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates at Asheville High SchoolBachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science at University of North Carolina AshevilleAssociate's Degree, Associate's Degree at Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College
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Github Skills (18)
minecraft10
commandbar10
debug10
bukkit10
spigot10
plugin-development10
permission10
plug10
cli-framework10
java10
plugin10
javas10
mc-server10
command-line10
server10
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
Multiverse/Multiverse-Core
Dec 2011 - Sep 2021
The original Bukkit Multi-World Plugin!
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:8 releases, 240 reviews, 400 commits in 9 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Jeremy focused on enhancing the core functionality of the Bukkit-based multiverse-core plugin by adding and improving game mode and flight control. They added the capability to bypass game mode restrictions based on world settings and permissions. They also improved logging, closed input/output streams, and fixed issues such as the incorrect scale on world creation and issues related to portal handling. This indicates a strong focus on improving the internal workings and functionality of the plugin.
minecraftworld-pluginbukkit-pluginmultiversebukkit
aikar/commands
Jan 2018 - Mar 2019
Java Command Dispatch Framework - (Bukkit, Spigot, Paper, Sponge, Bungee, JDA, Velocity supported, generically usable anywhere)
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:6 commits, 7 PRs, 7 comments in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Jeremy primarily contributed to the JDA (Java Discord API) integration within the Aikar Commands framework. They implemented features such as an "owneronly" condition to restrict command usage, added channel-specific conditions, and improved command prefix handling. Furthermore, the user addressed issues related to command registration and bot owner initialization.
spigotvelocityjava-command-frameworkacfbungee
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