Jesse Kawell
Director Of Software Engineering at ICF
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
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Top SchoolJesse Kawell is a Director of Software Engineering with 11 years of hands-on experience building full-stack systems, currently leading teams at ICF on mission-critical healthcare solutions for CMS. He combines deep practical knowledge of Node.js (JavaScript/TypeScript), .NET, databases, and mobile platforms with a track record of architecting and delivering end-to-end data pipelines and CI-driven product migrations. A practiced tech lead and decision maker, Jesse moves between coding and strategy—spearheading architecture, coordinating with product stakeholders, and mentoring teams to ship reliable systems. His background in research engineering and academic projects (including simulated neural networks and multi-robot AI) reveals an unusual blend of curiosity about low-level systems and applied public-sector software. Bilingual in English and proficient Spanish, he balances professional focus with community-minded work on direct democracy code and the realities of parenting littles.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science Computer Science, Bachelor of Science Computer Science at Samford UniversityMaster of Science (MS) Computer Science, Master of Science (MS) Computer Science at The University of Alabama
English, Spanish
Github Skills (56)
visual-studio-code10
electron10
microsoft10
typescript10
editor10
csv10
xlsxwriter9
exceljs9
worksheet9
rgb8
angular8
cli8
voting8
excel8
xlsx8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
jakawell/govern
Jul 2020 - Jul 2021
Monorepo for the Govern democracy tool set.
Contributions:1 review, 35 commits, 6 PRs in 1 year
monorepodemocracyvoting
jakawell/dpsplus
Feb 2018 - Nov 2019
A progressive web app for deeper analysis of Pokémon moves in Pokémon GO.
Contributions:4 reviews, 115 commits, 28 PRs in 1 year 9 months
go
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