Jessica Smith
Owner at Black Sage Solutions
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolJessica Smith is a versatile full-stack software developer and owner with 11 years of experience building web, mobile, and DevOps solutions from Victoria, BC. She has led end-to-end projects—ranging from mobile payment integrations and field service apps to data portals and map-driven reports—often shipping both frontend improvements and backend integrations. A hands-on practitioner comfortable with Python, Vue.js, React Native, AWS serverless, and PostgreSQL, she also navigated infrastructure migrations like Atlassian Data Center to Cloud. Jessica contributes to open-source work on prominent projects such as CKAN, improving file upload UX and map visualizations for public data portals. She pairs disciplined QA and documentation practices with pragmatic iteration, and brings an operator’s mindset from running her own consultancy. Outside of work she’s an advocate for balance and brings the same team-oriented energy to hobbies like hockey.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Systems Technology, Computer Software Engineering, Computer Systems Technology, Computer Software Engineering at Camosun College
English
Github Skills (11)
css10
ckan10
javascript10
front-end-development10
api9
data-visualization8
data-visualisation8
open-data8
html8
data-visualizations8
python7
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
ckan/ckan
May 2016 - Apr 2017
CKAN is an open-source DMS (data management system) for powering data hubs and data portals. CKAN makes it easy to publish, share and use data. It powers catalog.data.gov, open.canada.ca/data, data.humdata.org among many other sites.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:57 commits, 10 PRs, 35 comments in 10 months
Contributions summary:Jessica primarily focused on enhancing the user experience for file uploads within the CKAN data portal. They modified the front-end JavaScript and CSS code to improve the labeling and presentation of data uploads, including the handling of file names and URLs. Additionally, the user refactored the map view configuration for the reclineview extension, shifting configuration logic and updating the base map tiles. The changes demonstrate a clear focus on improving the user interface and data visualization within the CKAN platform.
portalspythondatadata-catalogdbpedia
jared-n-sams-fun-playhouses/tetris-attack-pt
Sep 2016 - Oct 2020
proto
Contributions:7 reviews, 1 PR, 7 pushes in 4 years 1 month
golangprotoprotobuf
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