Joel Jackson
Senior Java Developer at Florida Power & Light
West Palm Beach, Florida, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJoel Jackson is a Senior Java Developer with 14 years of experience building full-stack enterprise applications, currently leading backend efforts at Florida Power & Light after roles at Delta Air Lines and Cognizant. He combines strong Java/Hibernate/JDBC expertise with front-end skills in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, AngularJS and modern CI tooling like Git, Maven/Gradle, Bitbucket and JIRA. Comfortable across multiple databases and migration projects, he has guided teams through a transition from Waterfall to Agile practices. OCJP certified, he favors pragmatic, testable solutions and has contributed to open-source security tooling by improving HMAC authentication behavior for REST clients and Rack apps. Based in West Palm Beach, he pairs an MBA in MIS with an ECE background, blending technical depth with business-minded delivery. Colleagues describe him as a reliable engineer who says “feed me some code” because he thrives when solving hands-on integration and interoperability challenges.
14 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Business Administration - MBA Management Information Systems and Services, Master of Business Administration - MBA Management Information Systems and Services at Bharathiar UniversityBachelor of Technology - BTech Electrical Electronics and Communications Engineering, Bachelor of Technology - BTech Electrical Electronics and Communications Engineering at Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences
Github Skills (12)
rails10
api10
hmac10
apidoc10
ruby-on-rails10
ruby10
api-design9
rack9
hmac-authentication9
restful-api9
rest-api9
api-rest9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
mgomes/api_auth
Jan 2014 - Jan 2014
HMAC authentication for Rails and HTTP Clients
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:6 commits in 8 days
Contributions summary:Joel focused on improving the `api_auth` library's functionality and reliability, particularly concerning REST clients and Rack applications. They addressed issues related to content MD5 calculations and the handling of request payloads, ensuring non-destructive behavior and correct header processing. Additionally, the user made adjustments to handle both HTTP and HTTPS requests correctly, and refactored code to avoid dependencies on ActiveSupport.
hmac-sha512ruby-on-railshmac-signaturehmac-authenticationhmac-md5
joeljackson/whereisjoel
Jan 2019 - Aug 2022
Contributions:30 PRs, 60 pushes, 40 branches in 3 years 7 months
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