John Jago
Senior Software Engineer at Workiva
Rockville, Maryland, United States
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Top SchoolJohn Jago is a senior software engineer with a decade of engineering experience and seven years building web applications and leading teams. He combines hands-on expertise in JavaScript, TypeScript, PHP, Laravel, and Java with startup CTO experience—having co-founded PeachPay and led a ~10-engineer team that processed millions in merchant revenue and attracted investment from Automattic and a former Mastercard Europe president. Comfortable across the stack, John has modernized legacy systems (introducing approval testing), scaled high-traffic university sites with React and Laravel, and implemented CI/CD to streamline deployments. Now at Workiva, he brings product-focused engineering and a user-first mindset honed from both enterprise and startup environments. Outside typical engineering duties he’s produced writing and projects at johnjago.com, reflecting a curious, continuous-learning approach to software craft.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Software Engineering, Bachelor's degree Software Engineering at Iowa State University
English, Chinese
Github Skills (200)
programming-language10
windows10
metasearch10
kde-plasma10
php-library10
window-manager10
woocommerce-rest-api10
hybrid10
markdown10
javascript10
unicorns10
linux10
browser10
adblock10
doc10
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
johnjago/stripped-yt
Jul 2016 - Mar 2022
Disable autoplay, annotations, comments, and related videos on YouTube
Contributions:1 release, 72 commits, 2 PRs in 5 years 8 months
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johnjago/dotfiles
Aug 2018 - Nov 2022
Contributions:125 commits, 115 pushes, 3 branches in 4 years 4 months
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