Summary
John Jessee is a Senior Software Engineer based in Portland, Oregon, with seven years of focused professional experience and a longer history consulting for regional and national clients including Microsoft and Intel. He excels at full-stack web application development across a wide technology footprint—C#, PHP, JavaScript, Ruby, Java, and both relational and ORM data layers—plus deep hands-on experience with ASP.NET, Rails, Node.js, Drupal, and Adobe Commerce. John pairs front-end craftsmanship (HTML/CSS, SASS/LESS, complex UI behaviors) with robust back-end integrations such as REST/SOAP services, SAML security, and Active Directory/LDAP. He has repeatedly taken senior engineering and technical leadership roles at agencies and product teams, most recently at LaCrosse Footwear and previously as Director of Technology at OakTree Digital. Comfortable in both consulting and staff settings, he brings a pragmatic knack for translating complex requirements into maintainable systems and custom SharePoint components. His unconventional background in English Literature informs clear technical communication and documentation alongside his coding and architecture skills.
7 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), English Literature, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), English Literature at Humboldt State University