Jon Lauters
Senior Software Engineer at HealthStream
Des Moines, Iowa, United States
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Top SchoolJon Lauters is a Senior Software Engineer with 12 years of experience building lightweight, configurable web solutions using PHP, Python, and JavaScript. Based in Des Moines, he specializes in simplifying complex systems—favoring small, reusable components and pragmatic refactors that reduce maintenance overhead. His recent work at HealthStream and prior role developing the ePANDDA API at Florida State University showcase experience integrating disparate data sources into linked data and knowledge graphs for research use. Jon has a strong background in WordPress and CMS migrations, semantic markup (RDF/Schema.org), and performance-driven front-end work from projects across universities, startups, and healthcare. He combines academic discipline from a BA in Computer Science with hands-on contract work that spans API design, responsive builds, and CRM/CMS integrations. Outside core engineering, he brings a knack for translating domain-specific data needs into practical web architectures that improve reuse and discoverability.
12 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (BA) Computer Science, Bachelor of Arts (BA) Computer Science at University of Iowa
English
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Github Skills (16)
api8
easy-php8
php-library7
php7
e-mail6
htaccess6
html6
css6
fat-free-framework6
codeigniter6
database-design6
mysql6
nodejs4
collections2
javascript1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
jlauters/trucking_schedule
Oct 2013 - Jul 2014
Contributions:32 commits in 8 months
ePandda/api
Jun 2016 - Jan 2017
Contributions:43 commits, 26 pushes, 1 branch in 6 months
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