Jon Rodness
Software Engineering Manager at BuildOps
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolJon Rodness is a people-first software engineering manager with 11 years of experience building and scaling full-stack web and mobile platforms for enterprise SaaS and e-commerce. He has led cross-functional teams from hands-on delivery to enterprise launches—most recently driving significant latency and reliability gains for biomedical and drug-target products—while instituting release controls and knowledge-sharing programs that reduced operational friction. With a background in life and biomedical sciences and published research, Jon uniquely translates complex scientific concepts into practical product and data models that accelerate feature adoption. He excels at aligning engineering, product, and infrastructure stakeholders to hit OKRs and reduce cross-team risks, and is known for breaking complex problems into manageable “bite-sized” work that boosts velocity and maintainability. Based in Toronto, he combines technical depth with a coaching mindset to cultivate high-performing, collaborative engineering cultures.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Computer Science (BCS) Computer Science, Bachelor of Computer Science (BCS) Computer Science at The University of British ColumbiaBachelor of Science (BSc) Biology/Biological Sciences General, Bachelor of Science (BSc) Biology/Biological Sciences General at York University
English
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Github Skills (7)
passportjs9
nodejs9
synthetic4
synthetic-biology3
biology3
ecommerce2
javascript2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
jonrodness/cpsc304Project
Mar 2015 - Jan 2017
Contributions:56 commits, 34 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 10 months
jonrodness/the-early-bird
May 2015 - Feb 2023
Contributions:24 pushes, 1 branch in 7 years 10 months
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