Jon Schectman
Senior Software Engineer at Greenlight
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJon Schectman is a Senior Software Engineer with a decade of experience building user-focused web applications, currently at Greenlight after recent senior roles at Grubhub and Scratchpad. He specializes in React and TypeScript front-end development, with a strong track record of designing scalable, high-performance components for menu/checkout flows and subscription experiences. Jon is an active contributor to Microsoft’s Fluent UI—improving accessibility and robustness across widely used UI components—which underscores his attention to inclusive, production-ready interfaces. His background includes full-stack testing and automation work at UnitedHealth and early-career SQL-heavy support, giving him a practical appreciation for reliability and data-driven debugging. Based in New York, he blends product-minded engineering with cross-team collaboration to ship delightful user experiences.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Psychology, Bachelor's degree Psychology at University of Washington
English
Github Skills (9)
accessibility10
acessibility10
typescript10
typescripts10
react10
typescript-types10
ui-components10
accessibilityservice10
css9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/fluentui
Apr 2016 - Apr 2021
Fluent UI web represents a collection of utilities, React components, and web components for building web applications.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:126 reviews, 270 commits, 648 PRs in 5 years
Contributions summary:Jon's commits primarily focus on the development and maintenance of UI components within the `microsoft/fluentui` repository. The user addressed bug fixes related to the ContextualMenu, PeoplePicker, and DatePicker components. They also worked on a variety of improvements and enhancements, including adding aria-labels and implementing accessibility best practices to the UI components, showing a strong understanding of the repository and its goals of improving user experience.
web-componentsreact-component-libraryreact-componentsmicrosoftui-components
joschect/office-ui-fabric-react
Aug 2016 - Apr 2021
React components for building experiences for Office and Office 365.
Contributions:979 pushes, 344 branches in 4 years 9 months
reactoffice-365experiencesreact-componentsfor-office
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