Jon Wood
Lead Software Engineer at MapQuest
Newquay, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolJon Wood is a Lead Software Engineer with a decade of hands-on experience delivering full-stack JavaScript solutions, currently leading engineering at MapQuest. He specializes in front-end development with Vue.js and has a strong track record modernizing legacy apps into performant, accessible PWAs for clients across finance, media, automotive, and privacy-focused AI. Jon combines product-focused engineering—reducing load times and improving SEO and accessibility—with team leadership and cross-border collaboration across remote teams. He writes technical articles, contributes to open source, and champions front-end best practices and rebranding efforts that align design and engineering. Based in Newquay, England, Jon pairs practical system-building (Node, GraphQL, MongoDB) with an ongoing curiosity in AI interfaces and meditation-informed focus techniques that improve remote team coordination.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Meditation and Vedant Philosophy, Meditation and Vedant Philosophy at International Meditation InstituteNanodegree, Front-End Web Developer, Graduated, Nanodegree, Front-End Web Developer, Graduated at UdacityHigh School, 9 GCSE grades: A-A* ---- A level: Art and Computing, High School, 9 GCSE grades: A-A* ---- A level: Art and Computing at St James Senior Boys' SchoolFull Stack Web Development, Computer Software Engineering, Full Stack Web Development, Computer Software Engineering at freeCodeCampBachelor of Science (BSc), Psychology, First Year, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Psychology, First Year at Goldsmiths, University of LondonFull Stack JavaScript Track, Computer Software Engineering, Completed, Full Stack JavaScript Track, Computer Software Engineering, Completed at Treehouse
English, Hindi, French
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (79)
security10
javascript10
front-end-development10
compiler10
gatsby10
static-site-generator10
vue10
gatsbyjs10
graphql10
syntax-highlighting10
react10
markdown9
gulp9
html9
ui-components9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
Bamblehorse/Carousel
Sep 2016 - Nov 2016
Contributions:81 pushes, 9 branches, 1 tag in 2 months
Bamblehorse/MEAN-list
Nov 2016 - Jul 2018
Contributions:40 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 8 months
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