Jonathan Hall
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Fayetteville, Georgia, United States
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Top SchoolJonathan Hall is a seasoned Go-focused software engineer and fractional technical leader with 11+ years of experience building and rescuing production systems for startups and enterprises. He combines hands-on implementation, architectural guidance, and mentoring—delivering test-driven, reliability-first backends and helping teams scale without accruing technical debt. Jonathan has contributed to high-profile open-source projects including the Go standard library and the Labstack Echo web framework, and has improved tooling like GopherJS and documentation for CouchDB/PouchDB. His recent roles span principal engineering at Unity, interim VP of Engineering, and fractional work where he offers a subscription model for ongoing Go development and code stewardship. Based in Fayetteville, GA, he’s equally comfortable shipping critical fixes, conducting security/performance audits, or embedding as technical leadership to unblock teams.
12 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at Wichita State University
English, Spanish, Portuguese
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (56)
javascript10
container10
postgresql10
jquery10
testing10
http10
databases10
pouchdb10
go10
code-generation10
compiler-design10
web-framework10
error-handling10
documentation10
database10
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
apache/couchdb-documentation
Feb 2017 - Sep 2020
Apache CouchDB Documentation
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:31 reviews, 81 commits, 109 PRs in 3 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Jonathan primarily contributed to the CouchDB documentation repository, making numerous revisions and improvements. They focused on clarifying existing documentation, correcting grammatical errors and typos, and expanding on various API endpoints and configuration options. The user's work included updating references, adding examples, and restructuring content for improved clarity and accuracy within the documentation.
couchdberlangnetwork-clientcplusplusbig-data
gopherjs/gopherjs
Oct 2015 - Apr 2022
A compiler from Go to JavaScript for running Go code in a browser
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:14 releases, 240 reviews, 74 commits in 6 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Jonathan primarily contributed to the GopherJS compiler, focusing on enhancing its build process and code generation. They added functionality to include JavaScript files in build mode, refactored code for improved maintainability, and implemented changes to handle and find JavaScript files within the import process. The user also made changes to the test suite, updating how test binaries are compiled and ran. Their work aimed to improve the compilation process and overall functionality of the compiler.
compilergojavascriptgolang
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