Jonathan Hendrickson
Embedded Software Engineer II at Amazon
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolJonathan Hendrickson is an Embedded Software Engineer with 8 years of experience designing microcontroller firmware, IoT devices, and satellite software, currently building retail embedded systems for Amazon's Just Walk Out program. He has shipped safety-critical, high-performance, and low-memory applications across embedded Linux, Rust, C++, FreeRTOS, and device SDKs, and has operational experience maintaining in-flight satellites on the Amazon Kuiper team. Comfortable across hardware and software, he contributes to build tooling, CI/CD, SDKs, and autonomous agent development, and has a track record of moving open-source embedded projects forward. Jonathan combines rigorous academic training (BS in Computer Science and Software Engineering, 3.77 GPA) with practical full-stack cloud experience from personal projects—such as a Jekyll/Node.js/AWS-powered web app—and teaching roles that sharpen communication and mentoring. Colocated in Seattle, he brings a blend of production-grade engineering, operational discipline, and a habit of making private, company-independent contributions visible through his personal GitHub.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Running Start / Programming Track, HIGH SCHOOL/SECONDARY DIPLOMAS AND CERTIFICATES, 3.90, Running Start / Programming Track, HIGH SCHOOL/SECONDARY DIPLOMAS AND CERTIFICATES, 3.90 at South Puget Sound Community CollegeBachelor's of Science, Computer Science and Software Engineering, 3.77, Bachelor's of Science, Computer Science and Software Engineering, 3.77 at University of Washington Bothell
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Github Skills (26)
bluetooth9
embedded8
hardware7
git-repository7
scalable6
iot6
asp-net6
rtos6
kendo-ui6
freertos6
bluetooth-le6
mcu6
microcontroller6
infiniband6
zephyr6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
AverageDragon/data-tamers
Apr 2019 - Jun 2019
Contributions:60 commits, 47 pushes in 1 month
averagewagon/microsite
Dec 2024 - Mar 2025
Contributions:142 pushes, 13 branches in 2 months
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