Jonathan Kaufman
Software Engineer at Figma
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolJonathan Kaufman is a seasoned software engineer with 11 years of experience building front-end and full-stack systems for design-forward products, currently contributing at Figma after a multi-year engineering and leadership tenure at Squarespace. He has led CMS and rich-text editing architecture, driven cross-team product-engineering collaborations, and repeatedly risen to top-contributor roles by turning prototypes and research into shipping features. Comfortable spanning embedded firmware to cloud services, his background includes conversational-agent APIs and developer advocacy at IBM where he built demos, led workshops globally, and promoted cloud-native patterns. A Cornell ECE graduate with a Udacity Machine Learning nanodegree, he blends strong technical breadth with polished communication—often translating complex UX problems into pragmatic engineering solutions.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
High School, High School at South Brunswick High SchoolMachine Learning Engineer Nanodegree, Computer Science, Machine Learning Engineer Nanodegree, Computer Science at UdacityBachelor's Degree, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Bachelor's Degree, Electrical and Computer Engineering at Cornell University
English
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Github Skills (104)
spotify-api10
microphone10
chat10
spotify10
fastify10
hubot10
robotics10
api10
shutdown10
authenticate10
fetch10
robot10
bubble-chart10
animation9
react-native-web9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
IBM-Cloud/SSComments
Jul 2015 - Aug 2015
Contributions:41 commits, 44 pushes, 1 branch in 22 days
IBM-Cloud/election-insights
Aug 2015 - Jun 2016
Contributions:90 commits, 108 pushes, 1 branch in 10 months
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