Summary
Jonathan Tamsut is a Senior Software Engineer based in Los Angeles with 11 years of experience building reliable systems across backend, full-stack, and infrastructure domains. He has shipped production services at GitHub (working on Actions and MySQL infrastructure in Go) and now contributes to aerospace-focused software at Relativity Space. Jonathan’s background spans Go, Ruby on Rails, Node.js, and React, and he’s delivered both marketplace products and developer tooling for high-scale environments. Before industry roles he taught immersive web development, bringing a pragmatic pedagogy to mentoring and code quality. He holds a chemistry BA from Reed College and is completing an MS in Computer Science at Georgia Tech, blending scientific curiosity with rigorous engineering. Colleagues describe him as a practical problem-solver who enjoys turning complex backend challenges into useful, user-facing systems.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science Computer Science, Master of Science Computer Science at Georgia Institute of Technology
Bachelor’s Degree Chemistry, Bachelor’s Degree Chemistry at Reed College
English