Jonathan Van Buren
Staff Engineer at Healthengine
Western Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolJonathan Van Buren is a Staff Engineer based in Western Australia with a decade of experience building web applications and leading engineering efforts across startups and consultancies. He blends a Computer Science and Philosophy background from the University of Western Australia with practical senior roles at Blinkist, Power Ledger, Telstra Purple and ThoughtWorks, where he worked on projects including preserving First Nations languages. Known for creative problem-solving honed by a lifelong interest in gaming, Jon pairs technical depth in web engineering with a thoughtful focus on the societal and ethical implications of technology—privacy, free internet and censorship. His career spans hands-on delivery, consulting and founding a games studio, giving him an unusual mix of product intuition, client-facing experience and long-term technical stewardship.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science and Philosphy, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science and Philosphy at The University of Western AustraliaHale School
English
Github Skills (107)
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Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
Laserphile/JS-Telecortex-2
Dec 2018 - Jun 2019
A NodeJS server for controlling APA102/SK9822 LED strips over OPC
Contributions:3 releases, 146 pushes, 2 branches in 5 months
led-stripsstripsapa102node-redled
vanbujm/react-boilerplate
Mar 2018 - Apr 2018
Contributions:84 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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