Jonathan Westerfield
Independent Software Engineer (AI & ML Infrastructure Sabbatical)
Livingston, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJonathan Westerfield is an SDE II with nine years of hands-on experience building scalable backend systems and tooling, currently contributing to Annapurna Labs after multiple impactful roles at Amazon and AWS. He brings strong Java and Python expertise, practical experience with C++, C#, VB.NET, and Golang, and a track record of shipping cross-platform ad-tech and infrastructure features—like enabling video ads to compete with display and dramatically shortening pricing flow rollout timelines. Jonathan combines technical leadership with a people-first approach, often stepping up to optimize team processes, reduce operational friction, and drive projects from prototype to production. His background spans cloud services, embedded/tactical systems, and developer tooling, and he pairs system-level thinking with a focus on clear communication so technical benefits reach real users.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelors, Computer Engineering, Bachelors, Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University
Github Skills (5)
backend4
groupme3
discord-bot2
apache-kafka2
discord1
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
JonathanGWesterfield/ShiDB
Feb 2022 - Mar 2026
Contributions:24 pushes, 1 branch, 1 comment in 4 years 1 month
JonathanGWesterfield/TamuGradeAnalyzer-IntelliJIntegration
Mar 2017 - Dec 2018
Contributions:6 PRs, 157 pushes, 12 branches in 1 year 9 months
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