Josh Jones
AI Programs Specialist (US) at Sustainable Living Lab (SL2) Group
United States
Summary
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Senior🎓
Top SchoolJosh Jones is an AI Programs Specialist and protocol engineer with 11 years of cross-industry experience spanning chemical process engineering, reliability modeling, and distributed systems development. He transitioned from hands-on process control roles at Chevron Phillips and ConocoPhillips into software and blockchain engineering, contributing backend Rust work to notable open-source projects like ChainSafe's Forest Filecoin node—improving logging, error handling, supply calculations, and adding property tests for core data structures. With an MS in Computer Science from Arizona State and a BS in Chemical Engineering from UT Austin, he blends rigorous engineering discipline with practical software craftsmanship. He also spent time teaching English as a freelancer, demonstrating adaptability and communication skills that complement his technical depth.
11 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Computer Science, Master of Science - MS Computer Science at Arizona State UniversityBachelor of Science - BS Chemical Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS Chemical Engineering at The University of Texas at AustinAssociate of Arts German Language, Associate of Arts German Language at Austin Community College
English, French, German, Portuguese, Thai
Github Skills (11)
filecoin10
rust10
blockchain10
testing9
error-handling9
ip8
json-serialization8
data-structure7
data-structures7
algorithm7
algorithms7
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
ChainSafe/forest
Apr 2022 - Jan 2023
🌲 Rust Filecoin Node Implementation
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 release, 212 reviews, 62 commits in 9 months
Contributions summary:Josh primarily contributed to the `chainsafe/forest` repository, a Rust implementation of a Filecoin node. Their work included improvements to logging configurations, modifications to circulating supply calculations within the blockchain state management, and the replacement of `Box<dyn Error>` with `anyhow::Error` for better error handling. Additionally, they implemented property tests for various data structures related to the Filecoin ecosystem, such as SignedMessage, Cid, BigInt, Address, and PoStProof.
filecoinrustp2pblockchain
jdjaustin/dungeoncrawlECS
Dec 2021 - Dec 2021
Contributions:14 pushes, 4 branches in 12 days
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