Michael Jasper
Senior Software Engineer at Meta
Ogden, Utah, United States
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Top SchoolMichael Jasper is a Senior Software Engineer with 13 years of experience building and operating large-scale SaaS systems, currently developing privacy and experimental features for Reality Labs at Meta. He combines backend expertise in Node.js and Go with deep front-end knowledge (React, GraphQL) and infrastructure skills in Terraform and AWS, and has led migrations of 200M messages/day workloads to Kubernetes with zero downtime. A former engineering manager and adjunct computer science instructor with an MCS, he blends hands-on coding, architecture, and team mentorship. His open-source work includes backend file-storage integrations for the widely used Canvas LMS, reflecting a focus on robust data and attachment pipelines. Outside work he explores NLP, computer vision, WebGL and even sourdough baking—demonstrating a pragmatic curiosity that fuels both hobby projects and production systems.
12 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree, Computer Science, Master’s Degree, Computer Science at Utah State UniversityBachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science at Weber State University
Stackoverflow
8,000reputation
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119answers
18questions
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Github Skills (22)
ruby10
file-storage10
html10
api-design9
restful-api9
dropdown-menu9
javascript9
api-rest9
css9
google-maps9
react9
hyperlink9
rest-api9
postgresql7
asp-net6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
instructure/canvas-lms
Sep 2017 - Mar 2021
The open LMS by Instructure, Inc.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:38 commits, 6 comments, 2 issues in 3 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Michael primarily focused on integrating InstFS, a file storage service, within the Canvas LMS platform. Their contributions involved modifying attachment handling, including direct uploads and integration with features like e-portfolio exports and quiz statistics. Furthermore, the user enhanced the attachment API to include InstFS-specific UUIDs, demonstrating a focus on file management and storage solutions within the application. They also made changes to the user data export functionality.
open-lmsinstructurecanvas-lmslmsinc
mdjasper/settings
Jun 2016 - Nov 2021
Contributions:14 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 6 months
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