Nathan Jones
Principal Engineer at Envato
Perth, Western Australia
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Top SchoolNathan Jones is a Principal Engineer based in Perth with 14 years of experience crafting full-stack web and backend systems, currently driving engineering and product quality at Envato. Technically agnostic and polyglot, he ships polished user experiences and robust APIs using Ruby/Rails, Elixir, modern JavaScript frameworks and cloud tooling, and has contributed to the GoCD project by improving SVN integration. He combines hands-on development with team-building and process design, favoring remote-first, asynchronous workflows that preserve work/life balance while boosting productivity. A fast learner who cares about aesthetics as much as correctness, he mentors teams to be challenged and supported, and often takes product ownership to ensure work delivers real value.
14 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Ocean Reef Senior High SchoolBEng, Software Engineering, BEng, Software Engineering at Curtin University
English, Spanish
Stackoverflow
65reputation
6kreached
2answers
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Github Skills (19)
svn10
java10
javas10
junit10
subversion10
jtest10
gocd10
continuous-integration9
cin9
regular-expression9
surfaceview6
integration-testing6
serial-port6
android6
android-canvas6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
gocd/gocd
Apr 2015 - May 2015
GoCD - Continuous Delivery server main repository
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:6 commits, 3 PRs, 15 comments in 14 days
Contributions summary:Nathan primarily focused on improving the Subversion (SVN) integration within the GoCD project. They implemented and refined SVN external parser logic, enabling GoCD to correctly handle relative paths and root references in SVN external definitions. Key contributions included adapting the parser for different SVN versions, modifying test cases to accurately reflect SVN output, and ensuring the correct extraction of the repository root for use in parsing.
continuous-deploymentcontinuous-testinggocddevopscontinuous
thenathanjones/propaganda
Oct 2012 - Nov 2012
Contributions:80 commits in 1 month
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