Stephen Jones
Software Engineer at Amazon
Saratoga Springs, Utah, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolStephen Jones is a seasoned software engineer with 11 years of experience building full-stack systems and services, currently contributing at Amazon from Saratoga Springs, Utah. He brings strong hands-on expertise in Java, Go, JavaScript, and AWS, and a history of improving backend stability and update workflows in notable open-source projects like pfSense. Prior roles span networking-focused development at Netgate to e-commerce APIs and Shopify integrations, showing an ability to move between infrastructure and product-facing work. Early experience in machine learning and R Shiny at 3M informs his pragmatic approach to data-driven features and prototypes. Known for enjoying new challenges, he combines a solid computer science foundation (BYU‑Idaho) with a track record of shipping reliable, maintainable software across diverse domains.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Brigham Young University-Idaho
Github Skills (10)
firewall10
php10
system-administration9
manage8
net8
management8
package-management8
networkmanager8
interface-design6
ui-design6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
pfsense/pfsense
Mar 2015 - Jan 2022
Main repository for pfSense
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:12 reviews, 3288 commits, 80 PRs in 6 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Stephen primarily focused on enhancing and refining the pfSense software's system update functionality. They made detailed cosmetic changes to the system update system by modifying PHP files related to package management and system update settings. The user also resolved a bug related to gateway handling, improving network stability and contributed to the addition of new settings within the software.
netmikofirewall-rulesrouterospfsensefreebsd
Netgate/TNSR_IDS
Nov 2018 - Feb 2020
IDS using a port mirror, Snort and an alert -> RESTCONF utility
Contributions:36 commits in 1 year 3 months
alertsnortnetwork-automationsecurityids
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