Summary
Ynda Jas is a Senior Developer based in Bristol with eight years’ experience building open source software for the public sector, primarily using Ruby and TypeScript. At dxw they lead and ship work in agile, interdisciplinary teams, combining full‑stack engineering with a strong commitment to tech for good. A serial polyglot programmer and lifelong learner, Ynda experiments with languages from C and Rust to GDScript and R, which informs pragmatic, cross‑disciplinary solutions. Outside code they organise in queer, tech, and tennis communities, and bring a background in academia, writing, analysis and event curation to collaborative projects. Their public-facing work is traceable on GitHub (github.com/yndajas) and across social platforms, and they balance hands-on development with advocacy for inclusive, ethical technology.
7 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Arts - MA, Sociolinguistics, Distinction, Master of Arts - MA, Sociolinguistics, Distinction at University of York
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Linguistics, Withdrawn, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Linguistics, Withdrawn at Queen Mary University of London
Bootcamp, Full-stack Software Engineering, Bootcamp, Full-stack Software Engineering at Flatiron School
Ilkley Grammar School
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Film and Television Production, 2:1, Bachelor of Arts (BA), Film and Television Production, 2:1 at York St John University
Individual modules, Computer Science, Individual modules, Computer Science at Harvard University
PGCert, Diversity Management, Merit, PGCert, Diversity Management, Merit at University of Bradford
English, Spanish, Japanese