Jackson Melius
St Paul
Summary
I boast over 10 years of experience as a professional back-end developer, specializing in the creation of RESTful APIs and Java applications supported by robust SQL and Spring JPA/Hibernate implementations. I am also experienced with designing and implementing full-stack solutions, both as Docker-deployed MFEs and large-scale applications, using Java/Python, HTML and AngularJS. Utilizing Github Copilot backed by GPT-5, I facilitate a swift development pipeline while maintaining strong code quality.
My work is guided by a commitment to high-velocity development, collaboration, and innovation, ensuring the delivery of reliable, tailored solutions. I am dedicated to evolving my technical acumen and enjoy a rich diversity of work. My experience covers contracting with the VA to refine and develop solutions supporting veteran benefits and claim development, contract work with health services to securely migrate their critical medical documents and related metadata in-full, and the development of telemetric data analysis software for corporate phone agents.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Software Developer
J-Mack Technologies LLC
Fort Worth, Texas
09.2023 - 05.2026
- Ensured robust solutions geared towards the improvement of veteran benefits and claims development through close and consistent communication between my team and the VA business.
- Designed and developed a full-stack solution to automate secure transfer of veteran documents when consolidating duplicate veteran data, adjusting the design according to business requests.
- Developed a full-stack solution which establishes the "reverse relationship" whenever a user creates a dependent for a veteran, displaying the veteran’s information and relationship to the dependent on their profile.
- Crafted front-end applications with sufficient color contrasts, which could be navigated entirely through key strokes, and which a screen reader could convey all relevant information for a highlighted element, to maintain 508-compliance.
Software Engineer
Calabrio, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
03.2022 - 03.2023
- Quickly and successfully developed on-prem and Cloud Java solutions using Agile Scrum framework and robust JUnit testing.
- Spearheaded research into resolving pain point areas causing resource build-up and slowdown through discussions with third-party Security Risk assessors, cleaning up Gradle builds and SQL queries, and implementing DataDog timer metrics to track code performance.
- Interfaced with customers for their feedback on Evaluation Form Manager to ensure its successor contained the most highly-demanded features and QOL improvements, which I then implemented.
Associate Software Engineer
Calabrio, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
08.2018 - 03.2022
- Designed and implemented automated scheduled tasks for organizing and submitting agent evaluation data for performance coaching.
- Established myself as the primary resource on the creation and usage of permissions, product licenses, Pentaho report integrations, and email notifications through exhaustive research into lesser-known areas of the product code.
- Undertook Kent C. Dodds’s Epic React course to aid with front-end development.
Education
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) - Computer Science, Minor in Mathematics
Macalester College
Saint Paul, MN01-2013
Skills
- Java 8
- JUnit
- RESTful APIs
- Spring Framework
- Python3
- Oracle DB
- AWS
- Docker
- Git
- GPT-5
- Object-oriented programming
- Microservices architecture
Websites
Certification
- The Modern Python 3 Bootcamp, Udemy, 2023-04-28
- Tier 2 Public Trust Clearance, Department of Veteran Affairs, 2023-09-08
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Spanish
Limited Working
Timeline
Senior Software Developer
J-Mack Technologies LLC
09.2023 - 05.2026
Software Engineer
Calabrio, Inc.
03.2022 - 03.2023
Associate Software Engineer
Calabrio, Inc.
08.2018 - 03.2022
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) - Computer Science, Minor in Mathematics
Macalester College