Jason Coon
Senior Software Engineer at evilgeniuslabs
Overland Park, Kansas, United States
Summary
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RockstarJason Coon is a Senior Software Engineer with 12 years of experience and seven years specializing in building and deploying serverless systems on AWS. He focuses on Node.js and JavaScript full‑stack development with deep operational experience in Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, OpenSearch, S3, CloudFront, and Amplify. Jason pairs cloud-native backend work with front-end React skills and a practical flair for embedded systems and IoT, evidenced by notable open-source contributions to SmartMatrix and an ESP8266 FastLED web server. Based in Overland Park, Kansas, he combines principal‑level architectural thinking with hands‑on implementation, often shipping end‑to‑end solutions that span device firmware to serverless APIs. He brings a pragmatic, product-oriented approach to solving reliability and performance challenges in distributed systems.
12 years of coding experience
English
Github Skills (14)
webserver10
iot10
embedded10
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
sys10
graphics-programming10
fastled10
esp826610
wifi9
json8
arduino8
esp327
teensy7
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
jasoncoon/esp8266-fastled-webserver
Mar 2016 - Jul 2022
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:1 release, 18 reviews, 232 commits in 6 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Jason primarily contributed to the development and enhancement of an ESP8266-based web server for controlling and displaying LED patterns, focusing on adding new features and improving existing functionality. They implemented support for color palettes, including a palette selector, and integrated new patterns, demonstrating an understanding of LED control libraries like FastLED. Further contributions included adding support for dynamic fields, web app updates, and improvements to the Wi-Fi configuration and performance of the web server.
pixelmatix/SmartMatrix
Jul 2014 - Mar 2016
SmartMatrix Library for Teensy 3, Teensy 4, and ESP32
Role in this project:Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:9 commits, 3 pushes, 8 comments in 1 year 7 months
Contributions summary:Jason primarily contributed to the SmartMatrix library, adding features and modifying existing functionality related to text scrolling and graphical display. The user implemented a new `wrapForwardFromLeft` scroll mode, including initial position adjustments. Furthermore, they added functions to draw single-point circles, display strings, and render monochrome bitmaps. The user also updated example code to align with library updates.
esp32teensy
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