Jason Lee
Principal Software Engineer at IBM
Edmond, Oklahoma, United States
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Top SchoolJason Lee is a technically grounded operations leader with 14 years of experience blending hands-on software engineering, DevOps, and frontline technical support across high-stakes public and enterprise systems. Currently leading Hickson Endeavours' custodial practice, he applies behavioral science and systems design to improve human outcomes while retaining a steady practitioner’s eye from roles at Clear Channel and Paycom. A prolific open-source contributor to the WildFly ecosystem and projects like JBake, he has driven telemetry, OpenTracing/OpenTelemetry, and backend refactors that improved observability and stability in widely used Java application-server tooling. Trained in information security and seasoned in crisis-driven environments, Jason excels at translating complex technical failures into clear operational guidance and building conditions that prevent repeat issues. Outside work he’s a musician, martial artist, and Java champion—bringing discipline, creativity, and calm to both engineering and human-centered problem solving.
14 years of coding experience
28 years of employment as a software developer
B.S. Computer Science, B.S. Computer Science at Oklahoma Baptist University
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Github Skills (40)
jakartaee10
back-end-development10
orientdb10
opentracing10
microprofile10
jsfl10
java10
javas10
jsf10
sql10
wildfly10
cdi10
metric10
static-site-generator9
domain-name9
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
wildfly/wildfly
Dec 2020 - May 2026
WildFly Application Server
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & DevOps Engineer
Back-end Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:523 reviews, 199 PRs, 3 pushes in 5 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Jason primarily contributed to the WildFly Application Server, focusing on enhancing its OpenTracing and MicroProfile Metrics integrations. Their work included updating dependencies, modifying code to support OpenTracing 2.0 and integrating MP Metrics 3.0. The user also addressed issues related to deployment and configuration, improving overall server functionality and stability.
application-serverwildfly
jbake-org/jbake
Jan 2015 - May 2015
Java based open source static site/blog generator for developers & designers.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:40 commits, 3 PRs, 4 comments in 4 months
Contributions summary:Jason focused on refactoring the JBake project's database access layer. They created a content store to encapsulate database interactions, replacing direct calls to `ODatabaseDocumentTx`. This involved migrating SQL queries into semantically meaningful methods within the `ContentStore` class. Further commits moved more SQL logic into this store, encapsulating database operations and improving the project's architecture.
javastatic-sitestatic-site-generatorjbakeasciidoctor
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