Justin Leatherwood
Staff Software Engineer at EF Education First
Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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Top SchoolJustin Leatherwood is a Staff Software Engineer with 11 years of professional experience building web and backend systems, now driving platform work at EF Education First. He specializes in TypeScript, React/Next.js, Node.js, and cloud-native infrastructure on AWS, with hands-on expertise in IaC using CDK and Terraform and CI/CD via GitHub Actions. Justin has a track record of improving build/deploy pipelines and shipping high-traffic frontends, having progressed from full-stack roles into staff-level systems ownership. He combines a pragmatic engineering approach with mentorship experience and a background in data-oriented roles, reflecting early work with SQL, R, and automation. Based in Madison, WI, he balances production engineering with side projects in productivity, writing, and music—often found trail running or hunting the best local tacos.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Psychology, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Psychology at Kalamazoo CollegeHigh School Diploma General Studies, High School Diploma General Studies at Libertyville High School
English, French, Spanish
Stackoverflow
1,000reputation
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Github Skills (77)
github10
hybrid10
browser10
react-framework10
compiler10
git10
static-site-generator10
full-stack10
ssg10
vercel10
nextjs10
server-rendering10
react10
javascript9
monorepo9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
jplwood/jplwood.github.io
Oct 2015 - Jun 2018
Contributions:2 PRs, 52 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 8 months
reactnextjsjustin
jplwood/ionic2-mean-heroku-todo-app
May 2016 - Dec 2016
Contributions:32 commits, 20 pushes, 1 branch in 6 months
herokutodo-appnode-expressnode-jssimple-todo
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