Jocelyn Harper

Open to work

Staff Software Engineer

I am a backend software engineer with a passion for building systems and community that scale and occasionally, very cute themes for your developer environments. 10+ years of experience in building scalable, maintainable software.

GitHub LinkedIn Resume ↓ hello@jocelyn.dev

Technical Skills

Java Python Go TypeScript Ruby GraphQL System Design Jekyll Spring Boot Distributed Systems API Design Performance Prompt Engineering Agentic Coding AWS Docker Dynatrace New Relic Datadog ArgoCD Github Actions Circle CI Kubernetes Terraform PostgreSQL

How I Work

Technical Depth

I care about understanding systems fully — not just making them work but knowing why they work.

Empathy First

I treat coworkers how I wish to be treated; with kindness, respect, and understanding.

Process Analysis & Improvement

When I join a team, I prioritize understanding the stress points while learning the systems weither that's creating documentation or improving existing processes.

Testing, Testing, TESTING

With the rise of vibe coded features and applications, I emphasize and prioritize testing from unit tests to integration tests and encourage those around me to do the same.

Currently

✿ working on Platform reliability and developer experience tooling

✿ learning Ruby, Jekyll, design principles, prompt engineering, and AI infrastructure.

✿ reading Distributed systems — Maarten Van Stern, Andrew S. Tanenbaum

✿ playing hate that I made you love me — Ariana Grande

✿ loving Frieren, Apothecary Diaries, Teamfight Tactics

✿ open to Staff roles at companies that value collaboration and customer focused development