I manage a team that focuses on empowering event organizers to create events that people want to attend. We write server-side APIs and the client-side consumers: traditional web; mobile web; iOS; Android. We are a team of smart, collaborative people who like to write unit tests and drink whiskey. Currently working on Service-Oriented Architecture, responsive Front Ends, and iterative development driven by A/B tests. Specialties: Javascript, Python, CSS, HTML.

Engineering Manager @ From April 2015 to Present (9 months) San Francisco Bay AreaEngineering Manager @ I manage a team that focuses on empowering event organizers to create events that people want to attend. We write server-side APIs and the client-side consumers: traditional web; mobile web; iOS; Android. We are a team of smart, collaborative people who like to write unit tests and drink whiskey. Currently working on Service-Oriented Architecture, responsive Front Ends, and iterative development driven by A/B tests. Specialties: Javascript, Python, CSS, HTML. From March 2013 to March 2015 (2 years 1 month) San Francisco Bay AreaLead Engineer (Front End) @ From October 2011 to March 2013 (1 year 6 months) Senior Software Engineer @ From October 2010 to October 2011 (1 year 1 month) Software Engineer @ Python, Django, Javascript, jQuery, CSS, HTML From February 2010 to October 2010 (9 months) Freelance Web Engineer @ Professional, reliable, results-oriented web engineer. Practical experience in full-stack development of high-traffic web applications. Works well independently or with a team. Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Creative and technically savvy with the talent to develop novel approaches to challenging problems. Specialties: Javascript, Python, PHP, CSS, HTML. · Worked extensively with BookFresh on a site redesign. · Created and modified websites for small businesses. From October 2008 to January 2010 (1 year 4 months) Developer @ · Designed and developed new social networking features to elicit further engagement from our worldwide community of millions of active users. · Successfully helped quadruple page views from 25 million to more than 100 million daily! · Responsible for entire features including clean javascript-driven interfaces, API-centric PHP code, database interaction, and file-system management. · Interviewed prospective employees to evaluate their technical abilities, communication skills, and enthusiasm for innovation and rapid development. · Coordinated with business management team to create financially viable solutions, mediating between investors' desires to see quick results and users' enthusiasm for quality content. Specific engineering achievements include: · Implemented Friends and Photos applications, optimized for speed and usability, including various YUI components as well as cached and preloaded results for a fluid user experience. · Contributed to rewrite of profile page, focusing on development of profile customization functionality and migration of users’ profiles to new format. · Successfully facilitated integrations with Microsoft (import email address book), and Spock (search results). · Improved various usability issues including graceful degradation with respect to failure of a database partition and site-wide spam filtering. · Created new registration flow and new user home page to encourage consistent long-term engagement with Tagged’s features. From August 2007 to October 2008 (1 year 3 months) Business Consultant @ · Interned at Microsoft Beijing in the NLC group, contributing to the development of an automated system to convert improperly written English documents into their grammatically correct counterparts. · Collaborated with Stanford and Tsinghua Universities to develop the business plan for a successful student exchange program. · Assessed viability of including the Beijing Language and Culture University (BLCU) as an important component in the Stanford / Tsinghua exchange program by personally taking Chinese language courses at BLCU. From June 2006 to August 2006 (3 months)

M.S., Computer Science @ Stanford University From 2004 to 2006 B.A, English @ University of Florida From 1999 to 2004 Jason Herbst is skilled in: JavaScript, Python, Web Development, Git, jQuery, CSS, YUI, HTML, Web Applications, User Experience, Linux, Databases, User Interface, Agile Methodologies, Front-end