Welcome. This site serves to share and curate various items across both the personal and professional

A Bit About Me

Professional

I'm a software engineer and team builder with ~20 years of diverse experience with the latter half in both hands-on and executive engineering leadership positions at startups and growth phase companies in the Philadelphia region. I've worn almost every hat there is to wear on an engineering team, enabling me to deliver holistic solutions that encompass the full software development and product lifecycles. I believe empathy and ownership are non-negotiable values for teams.

As a software engineer, I am a versatile generalist, comfortable building through the entire stack including frontend development, data engineering, and cloud infrastructure. While I have technical preferences from my years building non-trivial systems, I am most interested in outcomes and impact.

As a leader, I find fulfillment at the nexus of technology and people, whether it comes in the form of making a client look like a star or empowering engineering and product teams to do their best work. This typically takes the form of being the bridge that connects and aligns business outcomes and technical strategy.

Personal

I live in Philadelphia with my family, where I can be found tending to our rowhouse and garden, training BJJ, and learning new skills and knowledge based upon need or whim. Previously, I served as an elected committeeperson representing ~600 of my neighbors and doubling voter turnout, raced several types of bicycles to 0 podiums (but many fun adventures), and helped build a church. My formative years were somewhat rural, Southern, and early-internet.

Connecting

Email: contact [at] anthonyjso.com
Others: My alias across the web is often the same as this domain