# Jason Nelson > Senior Software Engineer at Qualtrics Location: Orem, Utah, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/jasonnelson • Software Engineering: Experienced in React, React Native, Typescript, Python, REST API, FastAPI, Postgres, SQLAlchemy, Scala, AngularJS, D3.js, SQL, Linux, Git, Github, Docker, and Agile Techniques. Familiar with NodeJS, NextJS, GraphQL, Java, C++, Redis, RQ and mongoDB. • Key Strengths: Proven to learn new technologies quickly and effectively apply them to projects. Able to effectively lead teams and projects. ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer @ Qualtrics Jan 2024 – Present | Provo, Utah, United States Text iQ team ### Senior Software Engineer Team Lead @ Hearth Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 • Promoted within a nine-month timeframe for performance assuming technical leadership over the engineering team three months prior to product launch. - Strategically planned and managed critical projects for both before and immediately following launch. - Owned the execution of certain projects while overseeing the execution of remaining projects in parallel. • Designed and implemented a google calendar two-way data sync application using Webhookdb. • Designed and oversaw execution of ICalendar and Outlook calendar data integrations. • Upon flagging security issues, migrated the authentication system to use session ids and secure cookies. • Mentored junior engineers with the goal of helping them to take on full trusted ownership over projects. Received recognition for the effects my methods had on the output of junior engineers. • Implemented engineering process changes, including standards for code reviews, defining the on-call structure and expectations, and technical performance review standards. ### Mid-Level Software Engineer @ Hearth Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 Leading early stage team in developing and maintaining the application and system for a new IoT family management device. ### Mid-Level Software Engineer @ Qualtrics Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Provo, Utah, United States Recently promoted to Mid-Level Software Engineer. ### Software Engineer @ Qualtrics Jan 2019 – Jan 2022 | Provo, Utah Area Create and maintain TextIQ features, which use Natural Language Processing to give insights to survey responses. • Engineering project lead over strategic migration from legacy sentiment classification to a simpler and improved sentiment scale. The project involved work in many different frontend and backend services. Completed individual tasks while taking on additional tasks to help teammates complete their parts by our deadlines. Met regularly to monitor progress and to provide communication to upper management. • Leading a transfer of ownership of a mobile feature to the Text iQ team. This involves getting experience in mobile development through projects and bug fixes and then transferring this knowledge to other engineers. • Received exceeding expectations performance ratings for the past year with the most recent being the highest performance rating available. • Designated Scrum Master. Responsible for leading sprint meetings and processes. Work with team to continually improve process for higher efficiency. • Mentor for new member of the team. Provided support during their onboarding tasks and first project. ### Machine Learning Engineer Intern @ Lockheed Martin Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Littleton, Colorado Gather and process telemetry data from drones, train machine learning algorithms to detect anomalies using the telemetry data and deploy the trained models for testing on drones. • Train and tune previously created machine learning algorithms. • Research and test the use of other machine learning for anomaly detection, including LSTMs. ### AI/Machine Learning Researcher @ Utah Valley University Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Orem, Utah Research deep learning and machine learning technologies, apply research to medical and business use cases and demo projects to potential investors. • Became familiar with AI tools including Tensorflow, Keras, Scikit-learn, and OpenCv. • Built MRI image classifiers using logistic regression and convolutional neural networks. • Work with the team to produce working end-to-end prototypes for demonstrations. • Train new researchers on AI/Machine Learning technology. • Co-author of a research paper that was presented at the 5 th International Conference of Health Informatics and Medical Systems and published by IEEE. ### QA Engineer Intern @ Micro Focus Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Provo, Utah Area Responsible for the automated and manual testing of user-defined functions used for encrypting and decrypting large files into a Teradata database. • Automated tests using python and robot framework. • Wrote demos and instructions to teach members of my team and the company the process of setting up and running automated tests. ### Math and Programming Tutor @ Varsity Tutors Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Orem, Utah • Motivate and teach students in person • Tutor students in C++ college courses • Qualified to teach any math subject up to Calculus 2 ### Team Leader over Direct Sales @ Blue Raven Solar Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | American Fork, Utah • Perform personal and group training • Responsible for motivating and improving results of team ### Assistant Elevator Mechanic @ Timpanogos Elevator Company Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Orem, Utah • Elevator installations • Elevator inspections and troubleshooting • Assisted in the programming and wiring of elevator CPUs ## Education ### Bachelor's degree in Computer Science Utah Valley University Jan 2016 – Jan 2020 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/jason-nelson-a5549b158 --- Source: https://flows.cv/jasonnelson JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/jasonnelson/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-22