Jason Etcovitch

Software Engineer

Canada4 yrs 7 mos experience

Highly StableAI Enabled

Key Highlights

Principal Software Engineer at GitHub with extensive experience.
Active contributor to open source projects and community mentor.
Skilled in both software engineering and graphic design.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Software Engineer with a strong focus on open source and design in the SaaS industry.

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AIjQueryWeb DesignGraphic DesignLogo DesignMotion GraphicsPhotoshopIllustratorBrandingHTMLCSSGitCascading Style Sheets (CSS)Adobe PhotoshopAdobe Illustrator

About

Hello! I'm Jason, a software engineer. Outside of my work at GitHub, I maintain a few open source projects. I write blog posts, I speak at conferences and meetups, and I mentor at workshops.

Experience

4 yrs 7 mos

Total Experience

1 yr 6 mos

Average Tenure

Current Experience

Github

6 roles

Principal Software Engineer

Promoted

Feb 2026 – Present · 3 mos

Staff Software Engineer

Promoted

Sep 2022 – Feb 2026 · 3 yrs 5 mos

A little bit of this, a little bit of that. A little bit of everything else too.

Senior Software Engineer

Feb 2021 – Sep 2022 · 1 yr 7 mos

Engineer on the Special Projects team, working on new feature exploration, prototype work and various improvements across the product.

Senior Software Engineer

Promoted

Feb 2019 – Feb 2021 · 2 yrs

Leading a small team of engineers working on GitHub Learning Lab.

Software Engineer

Oct 2017 – Feb 2019 · 1 yr 4 mos

Building, designing and planning GitHub Learning Lab. Also contributing to various open source projects around GitHub, including Probot and our JavaScript language group.

Graphic Design Intern

Jun 2017 – Sep 2017 · 3 mos

Graphic Design intern on the Services Training team, designing and building content to help market the GitHub Professional Services team and teach companies about Git and GitHub.