Jared Hanson
Co-Founder at Keycard
Berkeley, California, United States
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Top SchoolJared Hanson is a software engineer and entrepreneur based in Berkeley, California with 14 years of experience building authentication and platform software. He led core identity efforts as Chief Architect at Auth0 — part of a platform that handled over 1.5 billion logins per month — and later served as Principal Product Architect at Okta before co-founding Keycard and Keycard Labs. An active open-source maintainer, Jared authored and refined core Passport.js strategies and contributed to projects like Locomotive, improving OAuth2 flows, error handling, testing, and controller infrastructure that power real-world login flows. His background spans embedded and desktop systems (Aspera, Sifteo) through cloud-scale identity platforms, bringing a rare combination of low-level systems experience and product-grade architecture.
15 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Computer Engineering, BS, Computer Engineering at South Dakota Mines
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facebook
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authentication
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Github Skills (65)
node-js10
testing10
http10
authentication10
passport-js10
passportjs10
oauth-210
javascript10
middleware10
twitter10
session-management10
api10
front-end-development10
express-js10
frontend-development10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
passport/todos-express-facebook
Aug 2015 - Aug 2022
Express 4.x app using Passport for login with Facebook.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:51 commits, 13 PRs, 37 pushes in 7 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Jared primarily focused on building a Facebook login system for an Express.js application. Their contributions included setting up the authentication flow using Passport.js, integrating Facebook login with associated routes, and designing the necessary views (home, login, profile). Additionally, the user implemented database integration for user management and added supporting features such as session management and a logout route. The user also refactored the project by extracting and modularizing code.
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passport/todos-express-password
Aug 2015 - Jul 2022
Todo app using Express and Passport for sign in with username and password.
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:189 commits, 6 PRs, 184 pushes in 7 years
Contributions summary:Jared focused on enhancing the user interface and backend functionality of a todo application. They improved the user experience by incorporating the Pico.css framework and creating a responsive design. Furthermore, the user implemented user authentication by creating the sign up, login, and logout features. The addition of database schema and backend routes allowed the app to persist todos.
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