ENGINEERING · PEOPLE · CREATIVE PRACTICE
Build useful things. Help people do their best work.
Hi, I’m Jason. I’m an engineering leader, solutions architect, and product creator. I help teams turn complicated problems into dependable systems—and I’m exploring how AI can make that work better.
EXPERIENCE THAT INFORMS THE WORK
16+ years
Across enterprise software, data platforms, integration, and technical teams.
300+ sources
Consolidated in a governed Databricks ingestion and publishing platform.
8 hours → 45 minutes
Processing time after modernizing a legacy Go ETL workflow.
HOW I WORK
Clarity is part of the architecture.
I care about systems people can understand, maintain, and own. That means staying close to the technical decisions while giving engineers the context and trust to make good decisions themselves.
From experience to experimentation.
Enterprise work has taught me to pay attention to reliability, operational burden, and the people who use a system. Independent product work gives me room to try new approaches and bring those lessons into something useful.
A FEW THINGS I’M WORKING ON
Ideas made concrete.
As Co-Owner & AI-Native Product Lead at Index Forward, I define product direction, requirements, architecture, and acceptance criteria. AI agents carry out substantial implementation; I guide the work and verify the results.
Pioneer
An evolving family of engineering tools, with Pioneer CLI as its execution foundation.
Metric Stone BI
A desktop approach to bringing data ingestion, exploration, preparation, and reporting together.
BEYOND THE JOB TITLE
Curiosity has a creative side.
Music is one of my creative outlets. Writing, recording, producing, and mixing give me another way to work with ideas, technical detail, and patient iteration.
Jason Ashworth
Have something in mind?
I’m happy to talk about engineering leadership, useful software, or a problem worth understanding.