AI Image Search
ActiveA live MongoDB tutorial project that turns a folder of images into searchable metadata in a React and Next.js app using Ollama, MongoDB Search, Vector Search, and hybrid search.
Builder, teacher, engineer
Justin Jenkins
I help teams move their software forward, without losing sight of the people who use it ... or the engineers who will inherit it.
LinkedIn Learning
60,000+ learners
MongoDB Champion
2024–2026
Published author
MongoDB for Jobseekers
Selected work
Where I focus
Three themes across recent engineering work.
Modernizing mature systems
Incremental paths from legacy code to React, APIs, and shared components.
Leading difficult initiatives
Feature and team lead work when architecture, planning, and delivery all matter.
Building for the next person
Mentoring, developer experience, and software built for the next maintainer.
MongoDB for Developers
Building an AI-Powered Image Search Application with MongoDB
Tutorial for the MongoDB for Developers YouTube channel. Turn a folder of images into a React and Next.js search application with Ollama, MongoDB Search, Vector Search, and hybrid search.
25 min · MongoDB for Developers
A React and Next.js app uses a vision model to understand each image, generate structured metadata, and store everything in MongoDB. Search layers keyword matching, semantic vector search, and hybrid retrieval with $rankFusion.
Selected projects
Projects with a point of view
A few artifacts that connect the resume to real work.
LearnMongo
ActiveA practical MongoDB education site featuring tutorials, examples, and experiments developed from years of teaching and production experience.
Verse See
ActiveAn experimental Bible reading experience designed to help readers notice context, language, geography, and interpretive questions around selected passages.
World Cup Bracket
ActiveA World Cup bracket application built to make tournament predictions and progression easy to follow.
Writing and teaching
Teaching MongoDB
60,000+ learners on LinkedIn Learning, a published book, and years of community work.
Book
MongoDB for Jobseekers
Reach new heights in your career with MongoDB
Published with BPB Publications. A practical path from first documents through production work and interview prep.
LinkedIn Learning
60,000+ learners across three MongoDB courses.
Introduction to MongoDB
LinkedIn Learning
Foundational course on documents, queries, indexing, and application integration.
Site
LearnMongo.com
Founder
Practical MongoDB tutorials, examples, and experiments.
Recognition
MongoDB Champion
2024–2026
Selected by MongoDB for community education and advocacy.
Personal note
Outside of software
Coaching
Youth soccer is one of my biggest passions outside software.
I coach in the Pride Soccer Club Junior Academy in Colorado Springs. I have also worked with recreational and competitive teams, summer camps, and clinics across the state, including camps hosted at the United States Air Force Academy.
- Teach fundamentals well.
- Build confidence through repetition.
- Help individuals improve while strengthening the team.
- Think long-term rather than chasing quick wins.
Family
Colorado Springs, with my wife and our two sons.
We are active at Mountain Springs Church in Colorado Springs, and both of our sons attend The Classical Academy. Much of our life together also revolves around youth soccer, hiking, camping, road trips, cooking, and finding new adventures in the Rocky Mountains.
Whether coaching youth soccer or leading engineering projects, my goal is the same: help people grow while building something that lasts.