diff --git a/ax/storage/json_store/encoder.py b/ax/storage/json_store/encoder.py
index a49e53c2223..e8a1af4ae9e 100644
--- a/ax/storage/json_store/encoder.py
+++ b/ax/storage/json_store/encoder.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 import enum
 from collections import OrderedDict
 from collections.abc import Callable
+from functools import partial
 from inspect import isclass
 from typing import Any
 
@@ -28,19 +29,15 @@
 from ax.utils.common.typeutils_torch import torch_type_to_str
 
 
-# pyre-fixme[3]: Return annotation cannot be `Any`.
-def object_to_json(  # noqa C901
-    # pyre-fixme[2]: Parameter annotation cannot be `Any`.
+# pyre-ignore[3]: Missing return annotation
+def object_to_json(
+    # pyre-ignore[2]: Missing parameter annotation
     obj: Any,
-    # pyre-fixme[2]: Parameter annotation cannot contain `Any`.
-    # pyre-fixme[24]: Generic type `type` expects 1 type parameter, use
-    #  `typing.Type` to avoid runtime subscripting errors.
+    # pyre-ignore[2, 24]: Missing parameter annotation, Invalid type parameters
     encoder_registry: dict[
         type, Callable[[Any], dict[str, Any]]
     ] = CORE_ENCODER_REGISTRY,
-    # pyre-fixme[2]: Parameter annotation cannot contain `Any`.
-    # pyre-fixme[24]: Generic type `type` expects 1 type parameter, use
-    #  `typing.Type` to avoid runtime subscripting errors.
+    # pyre-ignore[2, 24]: Missing parameter annotation, Invalid type parameters
     class_encoder_registry: dict[
         type, Callable[[Any], dict[str, Any]]
     ] = CORE_CLASS_ENCODER_REGISTRY,
@@ -59,6 +56,11 @@ def object_to_json(  # noqa C901
     We then pass each item of the dictionary back into this function to
     recursively convert the entire object.
     """
+    _object_to_json = partial(
+        object_to_json,
+        encoder_registry=encoder_registry,
+        class_encoder_registry=class_encoder_registry,
+    )
     obj = numpy_type_to_python_type(obj)
     _type = type(obj)
 
@@ -67,14 +69,7 @@ def object_to_json(  # noqa C901
         for class_type in class_encoder_registry:
             if issubclass(obj, class_type):
                 obj_dict = class_encoder_registry[class_type](obj)
-                return {
-                    k: object_to_json(
-                        v,
-                        encoder_registry=encoder_registry,
-                        class_encoder_registry=class_encoder_registry,
-                    )
-                    for k, v in obj_dict.items()
-                }
+                return {k: _object_to_json(v) for k, v in obj_dict.items()}
 
         raise ValueError(
             f"{obj} is a class. Add it to the CLASS_ENCODER_REGISTRY "
@@ -83,87 +78,36 @@ def object_to_json(  # noqa C901
 
     if _type in encoder_registry:
         obj_dict = encoder_registry[_type](obj)
-        return {
-            k: object_to_json(
-                v,
-                encoder_registry=encoder_registry,
-                class_encoder_registry=class_encoder_registry,
-            )
-            for k, v in obj_dict.items()
-        }
-
+        return {k: _object_to_json(v) for k, v in obj_dict.items()}
     # Python built-in types + `typing` module types
     if _type in (str, int, float, bool, type(None)):
         return obj
     elif _type is list:
-        return [
-            object_to_json(
-                x,
-                encoder_registry=encoder_registry,
-                class_encoder_registry=class_encoder_registry,
-            )
-            for x in obj
-        ]
+        return [_object_to_json(x) for x in obj]
     elif _type is tuple:
-        return tuple(
-            object_to_json(
-                x,
-                encoder_registry=encoder_registry,
-                class_encoder_registry=class_encoder_registry,
-            )
-            for x in obj
-        )
+        return tuple(_object_to_json(x) for x in obj)
     elif _type is dict:
-        return {
-            k: object_to_json(
-                v,
-                encoder_registry=encoder_registry,
-                class_encoder_registry=class_encoder_registry,
-            )
-            for k, v in obj.items()
-        }
+        return {k: _object_to_json(v) for k, v in obj.items()}
     elif _is_named_tuple(obj):
         return {
             "__type": _type.__name__,
-            **{
-                k: object_to_json(
-                    v,
-                    encoder_registry=encoder_registry,
-                    class_encoder_registry=class_encoder_registry,
-                )
-                for k, v in obj._asdict().items()
-            },
+            **{k: _object_to_json(v) for k, v in obj._asdict().items()},
         }
     elif dataclasses.is_dataclass(obj):
         field_names = [f.name for f in dataclasses.fields(obj)]
         return {
             "__type": _type.__name__,
             **{
-                k: object_to_json(
-                    v,
-                    encoder_registry=encoder_registry,
-                    class_encoder_registry=class_encoder_registry,
-                )
+                k: _object_to_json(v)
                 for k, v in obj.__dict__.items()
                 if k in field_names
             },
         }
-
     # Types from libraries, commonly used in Ax (e.g., numpy, pandas, torch)
     elif _type is OrderedDict:
         return {
             "__type": _type.__name__,
-            "value": [
-                (
-                    k,
-                    object_to_json(
-                        v,
-                        encoder_registry=encoder_registry,
-                        class_encoder_registry=class_encoder_registry,
-                    ),
-                )
-                for k, v in obj.items()
-            ],
+            "value": [(k, _object_to_json(v)) for k, v in obj.items()],
         }
     elif _type is datetime.datetime:
         return {
@@ -183,7 +127,6 @@ def object_to_json(  # noqa C901
     elif _type.__module__ == "torch":
         # Torch does not support saving to string, so save to buffer first
         return {"__type": f"torch_{_type.__name__}", "value": torch_type_to_str(obj)}
-
     err = (
         f"Object {obj} passed to `object_to_json` (of type {_type}, module: "
         f"{_type.__module__}) is not registered with a corresponding encoder "