Jacob Rodriguez
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Cynthia Russell, CSM
Jacob is everything and more of what he states in his description of duties. After working with him for over 3 years, he out performed expectations and went above and beyond to achieve the highest standards. He led initiatives to modern quality code, created a cohesive engineering standard for many teams, reinforced honesty for quality, and was a true teammate always when we needed. I worked with him both at Instantly Inc. and SSI and at all times, he always was focused, detail oriented, productive, fast paced, and had quality code. As a QA Engineer working together on our companies' product, he always ensured to aid me with tips to better drill down to the source of the bug for higher efficiency and transfer of knowledge. I am so grateful to have been able to learn from him. He is excellent in what he does as an Engineer and has a great personality. I would recommend him to anyone.
Juan Manuel Masud
Jacob was my team leader for nearly a year. It stands out as a very capable, and "attentive to every detail" person. Demonstrated great dedication and skill in the design of the system architecture. Always attentive to the team, and with any questions that came up, did not hesitate to help and explain, no matter how long it takes. It shows a lot of passion for what he does, and that was reflected in the project. It really was a great experience working with him.
Cynthia Russell, CSM
Jacob is everything and more of what he states in his description of duties. After working with him for over 3 years, he out performed expectations and went above and beyond to achieve the highest standards. He led initiatives to modern quality code, created a cohesive engineering standard for many teams, reinforced honesty for quality, and was a true teammate always when we needed. I worked with him both at Instantly Inc. and SSI and at all times, he always was focused, detail oriented, productive, fast paced, and had quality code. As a QA Engineer working together on our companies' product, he always ensured to aid me with tips to better drill down to the source of the bug for higher efficiency and transfer of knowledge. I am so grateful to have been able to learn from him. He is excellent in what he does as an Engineer and has a great personality. I would recommend him to anyone.
Juan Manuel Masud
Jacob was my team leader for nearly a year. It stands out as a very capable, and "attentive to every detail" person. Demonstrated great dedication and skill in the design of the system architecture. Always attentive to the team, and with any questions that came up, did not hesitate to help and explain, no matter how long it takes. It shows a lot of passion for what he does, and that was reflected in the project. It really was a great experience working with him.
Cynthia Russell, CSM
Jacob is everything and more of what he states in his description of duties. After working with him for over 3 years, he out performed expectations and went above and beyond to achieve the highest standards. He led initiatives to modern quality code, created a cohesive engineering standard for many teams, reinforced honesty for quality, and was a true teammate always when we needed. I worked with him both at Instantly Inc. and SSI and at all times, he always was focused, detail oriented, productive, fast paced, and had quality code. As a QA Engineer working together on our companies' product, he always ensured to aid me with tips to better drill down to the source of the bug for higher efficiency and transfer of knowledge. I am so grateful to have been able to learn from him. He is excellent in what he does as an Engineer and has a great personality. I would recommend him to anyone.
Juan Manuel Masud
Jacob was my team leader for nearly a year. It stands out as a very capable, and "attentive to every detail" person. Demonstrated great dedication and skill in the design of the system architecture. Always attentive to the team, and with any questions that came up, did not hesitate to help and explain, no matter how long it takes. It shows a lot of passion for what he does, and that was reflected in the project. It really was a great experience working with him.
Cynthia Russell, CSM
Jacob is everything and more of what he states in his description of duties. After working with him for over 3 years, he out performed expectations and went above and beyond to achieve the highest standards. He led initiatives to modern quality code, created a cohesive engineering standard for many teams, reinforced honesty for quality, and was a true teammate always when we needed. I worked with him both at Instantly Inc. and SSI and at all times, he always was focused, detail oriented, productive, fast paced, and had quality code. As a QA Engineer working together on our companies' product, he always ensured to aid me with tips to better drill down to the source of the bug for higher efficiency and transfer of knowledge. I am so grateful to have been able to learn from him. He is excellent in what he does as an Engineer and has a great personality. I would recommend him to anyone.
Juan Manuel Masud
Jacob was my team leader for nearly a year. It stands out as a very capable, and "attentive to every detail" person. Demonstrated great dedication and skill in the design of the system architecture. Always attentive to the team, and with any questions that came up, did not hesitate to help and explain, no matter how long it takes. It shows a lot of passion for what he does, and that was reflected in the project. It really was a great experience working with him.
Experience
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Sidecar Health
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United States
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Insurance
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1 - 100 Employee
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Director Of Engineering
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Aug 2019 - Present
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Sr. Software Engineer
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Apr 2018 - Present
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Research Now SSI
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Encino, CA
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Senior Software Developer
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Feb 2016 - Present
● Worked with an international team to enhance and maintain an AngularJS application for managing internal projects. ● Developed and maintained an AngularJS application using the Google Maps API for streaming geofence activity based on mobile device data. Streaming done from NodeJS server. ● Developed and maintained an AngularJS application around Amazon AWS Lambdas to display media captured by mobile devices. ● Developed Lambda to blur faces and gather text from images in S3 using the Google Vision API. ● Developed Angular 2 UI for next gen survey building platform. ● Evangelized React+Redux over Angular 2 and caused shift within company. ● Rebuilt DIY survey building platform in React+Redux. ● Instructed Hungarian team in using React+Redux to build self-service feasibility tool. ● Led initiative and instruction on creating and using a shared component library for SSI Suite apps.
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Instantly, Inc.
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Market Research
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior UI Engineer
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Jan 2014 - Feb 2016
● Introduced AngularJS into the technology stack at Instantly and led efforts to establish a cohesive architecture that was flexible, scalable and maintainable. ● Championed a complete separation of environments between UI and API, and deployed some of the first JavaScript-only web applications at Instantly. ● Worked closely with API developers to architect 4 in-house applications for managing survey data, bids, client projects and mobile application settings. Each application is built on the same architecture and even share the same library of custom built reusable components. ● Worked with Dev Ops to establish Nginx servers for hosting the JS-only applications and modified Jenkins configuration files for building and deploying code to QA and production instances. ● Participated in various proof-of-concept efforts including a multi-use survey dashboard site, and a native JS component for delivering various types of user profiling questions on partner sites. ● Also participated in traditional maintenance duties, providing insight on potential candidates and interviewing for open positions on the team.
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UI Engineer
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Apr 2013 - Dec 2013
● Worked as part of a team developing/debugging a product customization application that tied into a proprietary on-demand merchandise fulfillment system. ● Worked on the UX/UI for the administration side of the application, implementing new features or refactoring existing functionality to be more scalable and less error prone. ● Conducted extensive research and development on the best practices for a more modern product customization app, and worked with the server-side dev team to develop a new data model offering better scalability as fulfillment demands increased/changed. ● Used AngularJS and D3 to create a functioning template editing solution using the new model. ● Worked with the design team on various aspects of the UI/UX in both product creation and administration; suggesting workarounds, alternatives and best practices as necessary. ● Worked with product support to understand issues and ensure a successful and timely turnaround on critical issues.
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LRN
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United States
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Information Technology & Services
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400 - 500 Employee
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Front-End Developer
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Jul 2009 - Apr 2013
● Started as HTML/YUI front-end developer for bug fixing and enhancement development in outdated Perl MVC Learning Management System. ● Stepped up to take on lead developer responsibilities after mass departmental exodus. ● Temporarily the sole US developer working with offshore team to implement new features and needed enhancements for multi-million dollar application. ● Consult with production support developers in grey areas of proprietary application. ● Lead developer on new flagship B2B product based on PHP Zend as MVC front-end connecting to Java/Spring/Hibernate Services via SOAP model. ● Collaborating with team members on architectural design, data structure, work flows and user experience. ● Hand code layouts into cross-browser XHTML/HTML5, CSS 2/3 and JavaScript. ● Write cross-browser, cross-device JavaScript/HTML/CSS components from scratch using OOP principles. ● Research and employ multiple JS frameworks: YUI, jQuery, Angular. ● Migrate development practices from waterfall to agile/scrum utilizing backlogs, stories, tasks and estimates. ● Consult with designers to help migrate their process from waterfall into agile/scrum. ● Work closely with all team members in flat organization (stakeholders, product owners, project managers [scrum masters], UI/UX designers, technical writers, Java service developers and DBAs). ● Understand and implement W3C and Section 508 standards for accessibility. ● Participated in the planning of projects, and finding resources for high priority items. ● Responsible for assessing potential candidates for technical and cultural fit within the company and providing feedback to HR recruiters. ● Participated in group sessions to help shape the culture of the company. ● Worked with CFO and HR recruiters to streamline on-boarding process for new developers.
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Soulfire Interactive Media Group
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United States
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Design Services
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Front-End Developer
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Nov 2004 - Jul 2009
● Part of 3 member designer/developer/management team in micro start-up environment ● Maintained and updated any existing sites ● Developed new sites based on in-house designs and direct client feedback ● Worked with owner/sales/manager on budgeting, pricing and company direction ● Built custom JS components using mootools and flash. ● Built proprietary CMS using PHP which became basis for the majority of later sites. ● Part of 3 member designer/developer/management team in micro start-up environment ● Maintained and updated any existing sites ● Developed new sites based on in-house designs and direct client feedback ● Worked with owner/sales/manager on budgeting, pricing and company direction ● Built custom JS components using mootools and flash. ● Built proprietary CMS using PHP which became basis for the majority of later sites.
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Education
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2000 - 2003
The Art Institute of California-Los Angeles
Bachelor of Multimedia Web Design, Web Design and Development
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