Jacob Smith

I’m a software developer and consultant with experience in web development, distributed systems, and native mobile applications

Experience

Test Double

Developer (Remote) — November 2016 - Present

Responsible for software delivery and consulting, I integrate with client teams and help improve their software delivery process while delivering well-tested software using the principles of Continuous Delivery.

At GoSpotCheck, I work on adding features to the existing web application as well as developing microservices to support a more sustainable architecture.
At Nexia Diagnostics, I was responsible for software delivery of a distributed, real-time event processing pipeline and an associated single-page web application and API. I helped lead a re-architecture of their distributed event system so that they could scale to handle 10x their active connections while, at the same time, decreasing their infrastructure costs.

Rational, LLC

Consulting Software Developer (Remote) — August 2011 - January 2018

Rational was my single-person company through which I typically served small businesses and startups with web development, consultation, and in-person training.

Lead developer for Bestball, for which I developed a custom PHP MVC framework that is still being used for client projects at Fivable.
Developed an automated order tracking and fulfillment application in Ruby for Sallie’s Greatest Jams so they could handle the traffic from being on Oprah’s Favorite Things.
Developed a Ruby API and Ember.js frontend for ProAlert. They were able to receive initial incubation funding using the application I developed.

Education

B.S. in Computer Science, Franciscan University of Steubenville — May 2009

I focused on practical web development as much as possible, taking courses on Database Design and Processing, Information Warfare, Operations Research, and Web to Database Programming.