Kay Jacobs

About

I specialize in designing robust services using technologies like Node/TypeScript. Skilled in Low code/No Code solutions, Infrastructure as Code deployments, GraphQL, API design and integrations, my strong communication abilities foster seamless team collaborations.

Experience

• Staff Software Engineer · Wizard01-01-2022 – 08-01-2023

  Architect and develop an advanced event system that empowers various teams, ensuring seamless conversation flows and enhancing user experiences. Successfully designed and implemented automated prompt triggers, enhancing user re-engagement by a notable 25%. Engaged in close collaboration with cross-functional teams like growth, product, and sales to rapidly introduce merchant-centric features. Demonstrated leadership in fostering a knowledge-rich environment through the creation of a structured training framework for new hires and comprehensive engineering documentation.

• SDK Software Engineer · Riot Games06-01-2020 – 01-01-2022

  Collaborated cross-functionally, delivering integration plugins for teams across diverse platforms (game, services and product). Contribute to code maintainability, quality, monitoring, and documentation of the Game SDK

• Technical Lead, Manager · The Wing01-01-2019 – 05-01-2020

  Continue tech lead duties while training, mentoring, and leading workshops for engineers Internal talks for NodeJS process, Integrating Algolia, Postman Best Practices, and A/B Testing Manage direct reports, conduct 1-on-1s and performance reviews, and hire across the Team Work with Product and Design to create quarterly roadmaps, project mapping, and resourcing The Wing Senior Software Engineer New York, NY, Remote Jan '19 - Mar '19 NodeJs, Javascript, Meteor, MongoDB, Mongoose, Algolia, Docker, Kubernetes, Braze, and Mandrill • Led backend engineering team (Meteor + API) applications for our Web and iOS applications • Architecture lead for Chat, Groups, Jobs, and Application features, advise on Billing migration Build internal A/B testing and feature flagging platform, admin community moderation tooling

• Software Engineer · PayPal09-01-2016 – 01-01-2019

  Built with javascript, react, redux, nodejs, graphql, inline CSS (glamor/glamorous), webpack, and other supporting tools and frameworks Feature development on a highly trafficked web platform that processes millions of transactions • Consumer-facing projects include PayPal.me, Bill Splitting (Engineering Lead), Multi Request • Modernize legacy code, develop internal tools, and work cross-functionally

Education

• Oregon State UniversityComputer Science

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