Blakelock Brown
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolBlakelock Brown is a software engineer and founder with 11 years of experience building full-stack systems and products at scale. He founded JPG Store, a top-5 NFT marketplace that exceeded $200M in trading volume and raised a $6M seed, before handing off CEO duties to focus on broader impact. At Instagram he shipped creator monetization and insights features, including the bank-account connection flow used to pay creators, and as an intern implemented transactions in Stories for the first time. His GitHub shows deep algorithmic chops—competitive programming solutions in C++/Java covering graph algorithms, dynamic programming and string techniques—paired with a history of performance and data pipeline improvements across startups and large teams. Valedictorian from the University of Waterloo, he blends product-minded engineering with entrepreneurial rigor and a keen ability to move from prototype to resilient production systems. Beyond code, he’s demonstrated a willingness to rethink impact pathways, pivoting away from NFTs when he concluded they weren’t the best lever for long-term positive change.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc), Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc), Computer Engineering at University of Waterloo
English, French
Stackoverflow
143reputation
854reached
2answers
3questions
Github Skills (17)
algorithms10
c-language10
data-structure10
java10
javas10
data-structures10
cprogramming-language10
dynamic-programming10
graph-theory10
sqlx6
go6
nodejs6
sql6
webpack6
asynchronous6
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
BlakeBrown/HackerRank-Solutions
Sep 2015 - Jun 2021
HackerRank concepts & solutions
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 review, 76 commits, 32 PRs in 5 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Blakelock's commits primarily focus on implementing solutions to HackerRank problems. Their work involves algorithms and data structures with a focus on competitive programming using C++ and Java. They demonstrate proficiency in areas like graph theory (Dijkstra's, Prim's, and Kruskal's algorithms, Breadth First Search), dynamic programming, and string manipulation techniques. Furthermore, the user displays strong problem-solving skills by efficiently writing and organizing code.
cpppythoncompetitive-programmingjavadata-structures
BlakeBrown/infinitefilespace
Mar 2015 - May 2015
Contributions:54 commits, 22 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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