Gregory Jacobs
Vice President, Software Engineering at Goldman Sachs
Sarasota, Florida, United States
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Top SchoolGregory Jacobs is a seasoned software engineering leader with 14+ years of professional experience and over two decades of hands-on development, currently serving as Vice President of Software Engineering at Goldman Sachs. He combines true full-stack craftsmanship—expert TypeScript, React, Angular front-end work with robust Node.js backend and CI/CD/build tooling expertise—to modernize large-scale, maintainable systems and reduce operational overhead. At Goldman Sachs he led a major overhaul of an 85-component UI toolkit, migrated a 235-package monorepo from Rush.js to Bazel, and cut CI time by 77% through remote caching and distributed builds. Gregory pairs deep technical contributions (AST-based codemods, custom Node CLIs, build systems) with strong mentorship and architecture skills, prioritizing testability, performance, and long-term sustainability. Based in Sarasota, FL, he has a track record of translating complex enterprise requirements into pragmatic, reusable platforms that minimize rewrites and maintenance costs.
14 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at University of DelawareBS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at Fairleigh Dickinson University
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Github Skills (200)
composition10
swagger10
url-parsing10
bundler10
api10
e2e-test10
nodejs10
css10
frontend10
buttons10
web-performance10
rest-api10
html-webpack-plugin10
html-text10
code-generator10
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
gregjacobs/WebAppBuilder
Dec 2011 - Jan 2012
Contributions:26 commits in 23 days
concatenatecss-filesminifycssjavascript
gregjacobs/Class.js
Jan 2012 - Nov 2017
Contributions:82 commits, 5 pushes in 5 years 10 months
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