Jack Lafond
Software Engineer at Fidelity Investments
Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolJack Lafond is a software engineer with nine years of experience building data-driven, production-ready solutions, currently at Fidelity Investments. He holds a B.S. in Data Science from WPI and has a strong foundation in analytics, scalable data pipelines, and interactive data visualization, demonstrated by an MQP that combined Streamlit, Folium, Plotly, and scikit-learn. Jack’s background spans full-stack proof-of-concept systems (Spring/Angular) and hands-on data engineering roles, showing an ability to modernize legacy stacks and deliver measurable modernization guidance. He contributes to open-source productivity tooling—authoring Raycast script commands that streamline Spotify interactions—which reflects a practical focus on developer ergonomics and production testing. Passionate about math and deep learning, he explores sports analytics and data viz in pet projects, bringing curiosity and domain creativity to applied ML problems. Based in Worcester, MA, he blends rigorous technical craft with an eye for user-focused, testable solutions.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at Tantasqua Regional Sr High SchoolBachelor of Science - BS Data Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Data Science at Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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Github Skills (12)
applescript10
raycast10
spotify10
spotify-api10
raycasting10
integrations10
customisation9
custom-ui9
user-interface9
ui-customization9
javascript6
discord-js6
Programming languages (22)
Github contributions (5)
raycast/script-commands
Nov 2020 - Nov 2020
Script Commands let you tailor Raycast to your needs. Think of them as little productivity boosts throughout your day.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:5 commits, 4 PRs, 5 comments in 1 day
Contributions summary:Jack primarily focused on creating script commands for the Raycast application, specifically for Spotify integration. Their contributions included developing a script to copy the currently playing song's URL, updating the script's title and functionality, and refining the user interface elements. The user demonstrated expertise in using AppleScript to interact with the Spotify application and modifying script properties. The work showcases their ability to enhance the user experience through efficient script development within the specified framework.
raycast
jacc/tunes.ninja
Aug 2021 - Sep 2022
⚡ Supercharged Discord bot bridging the gap between music streaming services
Contributions:3 releases, 114 commits, 7 PRs in 1 year 1 month
discord-bot
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