Jacob Butler
Software Engineer at NEXTracker, Inc
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJacob Butler is a software engineer based in San Francisco with nine years of experience building interactive, purpose-driven web applications. He specializes in TypeScript and full-stack development—bringing expertise in React, Angular, Node.js, MongoDB and time-series systems like InfluxDB—and currently ships software at NEXTracker after architecting a bidirectional control and visualization platform for solar farms. His background in physics and field leadership informs a data-driven, systems-thinking approach to optimization and risk-aware decision making. Jacob pairs creative front-end work (D3 visualizations, UX-focused charts) with backend performance tuning and precise API design to handle large telemetry volumes. Outside code, his history leading immersive outdoor programs and rock-climbing roles reveals strong situational judgment, team facilitation, and an appetite for hands-on problem solving.
8 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
The University of Maryland, College ParkDiploma, Physics, Diploma, Physics at Linganore High SchoolCertificate, Computer Software Engineering, Certificate, Computer Software Engineering at App Academy
Spanish, English
Github Skills (7)
marketplace5
solidity4
blockchain4
ethereum3
data-format2
fetch2
api2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
DrAmaze/sofa_surfer
Nov 2017 - Jun 2018
Contributions:130 pushes, 1 branch, 2 comments in 7 months
cylinda47/noncense
Dec 2017 - Aug 2018
Noncense | Decentralised Diamond Marketplace
Contributions:47 commits, 24 PRs, 28 pushes in 8 months
marketplaceethereumblockchainweb3solidity
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