Jacob Cook
Head Of Software Engineering at Local Energy
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolJacob Cook is a senior engineering leader and Head of Software Engineering with 12+ years building and scaling full-stack systems, from backend APIs and developer tooling to Kubernetes-powered infrastructure and resilient frontends. He combines hands-on expertise in TypeScript, Node.js, and Python with deep infra skills (Kubernetes, Terraform, bare metal) and a track record of leading teams through M&A-driven reorganizations and platform rewrites. At Busbud he founded the first dedicated data engineering team, led major API redesigns and microservices rollouts, and built agentic AI workflows to boost engineering productivity. Now leading engineering at Local Energy, he focuses on industrial cleantech problems where reliable, scalable platforms meet product-driven priorities. Known for balancing individual contributor rigor with people leadership, he repeatedly earns top-performer recognition and grows other managers while shipping high-impact systems. Fluent in English and French, he also maintains an open-source hacker mindset from his CitizenWeb and GitHub work, reflecting a long-running commitment to privacy-first tooling and developer experience.
12 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Political Science & French Studies, Political Science & French Studies at Concordia UniversityHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Evergreen Lutheran High School
English, French, Italian
Github Skills (165)
python10
rest-framework10
automation10
ssh10
charts10
django-rest10
helm10
ansible10
python-interface10
json-api10
data-platform10
django-rest-framework10
jira10
pyodbc10
user-friendly10
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
peakwinter/peakwinter.net
Feb 2015 - Nov 2022
My personal site + blog
Contributions:2 PRs, 68 pushes, 3 branches in 7 years 10 months
blog-site
arkOScloud/core
Jan 2015 - Mar 2017
arkOS core system management libraries
Contributions:2 releases, 279 commits, 165 pushes in 2 years 3 months
management-systemarkos
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