Jacob Daitzman
Founding Software Engineer at Standard Template Labs
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJacob Daitzman is a founding software engineer with 11 years of hands-on experience building everything from web dashboards and native mobile apps to cryptographic protocols and sound-based data transmission libraries. He has contributed to notable open-source blockchain projects—implementing NFT support and contract composability in Algorand’s core Go node and improving the JavaScript SDK’s multisig and V2 features—bringing production-grade backend and full-stack skills to crypto systems. A builder and entrepreneur, he co-founded Payvment to modernize parking infrastructure and now leads engineering at Standard Template Labs while pursuing an AI-focused SB at MIT. Jacob combines a strong UI/UX sensibility with interests in cryptography, computer vision, robotics, and music, reflecting a rare blend of product-minded design and low-level systems expertise. His background includes multiple internships, hackathon awards, and competitive robotics recognition, signaling both early technical depth and public-facing communication experience.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
S.B. expected 2025, Artificial Intelligence + Decision Making. Minor in Business Management, S.B. expected 2025, Artificial Intelligence + Decision Making. Minor in Business Management at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyHigh School Diploma, Concentrated in Math and Computer Science, High School Diploma, Concentrated in Math and Computer Science at Gann Academy2025 Neo Scholar, 2025 Neo Scholar at NeoCohort 3, Cohort 3 at Prod
Github Skills (15)
smart-contracts10
typescript10
javascript10
typescripts10
algorand10
sdk10
go10
blockchain10
typescript-types10
nodes9
nft9
nodejs9
api8
testing8
apidoc8
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
algorand/js-algorand-sdk
Mar 2021 - Jul 2022
The official JavaScript SDK for Algorand.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:66 reviews, 37 commits, 59 PRs in 1 year 5 months
Contributions summary:Jacob primarily contributed to the official JavaScript SDK for Algorand by implementing features and making improvements. They updated examples to incorporate V2 functionalities, enhancing the SDK's usability and ensuring it reflected the latest version. The user also addressed issues related to multisig transactions, adding features for external signatures and modifying the code to handle first-round values of zero. These contributions demonstrate their understanding of the project's architecture.
browserblockstackethereumjavascriptblockchain
algorand/go-algorand
May 2021 - Jan 2023
Algorand's official implementation in Go.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:124 reviews, 18 commits, 17 PRs in 1 year 8 months
Contributions summary:Jacob primarily contributed to the core functionality of the Algorand implementation in Go. Their work involved enhancing the system's capabilities to support NFTs by increasing the ASA URL size. They also implemented features allowing smart contracts to access the scratch space of previous transactions, enabling contract-to-contract composability. Further contributions include exposing creatable IDs within the same group for improved access in TEAL code.
golangblockchainalgorand
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