Jacob Devera
Software Engineer II at Microsoft
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolJacob Devera is a Software Engineer II in Seattle with nine years of experience building web and mobile experiences, specializing in front-end development and accessible, semantic UI. At Microsoft he led efforts on the Teams Platform to streamline app upgrades, driving a 30x increase in upgrades, and previously at SAP Concur he built reusable React component libraries, refactored GraphQL to cut API traffic dramatically, and created a unified map component for multiple providers. He combines design sensibility with engineering rigor—advocating for accessibility, testing, and pragmatic refactors—while maintaining on-call production reliability. A strong academic performer (Informatics, University of Washington) who started teaching coding to kids, he brings clear communication and mentorship to product-focused engineering teams.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Informatics, 3.91, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Informatics, 3.91 at University of WashingtonAssociate of Arts (A.A.), 3.99, Associate of Arts (A.A.), 3.99 at Edmonds College3.99, 3.99 at Mountlake Terrace High School
Tagalog, English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (26)
styles10
fundamentals10
devrel10
lit10
skype10
component-library10
sap-fiori10
microsoft-teams10
fundamental9
react-components9
typescript9
sap9
collaboration9
react9
skype-for-business9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
jacobdevera/uwnightmarket-app
Jan 2018 - May 2018
Contributions:198 commits, 20 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
jacobdevera/jacobdevera.github.io
Sep 2017 - Jul 2023
My portfolio website
Contributions:1 PR, 44 pushes, 2 branches in 5 years 10 months
javascriptreact
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