Jacob Fink
Engineering Manager at Bitwarden
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
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Top SchoolJacob Fink is an engineering manager with nine years of hands-on experience building full-stack systems and leading auth and client teams at Bitwarden. He blends practical expertise in JavaScript, C#, Python, and Java with front-end frameworks like React and Angular and backend ASP.NET APIs and SQL migrations. At Bitwarden he moved between product-facing client work and backend security integrations, contributing to well-known open-source projects for password management and improving SSO and API behavior. Known for coaching and team-first leadership, he elevates engineers through mentorship and cross-functional collaboration. Based in Raleigh, NC, he brings a pragmatic mindset from mobile and backend roots and a continuous curiosity for open-source solutions. Outside day-to-day delivery he looks for opportunities that stretch both his technical breadth and people leadership.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration Computer Information Systems, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration Computer Information Systems at Appalachian State University
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Github Skills (20)
asp-net-core10
dotnet-core10
csharp10
angular10
typescript9
typescript-types9
api9
typescripts9
web-development9
sso-authentication8
javascript8
nodejs7
sql7
apidoc7
asp-net6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
bitwarden/clients
Nov 2021 - Jan 2023
Bitwarden client apps (web, browser extension, desktop, and cli).
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:1005 reviews, 262 commits, 289 PRs in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Jacob contributed to the Bitwarden client applications, focusing on front-end and back-end aspects. Their work included implementing UI improvements, such as adding a loading spinner and addressing styling issues. They also made code changes related to user authentication, including SSO integration, and contributed to back-end functionality by sending data as integers instead of strings in request. Furthermore, the user refactored to move SSO properties to global state.
browser-extensioncliwebextensionjavascriptbitwarden
bitwarden/server
Dec 2021 - Jan 2023
Bitwarden infrastructure/backend (API, database, Docker, etc).
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:317 reviews, 18 commits, 79 PRs in 1 year 1 month
Contributions summary:Jacob primarily focused on removing exception re-throws, which clears the stack trace, and whitespace from the `bitwarden/server` repository. They modified several C# files related to payment, notification registration, and database interaction, as well as controller and setup files. The user also implemented a new endpoint to allow MP policy checks when registering via SSO.
backenddatabasedockeraspnetcoreaspnet
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