Jacob Friesen
Senior Software Development Engineer at Workday
Boca Raton, Florida, United States
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Top SchoolJacob Friesen is a Senior Software Development Engineer with 13 years of professional experience and a decade focused on modern JavaScript stacks, currently shaping Workday’s CPQ product after leading full-stack development and engineering standards at Zimit. He blends hands-on frontend expertise in React/Redux and Angular with backend Node.js, ES6, PostgreSQL and Docker-based AWS architectures, and has a track record of defining development processes, CI/testing strategies, and zero-downtime deployments. Known for translating product needs into robust engineering standards, he has led technology selection and implementation across teams and products. Based in Boca Raton, he brings a pragmatic builder’s mindset—comfortable from UI details to infrastructure—and a history of improving build/test automation and release reliability.
13 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
University of Manitoba
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (33)
tumblr9
cli8
socket7
typescript7
angular7
salesforce6
stringify6
nodejs5
api5
connections5
serializer5
json5
socket-io5
javascript4
browser4
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
z-open/zerv-security
Dec 2017 - Aug 2021
Core Security module for the Zerv application server to enforce security policies on the backend and front end.
Contributions:5 releases, 2 reviews, 5 PRs in 3 years 8 months
securitypoliciesbackendenforcefront-end
Jacob-Friesen/obscurejs
May 2014 - May 2020
Code from obscurejavascript.tumblr.com in an easy to download format
Contributions:338 commits, 1 PR, 260 pushes in 6 years 1 month
downloadertumblr
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