Jacob Gable
Staff Software Engineer at Brisk Teaching
San Carlos, California, United States
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Top SchoolJacob Gable is a Staff Software Engineer and tech leader based in San Carlos with 15 years of experience building full-stack systems, AI-powered products, and developer-facing tooling. He combines hands-on engineering—spanning TypeScript/Node.js, Python/PyTorch, React, and Postgres—with leadership in founding and scaling startups, most recently as CTO of a logistics-focused company and now building AI tools for education. Jacob has shipped product improvements at scale at companies like Slack and Facebook and helped evolve Ghost's import tooling and jQuery Mobile fixes as an active open-source contributor. He frequently bridges data, ML, and frontend concerns—using embeddings, custom models, and streaming LLMs in production—to turn messy integrations into reliable services. A pragmatic manager and mentor, he hires and scales engineering teams while negotiating complex data agreements with major railroads and leading customer onboarding. With a dual BS in Computer Science and Philosophy, he brings both technical rigor and a reflective, creative approach to product problems.
15 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
B.S, Computer Science, Philosophy, B.S, Computer Science, Philosophy at Western Kentucky University
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Github Skills (32)
hubot10
javascript10
coffeescript10
jquery-mobile10
css10
data-export10
data-import10
data-transformation10
imports10
nodejs10
exports10
irc10
validations9
ajax9
jquery9
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
nandub/hubot-irc
Jul 2012 - May 2016
IRC adapter for Hubot
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:123 commits, 2 PRs, 4 pushes in 3 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Jacob made several contributions to the `hubot-irc` project, primarily focused on enhancing the IRC adapter's functionality. Their work involved adding features such as entering and leaving room capabilities, merging changes from other contributors, refactoring methods, and fixing notice issues. These changes included modifying core adapter logic, integrating private message handling, and adjusting environment variable configurations to ensure proper operation.
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TryGhost/Ghost
May 2013 - Jan 2016
Independent technology for modern publishing, memberships, subscriptions and newsletters.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:125 commits, 1 PR, 10 comments in 2 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Jacob's commits primarily focus on improving the data import functionality within the Ghost publishing platform. They implemented schema upgrades for data imports, including new JavaScript files for handling data transformation and default value assignments. Their work included modifying import processes for posts, users, and settings to accommodate changes in data structures. They also contributed to the configuration validation process, adding checks for environment configurations, valid URLs, database settings, and server configurations.
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