Jacob Kanipe-illig
Project Development Manager at Railinc Corp.
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJacob Kanipe-illig is a seasoned software engineering leader with 13 years of experience building and managing full-stack teams across enterprise and startup environments. Currently a Project Development Manager at Railinc, he has led engineering organizations as Director at 84.51˚ and managed remote Chapter teams focused on React/TypeScript and serverless Node on AWS. He brings a strong background in solution architecture, performance tuning for large datasets, and compliance-minded design—having architected HIPAA-aware systems for clinical trial recruitment. Equally comfortable coding and hiring, Jacob has led teams from small agile groups to 15-person projects, mentoring engineers and owning delivery and quality. Based in Chapel Hill, he combines hands-on technical depth with a practical focus on product impact and scalable engineering practices.
13 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
BS Computer Science, BS Computer Science at Miami University
Github Skills (25)
java-server10
trainer9
world-of-warcraft9
pathofexile9
tracks8
java8
server8
netflix7
spring-boot7
spring7
react6
android6
typescript5
javascript4
ribbon4
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
jacobhyphenated/scotus-app
Apr 2021 - Mar 2025
Front end for an application that tracks Supreme Court cases
Contributions:1 review, 41 PRs, 86 pushes in 4 years
court-casescasesreactcourtjavascript
jacobhyphenated/AndroidPokerPlayer
Jun 2013 - Jul 2013
Contributions:12 commits in 1 month
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