Jacob Lamont
Senior Web Developer at Brave Software
Atlanta Metropolitan Area United States
Summary
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RockstarJacob Lamont is a Senior Web Developer with 11 years of experience building full-stack web applications and designing polished user experiences from concept to production. Currently at Brave Software, he contributes front-end UI components to the Brave browser—most notably improving New Tab Page widgets and VPN integrations—bringing practical React and styled-components expertise to a high-profile open-source project. He has a proven track record of reducing inefficiencies and reengineering legacy processes into cost-saving solutions, and he excels at translating technical details for non-technical stakeholders. Past roles span high-throughput Node.js systems, teaching and mentoring developer cohorts, and client-facing web and design work, reflecting both technical depth and strong communication. Colleagues rely on him for code quality, best practices, and pragmatic problem-solving across product and infrastructure boundaries.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
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179reputation
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Github Skills (18)
javascript10
typescript10
styled-components10
front-end-development10
typescript-types10
typescripts10
react10
ui-design9
vpn8
css-modules6
frontend6
api6
svelte6
flux6
css6
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
brave/brave-core
Jun 2020 - Jan 2021
Core engine for the Brave browser for mobile and desktop. For issues https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:59 reviews, 59 commits, 8 PRs in 6 months
Contributions summary:Jacob primarily contributed to the development of UI components for the Brave browser's New Tab Page, specifically focusing on a new FTX widget. Their work involved creating UI elements using React and styled-components, and included features such as a markets view, asset detail view, and a promo screen. They also made updates to the VPN widget including UI components and utilizing Brave VPN API. The user's commits demonstrate a focus on implementing and refining the user interface for these widgets.
browserwindowsbrave-browserlinuxandroid
AlanBreck/react
Dec 2016 - Jun 2022
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 5 years 7 months
javascript-libraryjavascriptdeclarativeuser-interfacesinterfaces
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