Jacob Lauritzen
CTO at Legora
Stockholm, Sweden
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Top SchoolJacob Lauritzen is a CTO and founder with 13 years of experience building AI-driven products and engineering teams, currently leading Legora’s technology direction from Stockholm. He has a strong founder pedigree—exiting Firmnav after scaling a 15-person engineering and data science org—and launched multiple product hits since high school, including an education app with 200k+ downloads and millions of monthly sessions. Jacob blends hands-on mobile and front-end engineering (notable React Native contributions to UI/animation libraries) with applied ML/NLP for legal, PE and M&A workflows. Backed by top investors and Y Combinator, he moves fluidly between VP-level strategy and ship-it engineering, hiring and mentoring cross-functional teams. A background in international business and data science (studies across Copenhagen, CUHK and UNC) gives him a rare mix of product, technical depth and global business fluency.
13 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
High Performance TalentsBachelor of Science - BS, International Business, Top 1%, Bachelor of Science - BS, International Business, Top 1% at Copenhagen Business SchoolData Science, Data Science at Københavns Universitet - University of CopenhagenGlobal Business Studies, Global Business Studies at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) Business SchoolInternational Business, International Business at UNC Kenan-Flagler Business SchoolY CombinatorInternational Economics, 13.3, International Economics, 13.3 at Knord
English, Danish, German
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Github Skills (22)
javascript10
react-native10
animation10
ui-design10
uid10
front-end-development10
multipart-formdata10
mobile-development9
user-interface9
jquery9
interface-design9
dom-events9
circle9
html6
bisection6
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
Jacse/react-native-app-intro-slider
Nov 2017 - May 2020
Simple and configurable app introduction slider for react native
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android/iOS)
Mobile Developer (Android/iOS)Contributions:5 releases, 6 reviews, 87 commits in 2 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Jacob primarily contributed to the implementation and modification of UI components within a React Native app. Their work included adding and configuring UI elements such as buttons, and pagination, along with other UI adjustments such as spacers and layouts. They also modified the core AppIntroSlider component to include new features and customization options. These changes demonstrate a focus on enhancing the user experience and functionality of the app's introductory slides.
react-native
bartgryszko/react-native-circular-progress
Nov 2017 - Mar 2019
React Native component for creating animated, circular progress with ReactART
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:39 commits, 18 PRs, 29 pushes in 1 year 3 months
Contributions summary:Jacob primarily contributed to the React Native component, focusing on improving the UI and user interactions. They updated the expo example, modified the circular progress component with features like background color support, and integrated features like arcSweepAngle to refine the visual appearance and animation. The user also fixed issues related to Android rendering and enhanced code readability, indicating a focus on improving the component's overall functionality and user experience.
circular-progressreact-native-componentreact-nativefillanimation
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