Jacob Layton
Software Development Team Lead (Platform)
Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area United States
Summary
👤
Senior🎓
Top SchoolJacob Layton is a software development team lead with eight years of experience building full-stack platforms, currently leading platform engineering at Case IQ from Portland, Oregon. With a background in microelectronics and renewable energy, he blends hardware-aware thinking with practical web and backend development to deliver reliable, configurable investigative case management solutions. He progressed through hands-on roles at Case IQ from developer to manager and now platform lead, demonstrating strengths in team coaching, honest communication, and shipping iterative product upgrades. Jacob’s earlier experience running a small business and leading restaurant teams informs his people-first leadership style and operational focus. Outside of work he maintains a public GitHub and portfolio that reflect a continual drive to learn and approachable collaboration.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Full Stack Web Development and Computer Science, Full Stack Web Development and Computer Science at Lambda SchoolGeneral Studies, General Studies at Portland Community College
Github Skills (71)
dispatch8
flexbox8
reducers8
redux-thunk8
python-scripts8
css8
bootstrap-ui8
media-queries8
preprocessing8
lambda7
thunk7
functional-components7
connected7
sprint7
authentication7
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
labs11-library/labs11-library-BE
Mar 2019 - Jun 2022
Contributions:51 commits, 33 PRs, 39 pushes in 3 years 3 months
JacobLayton/jl-portfolio
Jun 2019 - Sep 2021
Portfolio website
Contributions:75 PRs, 116 pushes, 5 branches in 2 years 3 months
cssjavascriptreactreactjs
Find and Hire Top DevelopersWe’ve analyzed the programming source code of over 60 million software developers on GitHub and scored them by 50,000 skills. Sign-up on Prog,AI to search for software developers.