Jacob Mekker
Senior Software Engineer & Technical Lead at Agilent Technologies
Santa Barbara, California, United States
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Top SchoolJacob Mekker is a Senior Software Engineer and Technical Lead with nine years of experience designing instrument control systems in C# and a broad background spanning bare-metal embedded C, OS kernel work, real-time C++ applications, and desktop control software. Based in Santa Barbara, he currently leads software efforts at Agilent Technologies, bringing practical expertise in low-level computing, device drivers, and system architectures honed since graduating RIT with degrees in Computer Science and Physics. He has applied his academic focus to industry problems and education alike—his senior capstone created a hands-on quantum computing workshop, and earlier roles include teaching and quantum programming internships. Known for translating complex hardware constraints into reliable software, he combines R&D rigor with operational support experience from technical support and field roles. Jacob’s GitHub reflects a hands-on tinkerer mentality and a willingness to engage across the stack, making him comfortable both with embedded resource constraints and higher-level analytics and tooling.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science and Physics, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science and Physics at Rochester Institute of Technology
Github Skills (15)
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code-golf9
assembly9
wolfram-language9
nfa9
apl9
stem9
stack-based8
esoteric-language8
science7
programming-language7
interpreter6
computer-science5
compiler4
visualization2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
jfmekker/AurumancyMod
Sep 2020 - Dec 2024
Contributions:1 release, 68 pushes, 2 branches in 4 years 4 months
jfmekker/bna-language
Apr 2020 - Apr 2022
A simple "assembly-like" programming language designed for teaching students new to computer science.
Contributions:13 releases, 214 commits, 30 PRs in 2 years
code-golfaplstemsciencenfa
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