Jacob Miller
Senior Software Engineer at Angi
Denver, Colorado, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJacob Miller is a senior software engineer in Denver who transitioned from computational astrophysics to building resilient, cost-optimized backend systems across startups and large-scale platforms. With eight years of experience and four focused on backend development, he has shipped high-performance, fault-tolerant architectures at companies including Amazon, Telnyx, and Angi. His academic training in physics and planetary science, plus experience as a university instructor, gives him uncommon strengths in quantitative problem solving and in translating complex requirements into pragmatic technical designs. Comfortable in fast-paced product environments, he balances operational rigor with cost and availability trade-offs to deliver production-ready systems.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's of Science Physics and Astrophysics, Bachelor's of Science Physics and Astrophysics at University of Wisconsin-MadisonMaster's degree Astrophysical and Planetary Science, Master's degree Astrophysical and Planetary Science at University of Colorado Boulder
English, Spanish
Github Skills (11)
mruby9
rails-app9
ruby7
minecraft7
rails7
hosting6
depth6
ruby-on-rails6
commerce6
ecommerce5
nodejs3
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
Jake0Miller/battleship
May 2019 - May 2019
Contributions:73 commits, 15 PRs, 34 pushes in 9 days
puravidaa/cross_check
May 2019 - May 2019
Contributions:47 commits, 15 PRs, 31 pushes in 9 days
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