Jacob Mitchell
Frontend Developer at Insight Orchards
Berkeley, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJacob Mitchell is a frontend-focused full-stack developer based in Berkeley with 8 years of experience building scalable, user-centered web applications for startups. He specializes in React and TypeScript and has a track record of shipping large features—from a reusable UI design system and activity feeds to admin tooling and Stripe subscription flows—while owning GraphQL types, migrations, and testing across the stack. A multi-passionate entrepreneur and creator, Jacob co-founded a restaurant, produced commercial and wedding video work, and has repeatedly translated product and brand needs into polished UI experiences. He thrives in agile teams, mentors new hires, and reduces technical debt by standardizing components and documentation. Notably, he taught himself Node/Express to prototype server-side subscription logic and writes migration scripts to keep legacy users supported. His blend of startup grit, design sensibility, and hands-on engineering makes him effective at turning ambiguous product ideas into reliable, testable features.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Connors State College
Github Skills (9)
flower8
expressjs7
stripe-api7
api6
web-application6
stripe5
react5
nodejs5
typescript4
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
Jake-Mitchell/cha-ching
Jul 2022 - Nov 2022
a GoFundMe clone using Stripe API integrations
Contributions:2 PRs, 49 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
apistripegofundmeintegrationsstripe-api
Jake-Mitchell/sports-api
Jan 2023 - Jan 2023
Contributions:11 pushes in 2 days
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