Jacob O'dea
Senior Software Development Engineer at Vendara (Formerly Choice Merchant Solutions)
Lynnwood, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolJacob O'dea is a Senior Software Development Engineer and architect with 7 years of focused experience building full-stack .NET systems, cloud-native microservices, and UX-driven interfaces from Lynnwood, WA. He has led design and delivery of Azure-based solutions for IoT, hardware test harnesses, and home automation—combining SignalR, Azure IoT, Azure AD, and robust SQL backends to stream real-time telemetry into intuitive user experiences. Skilled in C#, .NET Core/Framework, SQL Server, and front-end architectures (WPF, web UI patterns), he routinely bridges UX design and low-level systems to simplify complex integrations. Jacob’s background includes architecting internal enterprise platforms, automating AV/lighting/climate orchestration, and even developing custom encryption utilities and UI controls early in his career—evidence of a hands-on builder who values both polish and scalability. He currently contributes architecture and development leadership at Vendara after driving Azure and microservice initiatives at prior employers.
7 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Associate, Computer Science; Art and Science, Associate, Computer Science; Art and Science at Bellevue College
Github Skills (9)
visual-studio-code-extension8
arduino5
vscode4
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visual-studio-code3
esp321
microsoft-teams1
microsoft1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
Biomancer81/Corvinus.WPF
Nov 2018 - Jan 2019
Contributions:6 PRs, 11 pushes, 5 branches in 2 months
Biomancer81/Corvinus.WPF-NET6
Jul 2022 - Apr 2023
Contributions:1 push in 8 months
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